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BIOGRAPHICAL  REVIEW 


THIS   VOLUME  CONTAINS  BIOGRAPHICAL  SKETCHES  OF 
LEADING  CITIZENS  OF  THE 


PROVINCE  OF  NOVA 


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I  UNDER   THE   EDITORIAL   SUPERVISION   OF   HARRV   PlERS,   ASSISTANT   LEGISLATIVE   LIBRARIAN.   HaLIF 


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NOTE. 


All  ,l,e  l,i,,„a,,lmnl  sketches  puMislu-d  i„  ,l,is  vnlu.ne  were  sul,mi„e.l  , dr  respective  s.biccts  nr  ,„  ,1,.  sub- 
scribers, fn,„,  wl,o,„  the  facts  were  prinurily  „btai„e.l.  for  their  approval  „r  .recti,,,,  bef,„e  Boi„g  ,„  p,..,  a„<l  a 
reasonable  ti,„e  was  aliowe,!  in  each  ,.ase  tor  the  ,et,„nof  the  typewritten  copies.  Most  of  ,he,n  wete  returned  .o  us  within 
the  ,in,e  allotte,!.  or  before  the  «ork  was  printe.l.  after  bein,  orrected  or  revised;  and  these  n,ay  therefore  be  ,ej;anle,l  as 
reasonably  accurate. 

.\  few,  however,  nere  no,  .eturued  to  „s ;  and,  as  we  have  no  n,eaus  of  kuowin,  whcher  thev  contain  errors  or 
not,  we  cannot  vouch  for  th.ir  accu,acy.  In  justice  ,o  our  re.ulers,  an,l  to  ,en<ler  this  work  n„„e  valuable  for  reference 
purposes,  we  have  indicated  all  unco„vcted  sketches  by  a  su,.,ll  asterisk  ,.,,  pl,n  e,l  i,uu,edia,ely  after  the  nan,e  of  the 
subject, 

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PREFACE 


AI-ThR  many  niontlis  „f  labor  wo  take  pleasure  in  presentino-  to  our  patrons  the 
Ion-   promised    Ihor.KAViuvAL  Rkv.kw  ok  Nova   Scotia.     The  propriety  and 
utihty  of  ]3reservinj.-  such  material  as  may  be  found  on  the  foilowin-  pacres 
will  be  apixirent  to  all  those  uho  take  pride  in  a  worthy  ancestry,  or  who 'are  not 
unw.lhng  that  the  story  of  their  own  life  should  be  known  to  their  descendants.     The 
full   history  of  a  State  or  Province  is  the  combined  hist  .rv  of  all   its  citizens-  a  brief 
|)art  only,  and   that   but  of  a  few  individuals,   is  chronicled   in   the  published  works 
known  as   histories  m    the  ordinary  acceptation  of  the  term.     Not  alone  worthy  of 
honor   and   remembrance  are    the   distinguished   statesmen,   the   victorious   -enerals 
the  sublime  poets  and  artists  of  any  land.     Hlot  out  from  the  heavens  all^but  thJ 
stars  of  f^rst  maon,tude.  and   how  much   of  beautv  and   glory   should   we  lose'     In 
every  town  and  village  of  Nova  Scotia  are  men  and  women  of  character  and  inrtu- 
cnce-it  may   be   of    talent -who    have  cntributed   to    the   upholding  of    law    the 
triumph  of  right,  the  advancement  of  education  and  morality,  and  the  general' wel- 
fare and  prosperity  of   the  community  in  which   they  live,  whose  lives   in   the  a^rcnx- 
gate  are   the  real  glory  of  the   Province.     To  record  such   lives  is  surely  as  w^hv 
an  object  in  a   work  of  fact  as  in  one  of  fiction.      In   the  present  volume,  however 
\ve  have  gone  beyond   the  scope  of  personal  biography,  in   tracing  lines  of  descent 
from   the  early  settlers   of  the   Province   to   their  present-day  descendants,  thus   en- 
croaching to  some  extent  upon  the  field  of  genealogy  and  adding  to  the  value,  as  to 
the  extent,  of  our  labors.     If  the  full   result  is  less  than   we  had  fondly  anticipated, 
few  of  local    ame  can  say  that  the  opportunity  was  not  presented  to  them  to  share   in 
the  work  and  in  the  benefit;  and  such  omissions  can  in  no  way  detract  from  the  value 
<.f  what  IS  here  given.     To  the  kind  friends  who  have  aided  'us  in   the  work  of  com- 
pilation or  revision,  and   in   particular  to  Mr.  ilarry  Piers  of  the   Legislative   Library 
Hah  ax,  to  whose  assistance  we  are  much  indebted,  we  desire  to  express  our  earnest 
thanks. 

moCR.M'lllCAI,    KKVIKW    PI  Itl.lSlI  ING    COMl'VXV 
llosTo.N,  M.\ss„  April.  11,00. 


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^^:>>/^^j"^  MALACIIV  J'.(  )\Vi;S  I).\IA', 


K.  C.   M    (].,    Lieutenant  ;;()V(.'r- 
niu-  (if  Xii\a  Scdtia,  was  Imii-ii  in 
^L•l^(•hnlc)l)t,     (Jucbcc,     L'ei)ruarv 
C>,    iS^f),    son    (it    Sir    J)iiniinicl< 
anJ  Canilinc  ALiria  ((lore) Daly. 
Hi^    remote   iKiternal   ance.stor.s, 
wlio    jjelnn^ed    to    the  most    re- 
spei-ted  class  of  oh!    Irish  .<;entry,  si)elled  their 
name    O'Daly.      'Lhe    one    who    Honrished    in 
Ireland    seven   generations   ayo    was    Donoiioh 
O'Daly,  eoncerninj;  whom  little  is  now  kncjwn. 
Dimoiigh's  son,  James  Daly,  married  .Anniston 
Darey.      The  next  in   this   line  <if   descent  was 
Dlnniston,  otherwise  known  as  the  ILui.    [nd-e 
Dennison   Daly,    who   married    :\[ar\    Lower,    a 
native  nt"  connty   Limerick.      'I'heir   son    J'eter 
married  ]':ii/al)eth  Llake,  daughter  of   Richard 
Hlake.      Leter   Daly   was   followed    1)\-   his   son 
.^Lllachy,    lirsi,    who     was     horn    at     ISenniorc, 
in  county  (ialway,  and  who  married   Marcel  la 
Hurke,  daughter  of  William  liurke. 

'I'heir  son  Dominick,  .Sr.,  grandfather  of  the 
subject  of  this  sketch,  was  horn  at  Henmore, 
Ireland,  in  1757.  He  resided  all  his  life  in 
his  native  conntiy,  and  died  there  in  i,S4i. 
His  pursuits  and  avocations  were  those  of  a 
gentleman,  being  appropriate  to  his  station  in 
life.      lie  married  Joanna  II.  Llake,  of  .\rdfiv, 


a  .sister  of  Lord  WalLscott,  of  Ardfry  Countv, 
(ialway.  Si.v  children  were  the  fruit  of  their 
union,  the  youngest  being  a  son  ])ominick. 
None  of  them  are  now  living. 

.Sii-  Dominick    Daly,    knight,    son   of  Domi- 
nick, Sr. ,  was  born  in    Ireland  on   August    12, 
1798.     He  was  Colonial  .Secretary  of  the  Prov- 
ince of  Canada  from  1823  up  to  1848;  later  he 
was  Covernor  of  Tobago   in  the  West   Indies; 
subsequent  to  that.  Covernor  of  Prince  L-dward 
Island;  and  still  later  of  South  Australia,  where 
he  died  in  office,  I'ebruary  19,  1868.      His  wife, 
Caroline    Maria,    was    a    daughter    of    Colonel 
Ralph  Core,  of    Ireland,  who  was  a   brother  of 
Admiral    Sir   John   (iore.      iter  mother  was  in 
maidenhood   Sally   Aunc  Wynne.      She  was  a 
daughter  of  Ceorge  Wynne,  who  in  his  day  was 
a  great  favorite  at  the  PJiglish   court,  and  who 
died    in    (Uiebec    in    1827.      Sir  Dominick  and 
Lady  Daly   had    five  cbiklren.      The  only  one 
of  these  now  living  is  the  Dieutenant-governor 
of  \ova  Scotia  whose  personal  historv  is  here 
outlined. 

Sir  Malachy  Howes  Daly  was  educated  at  the 
High  School  ill  Montreal  and  St.  Mary's  Col- 
lege, Oscott,  I'jigland.  In  1854  he  became 
secretary  to  his  lather,  who  was  then  Covernor 
of  Prince  Lidward  Island.  Peginning  in  1859, 
he  SLUclied   and  practised    law    in    IIalifa.\   for 


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several  vears,  tenipoinrily  leaving  the  piofes- 
sioii  ill  1864  tci  become  private  secretary  to  Sir 
Richard  (Jraves  Maeclonneil,  and  afterwards 
attiiig  in  tiie  same  ea|)acity  under  Sir  I'"einviel; 
Williams  and  Sir  Charles  llastinj;s  Doyle,  siie- 
cessively  Lieutenant-governors  of  the  I'rdvince. 
Althougii  contesting  unsuccessful!}  in  \^72  a 
seat  in  tiie  local  legislatuie,  he  was  elected  six 
years  later  to  the  I  louse  of  Commons  of  Canada, 
antl,  being  returned  at  the  succeeding  election, 
continued  to  retain  his  seat  there  up  to  i.SiSYi. 
\\'hile  serving  his  second  tenr  in  i'arliament 
he  was  l)eput\  Speaker  and  Chaiinian  of  Com- 
mittees. Some  time  ago  he  was  for  two  \ears 
I'resident  of  the  Charitable  Irish  .'■■.ociet).  In 
iSgo  he  was  apiiointed  Lieutenant-governor  of 
Nova  Scotia,  and,  having  been  reappointed  at 
the  expiration  of  his  fust  term  in  1895,  he  is 
still  in  oflice.  liis  administration  has  been 
guided  by  a  deep  interest  in  the  welfare  of  the 
I'rovince,  and  has  been  eminently  satisfactory 
to  the  reputable  citizens  of  all  classes. 

( )n  New  \'ear's  Day  (jaiui.i'.v  I,  1900)  he 
was  made  a  Knight  Commander  of  liie  order  of 
St.   Michael  and  St.  (icoige. 

On  Julv  4,  1H59,  Sir  Malachy  I'owes  Daly 
was  uniti'd  in  marriage  with  |oanna  Marv,  sec- 
ond daughter  of  Sir  Ldward  and  Ann  (b'orres- 
tall)  Kemi).  lie  has  one  child,  a  daughter, 
Marv  Carfdine,  who  is  unmarried. 


C5l  IIOMAS    Sl'UKR     WIIITM.NX,  one  of 

ej|  the  leading  business  men  of  .Annapolis 
Countv,  was  born  in  Ilalifa.v,  \.S.,  Xoveiuber 
17,   1S29,  son  of  John  and  ]'31iza  (Spurr)  Whit- 


man, lie  is  of  the  sixth  generation  of  his 
famil\'  in  America. 

ilis  first  progenitor  on  this  continent  was 
John  Whitman,  who  came  from  I'lngland  (it  is 
thoug'it  from  llidt,  in  Norfolk),  about  163S, 
anil  was  one  of  the  earliest  permanent  settlers 
of  Weymouth,  Mass.  The  records  show  that 
John  Whitman  was  made  a  freeman  in  Decem- 
ber, 163S.  In  1645  he  was  made  an  Lnsign 
by  Governor  Winthrop,  this  jirobably  being  the 
fust  militarv  a|)pointment  in  that  town,  lie 
was  Deacon  of  the  church  at  W'evniouth  from 
its  establislunent  until  bis  death,  which  oc- 
curred on  November  \ },  1692,  at  the  age  of 
about  ninety  \ears.  He  was  an  able  man  and 
a  much  respected  citizen.  His  wife,  Ruth,  is 
sup|)oscd  to  have  died  in  1662. 

Zechariah  Whiiman,  son  ui  John,  and  next 
in  line  of  descent,  w;is  born  at  Weymouth, 
Mass.,  in  1644.  He  giaduated  at  Harvard 
I'niversiiy,  Cambridge,  Mass.,  in  16M;  and 
on  .Se|>lember  i,,  1670.  was  ordained  to  the 
ministry  at  I'oint  .Allerton,  Nantasket,  or 
Hull,  Mass.,  and  appointed  to  a  church  there 
at  a  salaiN  of  forty  pounds  per  \ear.  In  Mtiy, 
|(')7^,  lie  was  admitted  a  freeman.  He  was 
a  good  schcdar  and  penman,  aiul  wrote  most  of 
the  wills  and  legal  papers  drawn  up  in  Hull. 
He  officiated  at  the  Lord's  Supper  for  the  last 
time  on  Ma\-  2,  1725,  and  his  death  occurred 
Niivend)er  5,  1726.  His  wife,  .Surah,  a  twin 
sister  of  .\nna  Alcock,  both  iicing  daughters 
of  John  .\lciick  (H.  ['.  iCi^C)),  of  Roxburv, 
Mass.,  was  baptized  .May  26,  1630.  The  car- 
tract  of  their  marriage  w.is  dated  October  26, 
I  1O70.       They  hatl  nine  cliildien. 


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J'lhii    Whitniiiii,    scvuiuli   ihilil   „f   the    Kuv. 
Zechiuiah   ;.n,l    .S;in,h    Whitman,    was   hum    in 
"jSH.      Jkit  little  is  known   of   him.  save   that 
lie  was  a   wealthy  and    influential    man   and   a 
IVaenn  <,f  the  eiiurel,.      He  was  thrice  nianied. 
His  hrst  wile,  lormeily  .Mary  Graves,  died  No- 
vember 24,   17,6,  at  the  early  a-e  of  seventeen 
years  and   nine  months.      Jle   married   for  his 
•second  wife  Dorcas,  widow  of  Thomas  Chitt), 
•■"Hi    dau-hter    of    Captain     Jacob      (ireen,    of 
Charle.stown,    .Mass.      Siie    died     October    iS, 
171X,  at  the  age  of  thirty-four.      J.',,,-  bis  third 
wife  John  Whitman   married    Margaret,  widow 
of  J.ibn   JJamon,    of  C'harlestown,    Mass.,    and  • 
daughter  .,f    the    Rev.     'J-bonKis    Clarke.  '   She  | 
died  October    .  r,.    i;-s,    aged   sixty-si.v   vears.    I 
He    had   one  child   In    his    first    wife,    two   i,y 
lii.s  .second,    and   four   by   bis   third. 

J.-'bn  Whitman,  .second,  otherwise  kn,,wn   as 
I'e.icou  John  Whitman,  and   the   hrst   chihi   of 
John  and  Dorcas  Whitman,  was  b,,ru   at   St,.w, 
Mass.,  September   2.,    ,7,;.      With    tortv-five 
others   became   to    \,,va    .Scotia,    June     \  ;r„ .    \ 
in    the   >|oop    "Cbarniing    I'olly."     landing   at   I 
■\nnapolis.        They   brought    with     them   their  ; 
wives  and  hou.seludd   effects.      He   had   been  a 
De.icon  in  the  clunvb  at  .Stow,  and   both   there 
and  in  his  new  home  was  a  man  much  esteemed 
for    his    high    personal    character.        He    did   ' 
September    ,2,    ,jG^^,    i,,,;,,^.    ,    considerable 
Pi-"Peity.        He     married,    February    G,     xjj^j^    \ 
Mary,    daughter    of   the    Rev.    Mr.    |-oster,    of 
Stafford,    Conn.      She  was  born   in    17.-7,  'and 
died  December   24,     i,s,,.       n^.v   ),ad    eleven   i 
children,  of  whom  Abraham,  the  tenth,  was  the  i 
Kiandfather  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  I 


Abraham  Whitman  was  born  at  Stow,  Mass., 
September  10,  ,761.  The  early  death  of  hil 
father  and  the  comparatively  limited  means  of 
the  family  compelled  their  separation,  and  at 
an  early  age  Abraham  started  out  to  make  his 
own  way  in  the  world.      He  first  went  to  Ilali- 

la.v  an<l  then  to  Liverpool.  \.  S.,  finally  .settling 
,  at  Chester.  VS..  where  he  lived  for  .some  ^ears 
I  For  .some  time  he  was  engaged   in   sbip-build- 

i"g;  but.  owing  to  a  depression  in  that  industry 
i  I'e  sotigbt  a  new  field   for  bis  energies,  and    i,', 
\    <N,owentto   Canso,   X.S.,   where   he  took   np 
l^lar^o  grant   <,f   huul.      Jlere   be  was  engaged 
,   '"   iHisine.^-xs  a  general  merchant,  also  f,t,i„. 
I  <H't  shipping  ves.sels  and  selling  their  cargoes" 
I  ''"'"   '   ^""^'   ''^'   "•'"'^-   ''is    home    during   the 
I  -'"ters  at   Chester,   spending  his  summers  at 
I  Canso;    but  during   the  War  of    .8,2,  owing  to 
!'I''--''angerof  ho,stile  incursions  of  the  etiemv 
''-:-'-ved  with  bis  family  to  permanent  qtu,;. 
'orsat    Canso,  where  be  spent  .his  latter  years 
dying  Afarcb  24,   ,854,  at  the  venerable  a-'e  of 
--'y^'-ee.      He  was  a  man  highly  esteemed, 
'-""'   fanned   for  his   bo.spitalitv,    which  was  al- 
--t   of  a   patriarehical   kind,  his  bouse  bein.. 
^'  -ays  open  to  frien.ls  or  strangers.      JfiswifcT 
-hosen,aiden   "auK.  was   Ha„nah  Webber,  wa^ 
'""■"   ^'arcb    u,,    ,76.,,    i„    Connecticut.       AH 

"'"'7'''''''-^"    '-t-"--nine    in    numbe,'- 
were  born  in  Chester. 

-''^''"^Vhitman,  third  son  and  child  of  Abra 
:!'"    ""'    "^"■■'^"'     ^^■'•itman,    and    father    of 
'■--as   Spun-  Whitman,  was   born   at    Canso, 

,;     '^Y'""""'-*''"'^"-      "^^1'"- a  sailor's 
'">-■.  and   tor  some  time  loll.wed   the  .«cm  as  a 

^•^'l"^""-      Subsequently,  he  .settled  at  Halifax 


h) 


iiii 


BIOGKArilKAI,    RF.VIF.W 


where  for  many  years  he  was  engaged   in   In.si-  This  process  has  been  widely  adopted,  and  the 

ness  as  a    Wesc    India    merchant,    being    also  entcri.rise,    in    which   several   of    his   sons   are 

largely    interested    m     shipping     and     owning  associute.l    with    him,    has    proved    a    success, 

many  vessels.      He  spent  his  list  days  with  his  Successfid  in  business  an<l  a  good  citi/.en,  up- 

so'n  at  Annapolis,  dying  at  the  age  of  seventy-  right  and  honorable,  lie  is  both  widely  known 

four    years.      In    politics   he  was    a    Conscrva-  and  highly  esteemed. 

tivc.  '  His  wife,  Mrs.  Kli/a  .S|)urr  Whitman,  i  On  1  ehruary  lo,  1S57,  Mr.  Whitman  mar- 
was  a  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary  (Hood)  ried  Miss  i.ouisc  Tnbias,  dar.ghter  of  S.  1). 
Spiur,  of^Round  Hill,  N..S.,  and  of  I'.nglish  ^  ,ind  Ceorgianna  (ilinkell)  Tobias,  of  Annapo- 
ancestry.  'Hielr  child, en  were  eleven  in  lis  Royal.  I  Icr  molhcr  was  a  daughter  of  Dr. 
number;  namelv,  William,  Robert,  Th,)m,,s,  1 1  inkeli,  a  su.-eon  ,u,  the  staff  of  the  Duke  of 
luhiard,'  -Maria,  '-.len...,,  Susr.i,  b'-li/.i,  Anr,,  Kent.  A  sw,,rcl  presented  to  Mrs.  Whitman's 
Charlot'e.  lane.  Hoth  parent.-,  were  member-  grandfather  by  ihc  <lnke  is  now  in  possession 
Jf  'the  liaptist   churcli.  i  -'»  'i^'''  ^""^i'^-  '"•  -^•".^"-t^^  Robin.son. 

Thomas    .Sp.urr   Whitman    was    educated    at  '       Mr.  and  Mrs.   Whitman   have  been  the   par- 

llorton    .-Xcademy,    Wolfville,     N..S.      At    the  cuts  of   seven    children,  of  whom    si.x  are   now 

age  of   si.xteen  years  he  entered   the  emp!o\  of  livin.n;    namely,    I'rank    C,   Thomas    Dwight, 

his  father,  and  was  soon  a.lmitted  as  a  i.artner,  \-ictor.  John    i'rascr,    Arthur    I  huullefield,  and 

the   hrni   name   being   John   Whitman    .^   S.m.  i.ouis.      JMank  C,  the  nr>t  named,  is  the  lios- 

'Ihis  lasted  until    1.S37,   in  which  \car  he  went  ton  representative  of  CoUas,  Whitman  &  Com- 

t,)   New    Vork,  where    he    remaine  ,   tor    twelve  pany.     Limited,        lie    married 


M. 


years,    engaged    in    commission     hu-mess 


In      kilcl'ie.  d.mghter  of  Judge  Norman  Ritchie,  of 


partnership  with  hi-  brotliers  John  and  Robert.  llalif..v,    ami     has     lour     children.       Th.mias 

in  iSr»j,  returning  to  .Nova  .Scotia,  he  setth'd  at  1  )^\  iglil  Whitma.n  was  lor  .several  years  engaged 

.\nnapolis  Royal,  where   for  sometime  he  was  in    ihe    lumber  business   ai    Oakland,  a  sulan-h 

agent  of  the  branch  otTiceof '.he  I'nion  Hank  of  of    .San    l-,anci>co,    Cal.      lie  retmned  to  An- 

Ilalila.v.  and  subsequently  ol  the  I'.ank  ot  Nova  napolis  Royal,  X.S.,  in  iS.),,,  and   is  now  with 

.Scitia.       Later   he,  witii    se\eial   others,  estab-  his  lather  in  tlie  lumber   >onnnis>i,,n   business. 

lisbed  the  N.)va  Scotia  I.lovds   Mutual    Maibie  X'ietor    is    mairiger    ot    ihe    Whitm.m    drying 

Insurance  Company  of  which   he  was  mana.Lvr.  onaess    l.a'  John    I'ugh   .V    Son    at   (iloucester, 

Shortiv  afterward^,  having   re'iied    from   bank-  M.iss 

ing,    he    enga|.'d    in    the    lumber    commission  oiVue 

birsiness,      iti    IS.J5    he   inxeiaeil   a   pr.icess  ol  follas,     Wiiitm.ni     .K:    fonipanv.     Limited,    at 

drvmg    lish,    which     In      has    p.itentcd    in    all  jlalita.x.      lie    m.nried    I'dna    dates,    d.mghter 

the    leadii^g    h -h    countries    ol    th'v^or'd,    in  o|   IMw.nd  ( i.ites,  Sheriff  o|  Aimapolis  County, 

some    (;f    them    establishing   branch    agencies.  ,  ,ind  h,is  two  cliildren        riiilip  Louis  and  lulith. 


ohn  I'Mser  is  eni|iio\cd  in  his  father's 
.\illiiu'     llaidleliehl     \<    manager    for 


» 


IluN.  Al.l-  Kl.h   1,.  jiiM.s. 


KIOfJRAI'lIK  AL    IU;VIK 


\V 


J. 


'"'"•    ^'   '■'^"    ^"^i'Kvr.    ul,„  «as   .cl.uatcl 


t^WiXs  Cnllcjic  Wiiulsor,  \.S. 
encc  .Sr)i(Icr  of  St.    fnlm,  x,  |; 


iiKiriicd    l''l(,|--  I  ,,f 

ill  .\r, 


'li^''l   .Sr).icn.ber  ii,    ,74.,  ,.,t 


743.  at  the  vuncnble 
'""^■ty-lmir.      TluT  iKul  ten  child,- 
iia  Jdiu's,     fr 


nee 


^I'--     Whitman    is    a    n,en,l,e,-    ,„    ul.    'l!,n„'  ,   '  T'"                ""  '"'  ''""  ■''"'^'  "^"  '"""   ''^-'^ 

c-l-uich.      [n   politics  he   is  a    I  ihenl                    I        ,   ",  '""■''-■''    -^'''-'"■'    J^^i"'", 

•■""'  t'-T  i^-l  r,ve  children,    of  whon,  ].:iishua 
-H..^ «':is  the  \oun-est. 

<'^-      AI.FRI.;i)       (.11  n\      I,, MS       r  !'''1"?  •'"'"''  '"■  ^^'^   ''^  "-^'-^   ''^'ter  known) 

- ■ -'. ■J::::A:;:vf::'';rr-'''' ""- 

■«' -■  -'".-"-u:.. ..,;;„ ,„     ::  v",""^-  ■".'"■ "'  ""i"" '- "»'  .I.C-  c 

Halifax,  X.S.,  and  lately  -■ ■ -         •••     i  "'^.nnent.      He  resided  I. 

aff; 

1). 

b 


'•   •'•"•'  '"'"  i^'C^'ly  iin.innuait    in    public      ,r,rt  in  W  ■  ,  ^,  ^.e  mos 

^'<^'i.s.  was  bon,  in  ^^•evn,„nth,   X.  S.     S  p.en.    I  h  "      "   ''^'--■--"^.  ->  was  a  Jns 

--^.     -^4.     hispa,.e„.s     .sec i  ^IZ  \  Z:       ^       '':  T  ''''''' '''''■       '''  ^^'^^ 

'-inK  Ciny  rarlefn  an.l  I.-ances  Mnnes)   ,„„,s    ^  t,nn  ':  '"'  ""'>•  ''^"'  ^'^'^'l  ol.l--ashioned 

"^   i^    a    lineal    descendant    .f    ,,..,.  i"""    '"""^■^■"   ^'''i'''-".  all    b...   save  one, 


T  tlio  most 
1 


•■■"''■111!      rf      Lrui:,       |,,|,^,,^         t 


"•""■    according    t„   the    ,ec„„ls,   with    his    wilc  'T     '"  '"'''"  "'    ''""'    '"'"^   ^^^''''-''  ^1- 

i"i'»^'l  -iH-  church  in  R,.xlun  v,   Mass      h,   ,6  ,0  '  '   s!      !      '''  "'  "''  "'''""'  "'  ""^  ^^^''■''' 

•twenty   years   alter   the    a.ri'val   of   the   -m',.'  , ,  !    '    '"'   •^"""   ""    '"""    '"    ^'--^-'H-etts. 

f""wer"atI'lymonth.      I.cu  i.  sul,.e,„cntlv  '  in  '       '     '"•'  '^'"■^■^  "^'v,-  in  the  American   ])„.- 

'650.    removed   ,0    Uatc,t„wn      Ar ...      ./j.^,  ''";'"  "'  ""'   ""'^'  '"    "'^'    ^^vohuionarv  War. 

-'-    "■"'"     '<-'-v,     and    ah,a„     cJiJistan,  iL  ^^     ,'''"^7 '''''''^"  ''^"■''"' '''''^'''^'^  ''' 

'-"  '^■-"■n,  whce  he  ,,d,„uvd  the  „ccupati„n  ,„'  X,,.,    . ''  .-               ''""""  "'-  "■"■  ''^'  -"- 


'"""'^""-■'      ''y    hi-viie,     .,„„,    „,,„„    „,  ,,,,„,,':"'■';    ""■'    -"-'    ^"    ^^Vyn„.u,h, 

'"^'"'-''""•'1  -as  Am,   „„   Anna)    '       .„    ,„  ,,  „,  '                 '''"'    '"     '•^■^"-       '■'"•   '"any   yca.s  he 

^"'"-  '''i''''-.    "(   "l-m,he   sec,,,:,   ,1,'ild    and   '  J  "  ""' ?"' "'  '''■^'''-  ""■  "'^' ^-mty  „n  ,i.,,,. 

^'''-^   --vas    ,„siah.       ,....i.    ,,.,..,,,,;;;!  ''^7  '''''''f  •'■''->---.  I- d,vu- a,, en- 

\Vatert„wn,    Ap.il    ,,,     , , ,, ,        j,;^  '"    ""';>   ">^'    ""'isl,    ,„vernment    up   to   the 

^'^'>'   ■•■-^a.edseve,,.y4..   ..,,:"    '''^''i;-';\;V''-         '^^^^^^    -dcnhood 

-'"^'^'''i -was  b„:„i„  „„„,.„,     „„^^      iJ'      ■"""'':7""''^^-'l-'lau,hler,.,a„.valist 

'"''■  ''^■--'->^'''-'na,,,a,.,\:a;,,,he,-/;;iL,'r;'"'^^ 

"'^^•'"•'— "i"tl,epuld,c,„., ,U,,er     ^  ''''""■'-""">•   n,    cMMence,    dn,,.    a. 

•''—vhich    place    he    spcn,    h,sUer,,„..        iCZZ^' ^^^'^''^  '''''•■'''''''''''' '''^^ 

^-'■^.••)'^l'aT,eadway,  .„„,„„•  .„;,,: ;  |     ^  l^  7';';7;,"  ' a,en„wnvin,      n„. 

^""  '-'^''^■^'tl'^'.^'ul  of  one  bundled  and 


11^ 


1 

If 


■i ; 


i6 


ISIOGRAl'IlICAL    REVIF.W 


three    ye; 


"Iheir    el 


St      c 


■hiUl 


(illV 


Carleton,  father  of  the  Hon.  Alfred  (i.  Jones. 


Guy  Carleton  Jones, 
maiuler  of  the   British   forces   in   the  re 
colonies,  Sir  (iuy  Carleton,  was 


lameil  for  the  last  coni- 
volted 


Mini 


isterof   Militia.      In    the  year    1S78   party 


politics  ran  hij; 


\<'h,  the  issui 


heint;  that  between 


free  trade  (or  tariff   for  revemie 


iilv)  as  repre- 


LMited   In 


the   Liberal   party 


and 


hi-h 


or  pro- 


)orii   m 


Wev- 


inou 


th,  X.  S.,    in    1781). 


lie  was   Registrar  of 


Deeds  at  Weymouth  for  m 
his  last  days  there,  dyiiii 
the  aj;c  of  seventy-tive  year: 
ces,  died  in  1S41. 
six  bovs  and   five  : 


any  years,  and  spent 
March    10,  1864,  at 


II 


is-wi 


fe,  !■ 


ran- 


They  hatl  eleven   children, 
'iris,  of  whom   but   two   now 


tective  tariff,  advoca 


ted   bv  the   Conservatives. 


Mr.  J 
a   chan 


ones  s  pa 


•tv  (the  Liberal)  be  in;:;  defeated 


tie   o 


f  administration    occurred,    an 


d  hi 


ost   hi? 


•at. 


Re-elected,  however,    in 


issri. 


he  sat  in  the  House  of   C'oni 


mons  at  Ottawa  as 


leading. 


uember   of    the    opposition,     un 


itil 


survive 


.\lfred  ('..  and  C.eorge. 


1  Scj  I . 


1S7S 


a    member    o 


;.f     the 


(  )ueeirs  I'rii-y  Council  of  Canaila. 


At  the  last 


Alfred  Ci.  Jones,  who  was  his  p; 


irents'  sixth 


eiieral  election. 


child   and   fou 


rth   son,  atlended   school 


at  Var-  ,  stroii-lv  to  run 


in  iS()6,  lie  WLis  solicited  very 
a"aiii,  but   oil   account   of   poor 


At  the  aL::e  of  eii;hteen  year: 


mouth  Academy, 

he  beiJian  an  independent   career,  j^oiii- 


health    declined    the     noniinalioi 


to  Hal-  i  takes  a   ^reat    interest    in    puhlu 


affair: 


e    stil 


how- 


ifax, 
kee[ 


where 
ler   will 


he    found    employment     as     bonk 


jver,  both   of   the    I'rovince  am 


id   of   Canada    in 


L  C 


mear.   West    India    iiier- 


jral,   is  a  stron.t;'  supporter  of   his  partv,  at 


chant  and  ship-ownei 


II 


e   provei 


.1   him^ 


I'ver   at    heal 


t    the    best    interests 


)f    the 


ai.able   and   trustworthy  that    in    '^50  he   was      pco| 


He  is  in  favor  of  tlieilnses 


St  and  most 


ailmitte 


tted 


as  a  ]iartner   in   the 


luismess ; 


am 


1  he  ,   friendb-   relations    between    Canada    and 


Cireat 


so  con 


tinned  lor  twent\-two  yean 


thereafter,  or  '   Hritain  and  th 


L'nited    .Stati.: 


am 


un 
tl 


itil    Mr.    Kinnear's  ( 


leath,    w 


le   present   tirm   < 


,f  .\.  C 


hen    he    foi-nu: 
c^  &  Co..  < 


d 


he   lincls   it    in    his  power   to    do   to   ^i 


1  dues  what- 


lide 


.if      iiublic  sentiment  in  that  direction. 


the  lar-est 


and  mo-t  lliiurishin,L 


if    its   kind  in 


Mr.    |oiK-s  has  had  some  CNperieiice 


th. 

Ml 
tiir.e 


citv. 


tai\'  matter: 


I'or    lifteen   ve:ii: 


lie  wa^ 


.ntered  public  life  in   iSi,;,  at  the      tenant-colonel  o 


I   the 


I'ir:!    I 


Kemmeii 


111  mill- 
Lieu- 


t  of    \'ol- 


of    the    confederation    of    the    I'rovii 


beinLT    then    electei 


to    tlir 


1  lominioii 


I'arli 


meiit.    111    " 


hirh    he   held   hi-   se.it    mi 


til     1 


.niteei-  of   Halifax,    aixl    in    1  Sii.)    he  was    the 

ni/.er  of  the  h'irst  Hri-v.ile  \oluiiteer  Artil- 

1  a-  the    I-'irsl    RcLii- 


li'iv  o!  Halifax,  now  known  a 


In    the 


.'uer.il    cleiiion    ( 


if    that    \ear   he    wa- 


ment   of   Canadian  .\itiller\,  oi  which   also   he 
defeited'bva   small    majoritv,   hut    in    the    lol-      w.is  l.haitenant  cohmel. 
lowin.^  yem-,   iS;^,  he  was  returned   by  a  lar;;e  Mr.  Jones  has  been  twice  niarricl,      Ihstii-t 

,„,,j„,h;.  He  retain,.!  his  seat  up  to  iSjS,  wile  wa-  Margaret  Stairs,  daughter  ot  William 
,,„,t,;i,l,;,l  time  bein^  a  member  ol  the  Mc  Staos.  o|  Halifax,  N.S.  She  died  m  1S7;. 
Kenzie  administration,  entering,  the  cabinet  as      havin;^  been   the   mother  ol    seven   children,  ol 


lUOGR 


M 


M 


Coll 


^cst.  and  has  four  diildron  -  Gol.lsboro,  (;„v  i  I  ,„„,„„         ,  '.  '  "i'  "^""^  '^  ^""^-'-"  '^''-^Pi'^''  nt 

^a.loton,    ilany,    and    Hildrcd.       H.   ^:  .J  V""'    '"   ^''^   ^"""-"^  y-' i,c  settled 

aated  with  his  father  in  business.      A  se.nrate  hi           T'-     ^''  '"'   '''"'  '''>'  ^"^^-^f"'    '" 

t"^'^''^^^^'>-^'-'-'''->'''^'''undfon!:v;n:  :j;:r^^'"'''  ^"'" '--  ^'  ■^•■•^^  -»'  ^'-vin. 


"--•'-1-  "-'-yT.  Jones  is  now  a  barris- 
t-m-lawinllalila.,  andalso,.e.istrarofthe 
^'""■'  "^    '■'■"'-'-        '•■-nces    is    an    artist    of 

.quite,  whose  works  have  been  exhibited  in  the 


tli^  I'irst  Re" 


Sinec.S95hehas  been   .S„rKeo„  n"; 


i'"^'"t  t-anadian  Artillery,  and  in 

«--.iN,«,hewas,a.ettedasSnr,eonand 
".""";"^^'      ^"     ^'-    -'-■    year    he    was    ao- 

"""^ '  '-""""^  -'^'  ''--■  ^'-i  i-v::  I !:;'"  af  ^'n'r  '^r'^^" ''''''  -^ "-  ■"- 

■  laniax,     Jfe  has  also  been  a 


"""■'^  ^'^'-'X-Mc  eonnnent.  She  is  also  a 
^^•'"^•'•'  ^"•^'  lia^  just  issued  in  J^nj;land  a  snK.H 
^■"'"'"^"1  1-etry,  ealled  '•.Melodies,"  whieh 
■•eccved  most  llat.erin,  notices  from   the    Kn.- 

't,'""^^-      ^''^'"-i-i    "andet    ]!annan,ore, 
'"^'■^■^""•.   J'-'>K'a"'U>nthasnoehildren 

^^'''-   •'"'"•^   '"^"'i^''!   '-•  I'i^   M..cond   wife,    in  | 
'^/r.  M,ss   KmmaAlhro.  dau;;htero,    K.l^.nl  I 
•'"""•  '"■"'"''-•  ^-^^      >iy>lns   union  there 
"■'    ""   ''''''-''■^■"-      -^l'-.    and     .M,s.     ,,,,es 


.  ,       "'^■"■"••■^"-Ki.    I...u.sahe.ub. 

r'"  ""'"'■-'"'"''l-'^l..  1.  hi.,ir>,wi,e 
^ --'--t.  uas  born  in  Ibdi,,,.,  , ,.,  ,,„,,^,,,  „' 
1 0(14 


I,   ,.  ■•  "ncmber  of  the 

I     '^""-''--d  of  Health  sinee  ,,.,,,,,,,„  ,,,,^ 
!  ^vo  y.ns  bavin,  been   chairnun,   of  the  board 

'""^"  ^:  "^  -^  '--"  -t— 1,  and   has  n,anv 

™  f-'"'-       '■'  politics   he   is  a   Liberal.  ' 
'"■■  •'""-   '"arried,  (Jetober  ,,0.    ,,S,Sy,   M;,, 

;-"    ^'-now.    daughter  of   the    late    Robert 

•\'"irow,  of  IJalifa.v. 


l^r.USTVS    V.    .STONK.MAN.    Mav 


'    ^annouth,    .\.S.,   and   one  o,'  the 

'""''"•"   '"'■'*''>e^-^  n,en  of  that  nlaee 

■'^  ''"'•"  ^'t    Varn.outh,  N.S..  April    ^   ,,,.' 

^"';  "^''-Pl.  and  .Mary  ,i.ewis,  stonen.an    "' 

•-■i'"  >^tonen,an,  his  father,  who  was   born 

•     '^■';-P".t,Hn,land.  May,,   ,;,,,,,„,  ^„ 

"An,er,ea  at  the  a,e  of  twenty,  settling  n,.t  at 


'^':''  ^"  "'^'  ^'--1-  Castle  Se,„„d.      ■,;.  ,„       '      ;  ;  "^'  ''■^■;  ^'""  -'-luently  at  Vannouth. 

'^''  '-''-"  at  the  iKditax    Medieal    Coll |^     i'V',;""'"''   '"'    '''    "^'"-    '-'    '-    lud 

■^      "^'""''    "'^'    "••"'^'    "'■    ■sln-p-carpenter.      After 


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going    to    Yarmouth    he   carried   on    husiness 
there  as  a  general  merchant,  and  also  became  j 
largely  intenstcd   in   shipping,    being  one  of  j 
the   pioneers  of    that   industry   in    Yarmouth. 
He  built  many  vessels,  anti  was  fairly  success-  ; 
ful.       In    politics    he    was    a    Liberal.       His  i 
death  occurred  in  Yarmouth  on  November  26, 
1869.      His    wife,    Mary   Lewis   Stonenian.    a 
daughter  of  Waitsell  Lewis,  was  horn  at  Yar- 
mouth, January  26,   1790,  and  died  there  Feb- 
ruary   17,    1884.      They   were   the   parents   of 
seven  children,  of  whom  one   is   now   living, 
Augustus  1-'.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch.     The 
father  was  a  Methodist  in  religion. 

Augustus  I'.  Stonenian  was  educated  at  Yar- 
mouth Academy.  After  his  school  days  were 
over  he  entered  his  father's  store  as  book- 
keeper. He  was  subsequently  manager  ol  the 
establishment  of  Moody,  15rown  &  Co.  up  to 
i860.  He  then  engaged  in  general  imrcan- 
tile  business  for  himself,  beginning  in  a 
small  way,  and  increasing  until  he  has  built 
up  a  large  trade.  In  1871  lie  took  as  a  ixirt- 
ner  Mr.  N.  J.  H.  Tooker,  since  which  time 
the  style  of  the  firm  has  been  A.  1'.  Stonenian 
&  Co.  They  carry  on  a  general  mercantile 
and  fishing  business. 

In  politics  a  Liberal,  Mr.  Stonenian  served 
on  the  Hoard  of  Councillors  of  the  town  of 
Yarmouth  from  its  incorporation  in  1 890  until 
February,  1899.  and  also  held  other  offices  of 
trust.  In  February,  1899,  he  was  elected 
Mayor  of  Yarmouth  by  acclamation,  the  people 
recognizing  in  him  a  pnblic-spirite;!  citizen 
of  tried  integrity,  in  whom  they  could  place 
the  fullest  conrKlence. 


Mr.  Stoneman  was  nv.rried  in  1862  to 
Maria  D.  Richani,  daughter  of  Captain 
Eleazer  Richam.  of  Yarmouth,  a  master 
mariner.  He  has  had  three  cl-ildren-- 
Charles  R.,  Arthur  IV,  and  William  A. 
Charles  married  Clara  Smith,  of  Yarmouth, 
and  has  a  son,  Douglas.  Mr.  Stoneman  and 
his  family  attend  the  Methodist  church,  in 
which  he  i.s  a  le;uling  odficer,  being  a  trus- 
tee and  a  member  of  the  Quarterly  Hoard. 
He  was  also  superintendent  of  the  Sunday- 
school  for  several  years. 


OHN  DOULL,  late  president  of  the 
bank  of  Nova  Scotia,  and  for  many 
years  one  of  the  leading  business  men 
of  Halifax,  was  born  in  Scotland  in  18J4,  and 
died  in  Halifax  on  September  14,  1899.  He 
was  the  eldest  son  of  John,  Sr.,  and  i'.lizabeth 
(Craig)  DouU. 

John    Doull,  Sr. .  came   to    Nova   Scotia   be- 
fore his  marriage,  and   taught  school   f(.r  some 
time   at    Sheliiurne.      He  then   went   back    to 
Scotland  and   married    I'.li/aheth   Craig.      Re- 
turning shortly  to    Nov.i   Scotia,  he   settled  at 
I'ictou,    where    for    many   years   there.dter   he 
conducted  business  as  a  dealer  in  general  mer- 
chandise.       Subsec|nently      he      removed      to 
j   Hruley,    N.S.,   in   which   place  he  met   with   a 
I  sudden    death    when    about     (in[y    years    old, 
I  being   killed   by   a    kick    from    a    horse.      His 
'  wife  survived   him  for  m.my  years,       I'liey  had 
!  fom-  children,  all  scms.  ol  whom   two  are    now 
I  living    -  kolicrt  and  I"ranci>^. 
i        lohn  Doull,  the    firsl-liorn    .son   and    the   di- 


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I 


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rcct   subject  of  this  sketch,  accompanied   his 
parents   to    Nova   Scotia   when    four   yearu    of 
age.      He  attended  school  in   I'ictou.  and   sub- 
sequently continued  his  studies  under  a  pri- 
vate tutor.      Going  to   Halifa.v  at  the  age  of 
thirteen,    he   was   subsequently   employed    for 
eleven   years   as  clerk   in  a  (lry-goo<ls   house. 
In    18^9,  having  drained   a  thorough   knowl- 
edge of  the  business  and  accumulated  a  small 
capital,    he  established   the   firm   of   Doull   & 
Miller,  wholesale  dealers   in  dry  goods,  which 
existed    under    the    same    management    up    to 
1888.      lluring  that  time  he  became  a  director 
of  the  bank  of  Nova  Scotia,  holding  that  posi- 
tion from  .866  to  1894.  and  from  1894  till  his 
death    he    was    president    of    the    bank.      Mr. 
Uoull  was  a  Conservative  in   politics,  and   his 
religious    opinions    alliliated     him    with    the 
I'resbyterian     church.        He     never     held     or 
sougiit  public  office,  preferring  to  give  his  en- 
tire attention  to  his  priv.ite  business  interests. 
He    was  a    well-known   citizen   and   much   re- 
.spected    for    the    worth   of   his   personal    char- 
acter. 

AFr.  Doull  married  Miss  Helen  Ives,  daugh- 
ter of  James  Ives,  of  Halifax.  She  died^in 
188S,  having  been  the  mother  of  five  children. 
'J'he  four  children  who  survive  their  parents 
are:  Francis,  William,  Walter,  and  Alex- 
ander. 


|)p>\.  i.oKAx  1:1. 1. IS    h.\k:.;r,   ,„, 

I'Hly  years  and  more  a  prominent 
"'usiiiess  man  of  \'armouth,  con- 
nected with  nian>  u\  its  ninsi  important  enter- 
prises, and  a  citizen  held  in  high  repute  fur  his 


public  spirit  and  liberality,  was  born  in  Yar- 
mouth, N.S.,  May  .3,  183,.  He  was  the  .son 
"f  Kllis  and  Delina  (Kenney)  IJaker.  His 
father  and  mother  were  natives  of  Yarmouth 
and  .Shelburne,  N..S,,  respectively.  On  his 
father's  side  his  ancestral  line  in  America 
began  with  lulward  Baker,  an  early  immigrant 
to  Mas.sachusetts;  while  his  maternal  ancestors 
were  among  the  first  settlc-s  of  ]5arrington. 
N.  .S.  ^ 

Mr.  Hakerin  his  youth   received  a  substan- 
tial educati.m  in  the  Yarmouth  Aeademv.      He 
gained  his  first  j.ractical  knowledge  of  business 
as  clerk  lor  W.  II.  Townsend,  then  one  of  the 
leading  merchants  of  Yarm.nilh.      In  1S55  Mr. 
leaker  began   business  for  himself  as  a  general 
merchant.      Some  time  later  he  became   inter- 
ested in   ship   building   in   company  with    Mr. 
]'>hn  Young,  the  business   being   eanied  on  by 
them  under  the  firm    name  of  ^'oung  &  Baker. 
In  that  year  the  partnership  was  dissolved  :  and 
Mr.    Baker   sul)se(|Uently   continued    the   busi- 
ness ainne,  meeting  with  marked  succes.s.      He 
"■as  afterwar.l  interested  in  various  enterprises; 
and  his  great  activity,  keen   b.resight  and   in- 
sight, and  a  .sound,  careful  judgment  made  his 
name   practically    a    synonym    for    success    in 
whatever   undertaking  he   was   connected  with. 
'I'lie  st.uy  ui  his  ctrccr  lorms  a  leading  chapter 
in    the   history  of    \'armouth,    so    clo.sely   con- 
nected was  he  with  its  most   important   in.stitu- 
"""s  and    its   business,    social,    and   charitable 
enterprises. 

-\  I'rief  glance  at  his  record  shows  that  he 
was  president  of  the  ^'armouth  Jbnk,  president 
"'  "'^'  Varinouth  ln>,nance  Con.panv,  pre.si.lcnt 


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and  {general   manager  of  the  VarnKuith   Steam-  [ 
ship  Company,  president  of  the  Grand   Hotel  j 
Company,  president  of  the  Yarmouth  A^^rieult- 
ural   Society,  president  of  the  Western   Coun- 
ties' Railway,  and   president   of  the   Mountain 
Cemetery  Company,  besides  beinj,^  prominently 
associated    with    many    others,    all    successful 
representative    concerns,    ai;gregating    a    vast  : 
amount  of  capital,  and  j^iving  emi>l.>yment   to  ; 
many  people.      I'erhaps  the  eiiteri)rise  through  | 
which   he   was    best    known    is    the    Yarmouth  j 
Steamship  Company,  whose  splendid    steamers  j 
and  fine  passenger  service  have  proved  so  great  ^ 
an  advertisement    for  the  ti)\vii.      In   fact,    the 
great   influx  of  summer  tourists  by   this    line  , 
became  so  large  as  to  necessitate  the  erection  | 
of  a   new   and  commodious   public   house,   the  | 
C.rand  Ibitel,  of  which   enterprise  also   he  was 
at  the  head.  ^  j 

As  a  citizen  of  public  sjjirit,  Mr.  Haker  won  j 
his  way  to  a  high  place  in  the  regard  (if  his  ! 
fellow  townsmen.  In  iS()^  he  gave  to  the  city 
three  acres  of  land,  worth  some  fue  tiiousaiKl 
dollars,  delightfully  situated  (m  the  -uinmit  of 
the  hill  back  of  the  town,  overhmking  llie  har- 
bor and  sound,  and  which  is  now  being  con- 
verted into  a  public  garden  that  will  afford  a 
pleasant  resting-place,  within  easy  reach  ol  all, 
after  the  hdurs  of  toil  are  ended.  .\n  uhserva 
tory  is  'n  be  erected  lliere  tiial  will  command 
a  view  of  about  twenty  miles  of  coast.  in 
1872  ,Mr.  liaker  foiuuled  a  niuseinn  and  public 
liliraiy  in  \'armnut!i,  an  inst  iliit  iun  that  has 
been  of  great  benefit  to  the  city,  and  is  much 
appreciated  by  t'  -•  eiti/ens.  Such  acts  of  gen- 
erosity show  a  thoughtful   cnnsideiation  for  tiie 


interests  of  tlie  community  not  always  found  in 
men  of  wealth,  even  wiien,  like  Mr.  Baker, 
they  have  risen  by  their  own  efforts  from  small 
beginnings. 

Mr.  Maker  represented  Yarmouth  County  in 
the  Provincial  Legislative  Council  from  Feb- 
ruary 25,  1S7.S,  till  his  deati).  In  this  official 
cajiacitv  he  did  much  to  promote  tiie  interests 
of  the  county  and  the  general  welfare  of  the 
Ijublie,  and  it  may  justly  be  said  that  few  men, 
if  anv,  during  their  life-time,  were  more  highly 
esteemed  thnuighdut  tiie  rmvince.  He  was  a 
Liberal  in  politics,  and  his  religious  affilia- 
tions were  directly  witli  Trinity  Church  of 
Yarmouth,  of  which  he  was  a  \'estr\'man. 

Mr.  Maker  was  first  married,  in  1S57,  to 
Marv  ]•:..  daughter  of  Dr.  J.  H.  Hnnd,  of  Yar- 
mouth. She  died  in  iSCj.S;  and  Mr.  Baker 
married  for  his  secmul  wife,  in  1S70,  l-'rances 
J.,  daughter  of  II.  S.  I'arisli,  M.I).,  of  Yar- 
mouth. She  died  the  year  folli.  .ing  her  mar- 
riage. .Ml".  Baker  was  a,i;ain  married  in  1.S73, 
to  .Marv  I..,  ila.igliter  of  Cieorge  H,  Creighton, 
l-".si|. ,  (if  Dartmouth,   .\.  .S. 

Mr.  liaker  died  suddenly  in  his  berth  in  a 
1  sleeping-car  on  a  liLiin  from  New  \'ork  to  Bos- 
ton, on  the  morning  ol  December  31,  ii^(y). 
He  is  survived  bv  his  third  wife  (whom  lie  had 
just  accompanied  to  Washington,  leaving  her 
to  pursue  a  journey  in  the  Southern  .States), 
their  three  sons  -  ( leorge  I'rescott,  N'ictor 
Stanlev.  and  .Se_\iiloiir  Ciei.^htoii  and  a 
daughter,  Morence  .M.,  born  of  ids  first  niar- 
liage.  His  daughter  is  the  wife  of  the  Hon. 
Captain  W.  C.  Stopford,  of  the  Koyal  Navy, 
i  Miu  of   the  luirl   of   Courtoun,  of   luiglaiid,  and 


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has    two    cl,il,lrcn-^Dnra    M.     I.„n,ine    and 
^^■alk■|•  Jolin. 


gfON.     WII.I.IAM    ROCHK,    a    Icadin- 
Inisincss  mail  of  Ffalifax  and  a  incm- 
bcr  of  the   I'rovincial   j^ovcrnincnt, 
was  born    i„   Halifax,    N.S,.    i„    ,84^.  son   of 
\\'illiam,    Sr.,    and   Susan    (Manning)    Roche   , 
His  paternal  Grandfather  was  Captain  Charles  ■ 
Kocho,    a   native  of  Cork.    Ireland,    at   which 
place    the    family   had   been    settled    for    cen-  . 
tiirics.  ) 

Captain    Charles    Roche    was    engaged    for  i 
someti.ne  in   the   ICast   India  and  Australian  I 
trade,    .sailing  from    London,  Kngland,   in   the  I 
employ  of  Alderman  (afterward    Lord   Mayor)   I 
Curtis.      On  one  of  his  voyages   he  sailed   in 
tlic   ship    with    Govern<,r    I'hillips,    who    then  i 
cohuii.ed  South   Australia.      During  the  Rev-  i 
olution.uy  War   in   America  he  went   to   New  i 
York,  sailing  from  J'ortsmouth  in   a  transport  ' 
wldch  formed  a  part  of  ti,e   fleet   that   carrie.l 
Lord  Howe  to  th.it  city  with   a   large   force   of 
li'-itish   and   Hessian   soldiers.      Ife  reuuincd 
ni  New  York  .luring  the  liritish  occupation  of 
that    city.        Subsequently    coming    to    Nova 
Scotia,  he   married   at    Shclliurne.    a   dauHiter 

"I  William  Mc.Yib.  a  loyalist  from  New  York, 
•"id  settled  in  that  town.      He  had   three   son.s 
•""'    ""^'  ''^'".^hter.      Charles,   Jr..    the   .second, 
■smi.    was    ,,    merchant    in    Halifax    for    .some  ' 
years,  and  represented  Shelbiirne  in  the  legis-  i 
lature  for  one  term,    i.S?o. 

William  Roche,  Sr.,  third  child  of  Captain 
Charles  Roche,  was  born  at  Shelburne,  N.S., 


in  the  year  r.Soo.      j-or  a  number  of  years  he 
followed    the   sea,    rising   to    the    position    of 
shipmaster.      Sub,scquently  he  became  a  mer- 
chant in   Halifa.x,  and  was  very  successful   in 
business.      For  some  years   he   was  president 
"1  the  Union  Marine  Insurance  Company,  and 
for  two  terms  he  served  his  ward  as  Alderman, 
being  a  Liberal   in   politics.      He  did  at  the 
ag'e    of    eighty-eight    years.      His    wife,    who 
was  a  daughter  of  Walter  Manning,  of  Corn- 
wallis,  N.S.,  ,lied  at   the  age  of  .seventy-five, 
ihey   were    the  parents    of    three  children  — 
Charles.    William,    and    Julia    K.      The    last 
named  is  the  wife  of  J.  N.  Grant,  of  Haliflv. 
Charles  Roche,  third,  is  a  resident  of  Halifa.x. 
William    Roche,  the  .lirect  subject  of  this 
•sketch,  son  of  William,  Sr.,  received  his  edu- 
cation   in   the  schools  of   Halifax.      Hnterin- 
the  employ  of  the  Union   Insurance  Company 
as  a  clerk  at  an  early  age,  he  remained   in   its 
office  for  twenty  years.      I„  ,.874  his  .energies 
took   a   new  direction.      He   established   him- 
■'^cll  as  a  coal  and  commission  merchant,  start- 
ing the  business  which    he  is  still  carrying  on 
_  at  Roche-s  \Vharf.      Possessing  rare   business 
I  qualifications,    .self-reliant  and    successful,  he 
I  's  modest  and  unassuming  of  manner. 
!       fn  politics  a  Liberal,  Mr.  Roche  has  taken 
a  prominent   part   in   public  affairs.      Ho   was 
at  one  time  chairman   of  the    Ilalitax   School 
-anl.      'n.«N'ihewaselecte.lamemberof 
to  House  of  Assembly  at  the  general  election 
of  thatye.r,  and  was  re-elected  in   the  follow- 
>ng  elections  of    ,890  ami    ,.S94.      He  was  a 

member  of    the    l•■\•,.^n^,•,. .    /- 

i-Mcutive   Council,    without 
portloho. 


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Mr.  Roche  married  Miss  Clara  McLean,  of 
Halifax,  (laughter  of  I'eter  McLean.  He  has 
one  child,  a  son  —  William  Roche,  Jr. 


-fu^ICHARD  CRAIG,  a  well-known  and 
\^\  hii^hly  esteemed  citi/en  of  Truro,  for- 
^^^  nierly  Mayor  of  the  city,  was  horn 
at  sea  on  the  brij;  "Dlivant "' on  the  6th  of 
May,  1820,  son  of  .Samuel  and  ICli/aheth  ( Mc- 
Gowan)  Crait;,  his  parents  heinj;  en  mute 
from  Antrim,  Ireland,  to  Halifax,  N.S.  A 
few  weeks  after  arriving  at  Halifax,  Samuel 
Craig,  who  had  been  a  weaver  in  his  native 
land,  settled  at  Truro,  where  for  forty  years 
subsequently  lie  followed  rhe  trade  of  a  mason. 
He  died  in  Truro  at  the  age  of  eighty-si.\. 
His  wife,  l!!lizaheth,  whom  he  married  June 
24,  18 1 7,  preceded  him  to  the  grave,  dying 
at  the  ago  of  seventy-fivo.-  .She  also  was  a 
native  of  Ireland.  The  father  of  .Samuel 
Craig  went  to  Irelaml  from  .Scotland  at  the 
time  of  religious  persecutions  in  the  latter 
country. 

Richard  Craig  was  brought  by  his  |).irents 
to  Truro  when  he  was  but  four  weeks  old,  and 
with  the  exception  of  a  year  or  two  he  has 
since  resided  in  Truro.  In  his  youth  he 
began  to  learn  the  trade  of  ship-carpenter,  but 
subsequently  gave  it  up  to  learn  that  of  black- 
smith, which  bo  successfully  follov.'ed  fur  a 
number  of  years.  He  afterward  engaged  in 
the  grocery  business,  becoming  the  head  of 
the  firm  of  R.  Cr.iig  &  .Son,  He  retired  from 
this  firm  some  years  ago,  his  son  continuing 
the    busii   'ss     in    the    fine    new    building    on 


Prince  Strict,  under  the  name  of  R.  T.  Craig 
&  Co. 

In  1S43  ;\Ir.  Craig  took  a  trip  to  the  Upper 
Provinces,  going  by  stage-coach  to  .Stellarton, 
thence  eleven  miles  by  railway,  the  only  rail- 
way in  the  Dominion,  to  the  lo.iding-ground, 
and  thence  by  the  old  steamer  "  Unicorn  "  to 
Quebec.  At  that  time  he  visited  many  points 
of  interest  in  (juebec  and  Ontario.  In  i.Scj.S, 
accompanied  by  his  wife,  he  made  a  trip  to 
Uritisii  Columbia,  wheiv  he  visited  his  son 
Andrew.  In  1.S4S  he  was  appointeil  a  Justice 
of  the  Peace.  He  held  a  [losition  as  .Second 
Lieutenant  in  the  militia  in  iSC)2  and  Cap- 
tain in  iS6}.  He  Joine.l  the  Sons  of  Temper- 
ance as  one  of  the  charter  members  of  Truro 
Division,  No.  41,  in  i,S4S,  became  a  member 
of  the  Grand  Division  in  1S55,  and  joined  the 
Good  'Templars  in  1864.  He  is  an  honorary 
member  of  six  societies,  and  has  taken  an  ac- 
tive part  in  the  ad\-ocacy  of  temperance  for 
half  a  century,  attending  more  teTnperance 
meetings  than  any  other  man  in  the  countv. 

Mr.  Craig  is  a  walking  compendium  of  his- 
t(U'y  covering  this  part  of  the  cunitrv  fifty 
years  back.  To  him  more  than  to  aiiv  other 
man  is  due  the  inauguration  of  'Truro's 
natal  day,  the  first  celebration  taking  place  on 
September  13,  i88j,  Mr.  Craig  being  chairman 
ol  the  committee  of  arrangements.  To  the 
interesting  and  valuable  memorial  pamphlet 
giving  an  account  of  t'  I'ri.-eediiigs  of  that 
occasion  he  contribut'"!  a  V' ' ! ->.  ritlei\  hi-- 
torica!  sketch  of  'Tru;  ■.  ',  !e  is  the  invi'utor 
ot  a  simple  and  ingenious  de\ici-  for  iKingthe 
levels  of   raihv.iy  tracks   on    curves,  where  the 


Hon.  D.W  11)    Ml  I'lllKSoN, 


BIOGRAPHICAL   REVIEW 


27 


outer  rail  is  always  elevated,  in  making  bi- 
cycle race  tracks,  and  laying  drains  on  farms. 
!\rr.  Craig  was  si.v  times  elected  to  the 
Council  Hoard,  serving  ten  years  as  Coiineillor 
am!  one  year  as  Mayor.  ]  le  lias  taken  a  keen 
interest  in  athletics,  and  was  one  of  the  lead- 
ing spirits  in  securing  for  the  T.  A.  A.  C.  the 
beantifu]  grounds  they  now  have  in  the  west 
end  of  tile  town. 

On  August  _'s,   iSs:,,  Mr.  Craig  was  united 
in    marriage    with    Christina    X.    .Sutherlanc 


laughter  of  Donald  Sutherland.  Her  father 
came  from  Scotland  when  a  young  man  an.l 
settled  in  Truro.  .Mr,  and  Mr-  Craig  are  the 
parents  of  six  children  -^- Alvin  James,  Susan, 
Annie,  Richard  Thomas,  An.lrew  McCol- 
lough,  and  William  H.  \V. 


"ON.    DAVID    McPII1.:rS0N,    a   for- 
-ler  Mayor  of  Halifax  and  one  of  the 
"^•ading  men   of  the  city,  was  born 
m  Shell)urne  County,  Nova  Scotia,  August  f, 
i«3-',  son  of  John  and  hilizalieth  (Martin)  Mc- 
1'1'crson.     On   his  father's   side   he   comes   of 
pure  Scottish  stock,  whose  origin  is  but  dimly 
shadowed  in  the  traditions  of  the  past,  t|„,  a„. 
ccstral    kin    embracing,    besides   the    Mci'her- 
•snns,  „ther  .ancient   Scottish   clans  with  whom 
tl.cy  intermarried.      His  paternal  gramlp,arents 
were  Lauchland  an,l|.;ii.abcth  (Cniubart)  Mc- 
'■'''''■""••    ''"^''   <"■    ^^1"""    ^anu.   „f    pnuninent 
•Vnttrsh  l.unilies.      I.auchl,,nd.\lcl'hers,u,  was 
'""■"i'"i'a^^"U-,  Scotland.  „r  in  the  parish  of 
M'ot.s,  ucr  thai    citv.      His  wife,   l^li.abeth, 
w^'^n  native  of   Pldinburgh.      After  their  mar- 


riage  they  came  to  America  and  settled  in 
Shelburne  County,  Nova  Scotia,  where  they 
passed  their  declining  years. 

Their  son  John,  father  of  David  McPher- 
son,  was  born  at  Jordan  River.  Shelburne 
County,  N.S.,  March  ,3,  ,8or.  He  learned 
the  trade  of  shipwright,  which  he  followed  for 
many  years  in  his  native  place.  His  business 
gradually  increasing  to  large  proportions,  he 
was  eventually  numJx.red  among  the  most  suc- 
cessful men  of  his  town,      fn  later  life  he  re- 

"'ovcd  to  lioston.  .Mass.,  where  he  died   Feb- 
n-y  37.   ..Ss,,  at  the  age  of  fifty-eight  years, 
il'-s  political  principles  were  Liberal  while  he 
••ema.nal  a  resident  of  his  native  country.      In 
tl-e  United  States  he  favored   the   Republican 
m-      His   wife,    I.;ii.ab,.th,  was  a  daughter 
;'   J"'-   and    Kli.abeth    (Lvle)    Martin,    both 
l"-"r  parents  being  natives  of  Scotland.     Her 
grandfath,  r,  John   Martin,  a  Scotchman,  mar- 
■-I  Agnes  Russell.      She  w.as  a  sister  Of  John 
Kus.sell,  who  became  a  resident  of   Pivmouth, 
''";•'    '"    '^^'^-      '-<""   '-"   were  descended 
';e  'ate  Hon.  William   G,Rus.sel  land  Jud.e 
i'"""-Ku.s.sell,  the  former  of  whom,  at  the 
;--'f  his  death  a  few  years  ago,  was  at  the 
>--'   "'■   the  Suffolk   Cotmty    (Massachusetts, 
l^----     J.'hn  and  Agnes  (Russell,  .Martin   lived 
.--"'l  died  in  the  parish  of  Shotts,  Scotland. 

"""■  ""^  •'"•'"  ^■-•"<->  to  America  about 
'"'--and  settled  „p,n  a  farm  in  Shelburne 
C.H.n.y,  Nova  Scotia,  where  he  died  at  the 
ase  of  seventy-nve  years.  His  wife.  Kli.a- 
'-""•>■•-  Martin,  lived  ,0  the  age  of  eighty- 
T'-  ,  ''"'^  ^''■'''—  -d  Martins  weL 
^•-'ch    Presbyteri,u,s    in    religion,    uncompro- 


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mising  in  matters  of  faith  and  morals.  They 
were  a  hardy,  energetic,  and  hospitable  race, 
of  whom  their  descendants  are  justly  proud. 

John  and  ICli/.abeth  Wcl'herson  were  the 
parents  of  seven  chidren.  Three  of  these  are 
now  living,  namely:  Elizabeth,  who  is  un- 
married; Davi.;,  the  subject  of  this  sketch; 
and  Ebenezer  Martin.  The  mother  died  Sep- 
tember 3,  i«78.  :>g"l  eighty-three  years. 

I'.benezer  M.  Mcl'herson  is  jiresidcnt  cf  the 
Security    Safe   Deposit    Company   of    Hoston, 
Mass.,  and  is  well   known  in   business,  social, 
and  political   circles.     A  Republican,   politi- 
cally, he  was  for  two  years  a  member  of  the 
Massachusetts  State  Icgislatuie,  for  two  years 
a  member  of   Governor  Ames's  Council,  and 
for  three  years  State  Commissioner  of  l-'oreign 
Mortgage    Corporations,      lie  has  done  much 
useful  work  of  a  philanthropiv  character.      He 
has    two    sons,   both    .if  whom    have  achieved 
success  — r.eorge  S. ,  as  a  physician,  residing 
in  Ikookline,  Mass.,  and  Henry  S.,  as  a  lawyer 

in  Boston. 

13avid    Mcriierson    received   his  elementary 
education  in  the  public   schools  of   his   native 
town.      When  a  youth   he   liegau   to    learn   liie 
trade  of  shipwright   with    Donald   McKay,  ot 
East   Boston,  Mass.      Completing  his  appren- 
ticeship    in    iSr.o,    he     removed    to    llalilax, 
where  he  engaged  in  ship-building,  which  oc- 
cupation  he  has  followed  up   to  the    present 
time.     He  has  been   very  successful,  though, 
owing  to  the  decline  of  the   ship-building   in- 
dustry in    iccent   years,  he    is   now   chictly  en- 
gaged  in   repairing.      He   is,    besides,    one  of 
the  principal  ship-owners  in  Halifax. 


Mr.  Mcl'herson's  public  spirit  and  practical 
business  ability  have  been   widely  recognized 
by  his  fellow-citizens,  antl  he  has  been   called 
upon  to  take  a  prominent  part  in  local  affairs. 
In    1S.S3   he  was   a   member  of   the   Hoard    of 
Public  Charities.      He  served  as  Alderman  for 
fifteen  yeans,  and  in    1888  was  elected   to   the 
office   of    Mayor,   which    he    held    until    iSqi. 
Re-elected    to    the    same    office    in     1894,    he 
served  until  1896,  when  he  resigned   in   order 
to  take  a  seat  in  the   I'rovincial  legislature,  of 
I  which  body  he  is  still  a  member. 
I        He  has    had    some    military   experience    in 
connection  with  the  militia,  serving  as   Cap- 
tain of   Number  Three  Battery  of  the  Second 
Brigade    of  Halifax    (iarrison   Artillery  from 
1868  to    1874;   and  as    Lieutenant   Colonel    of 
Second    Brigade    llalilax    (iarrison    Artillery 
from    1874  to    1883. 

In  i.sri^  Mr,  Mcl'herson  married  Miss 
Lelitia  Locke  Stalker,  of  Lofkport,  N.S. 
She  died  August  10,  1S71,  having  been  tlie 
mother  of  two  children  -  W  i  Hiam  Stanley 
and  l.etilia  I.(uke.  In  1876  he  married  for 
his  second  wife  Miss  Susan  McDaniel,  of 
Halifax.  ()f  this  union  liave  been  born  tliree 
ihiblren-- Margaret  Russell,  JMvderick  (i(U-- 
don,  and  lulitli. 


UdEl-SSOR  ClIARLl.S  I'RED - 
IIRICK  I'RASi'.i'i,  superintendent 
(if  the  Halifax  School  for  the  Blind 
at  Halilax,  \.S.,  a  gentleman  of  wide  culture 
and  of  exceptional  enterprise  in  his  chosen 
field    of    lal)or,    was    born   at    Windsiu',    N.S,, 


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29 


January  4,    1850,    son   of   Ik-njamin    DeWolf 
and    Elizabeth    (Allison)    I-'raser.       Ho    is    a 
lineal  descendant  of  Thomas  Fraser,  of  licau- 
fort,    the    twelfth    I^arl    I.ovat,    of    Scotlan<l, 
throii-h  the  earl's  eldest  son   Alexander,  and 
Alexaiuler's  fourth   son,   Alexander,  Jr.,  who 
married  a   Miss  Cameron,    said   to   be   of  the 
family  of  I.oehiel.     Tlir  ll„n.  James  Kraser, 
son    of   Alexander    1-Vaser,    Jr.,    was   born    in 
Scotland    in    1759.      Emigrating  to  America, 
he   settle.1    in    Halifax,    where    he    was    soon 
known  as  a  prominent  eiti^^en  and   a   member 
of  the  Council  of  Twelve.      Ho  died   in    Hali- 
fax.      His    wife,    whose    maiden    name    was 
Rachel    (Jtis    De    Wolf,    was    a    daughter    of 
the   Hon.    benjamin    Do    Wolf,    of   Windsor, 
N.S.     They  were  married    in    1802,  and  were 
the  parents  of  eight  chihlren,  of  whom   Hen- 
jamin.  I'rofessor  Eraser's  father,  was  the  sixth 
in  order  of  birth. 

benjamin  J)e  W,.lf  I'laser  was  l,o,„  i„  ii,,i.  I 
ifax  in  181J.      Agr:uluato  of   King's   College 
and  a  Fellow  of  the   Royal    .Society  at    i'Min-  , 
Inn-gh,  he  became  one  of  the  most  noted  physi-  j 
I'ians   in   the   province   of    Nova    .Scotia.      Ho 
Pnictiscl  his  profession  for  over  forty  years  at 
Windsor,  where  he  did  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
six  years  in  1.S88.      In  politics  he  was  a    Lib- 
eral Con,scrvative.     Ho  marrie.l  in    184,  I.;],-,. 
■ihcth  Alli.son,  daughter  of   the    late    Hon.   fo- 
sq'hand  Ann  !•:.  (IVe.scott)  Allison,  of   Ha'li- 
l''v-       I'ourtcen    children    were    born    of    this 
union,  and  six  are  now  living. 

Ch,,rlcs  l.-re,lcrick  I'raser  was  the  fourth 
'■'"''l""l'i^l:m,ily.  During  his  boyhood  he 
attended  .school  at   Windsor,  his   native  town 


In   his  sixth  3x>ar  he   met   with   an   accident 
winch  later  on  caused   him   to   lose  his  sight' 
Ite  was  sent  to  the  Perkins  Institution  for  the 
l^l-n'l  at  IJoston,  Mass.,  where  he  made  great 
P>-ogrcss  in  his  studies,  and   showed  .so  much 
natural    ability    th.at     in     ,8;3,     when     only 
twenty-three  years  old,    he  was  appointed   to 
h.s  present  position  as   superintendent  of  the 
School   for  the  JJlind  at   Halifa.v.      Since  as 
-nning  eh,arge  he  h.as   fully  ju.stified   the  con - 
fi.lcnce  of  the  directors  of  the  institution,  an<l 
l>as  won  high  rank  among  the  educators  of  the 
•^'•"''-      The   effective   and   practical    trainin<. 
.^'ven    in   the  .school   has   ma.le  it  known,   „oI 
""ly    in    the    United    States  and   Canada,    but 
^^I«<'  throughout  Europe,  as  one  of  the  best  in- 
stitutions of  its  kind  existing.      That  he  has 
'l"n^-th,.s,  in  -spite  of  the  natural  di.sadvanta-re 

r-sult.ng  from  his  own  loss  of  vision,  is  .ample 
proof  of  hi.s  capacity  both  to  acouire  knowl- 
^•'Iffc  and  to  impart  it  to  others.  lli,s  .si„„al 
success  is  ,lue  in  part  to  I,-,  thorough  de- 
votclness  to  his  eho.sen  work,  and  ^,  part  to 
l"s  magnetic  and  .sympathetic  per.s.mality.  („ 
"';,  ^''•'  '^'■^'^^■■-  -^'^'I'lishcl  a  high-class 
weekly  journal   at    Halifax,   called   the   O///.- 

which  he  conducted  very  succe.s.sfully  for  .some- 
years;  '"'t  . , therwi.se  his  entire  time  and  ener- 
.^■les  nave  been  given  to  the  work  for  the  blind 
alrculy  mentioned.  He  was  president  of  the 
N".th  liritish  .Society,  which  olH.e  had  been 
'leld  by  his  grandfather. 

Mr.  I.>,,ser  was  married  in  ,,sv,,  to  Miss 
'•"^'•'-  "'">'^''-.  'laughter  of  James  Hunter  of 
^-■ioton,  N.H.,  a  l,.dy  who,  as  a  writer  "for 
^■'"l'l>cn,  has  won  for  her.self  a   literary  repu- 


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I'XJRGK  FRAXKLIM  ALLKN,  an 
VJ'l.  enterprising  1)usiness  man  of  Yar- 
mouth, manufacturer  of  i)oxes,  fish  crates, 
kegs,  etc.,  was  i)orn  in  Yarmouth,  N.S., 
April  24,  1839,  his  parents  being  Lewis 
lilanchard  and  Hannali  (Robhins)  Allen. 

He  is  a  lineal  descendant  i)f  William 
Allen,  a  member  of  the  "  Durchester  Com- 
pany," formetl  at  Dorchester,  ICngland,  in 
1623,  for  the  purpose  of  establishing  a  settle- 
ment on  the  shores  of  New  ICngland,  the  prin- 
cipal objects  of  the  enterprise  being  to  engage 
in  the  fisheries  and  establish  a  fur  trade  with 
the  Indians.  Having  raised  three  thousand 
pounds,  the  company,  in  1624.  sent  out  sev- 
eral vessels  to  Ma  sachusetts  ]?ay.  and  landed 
thirty  or  forty  men  at  Cape  Ann,  now  (ilouces- 
ter.  One  nf  these  was  William  Allen,  above 
mentioned,  a  carpenter  from  Manchester,  I'^ig- 
land,  Subseiiuently  he  and  fourteen  nthers, 
with  Roger  Conant  at  their  head,  remo\'ed  tn 
Naumkeag,  nnw  S.ilem.  Mass.  in  i''>3i 
William  Alle;'  was  admitted  freeman  nf  the 
Winthroj)  Colony.  About  seven  years  later 
he  removeil  to  Mimchester,  Mass.,  then  known 
as  jeffrcv's  Creek,  and  built  lor  his  own  occu- 
jiation  the  tiist  fr.ime  house  in  the  town.  lie 
also  built  the  first  saw-mill  iheie,  and  named 
the  stream  ovi'r  which  it  stood  S.iw  Mill 
Brook-  -a  name  it  still  retains.  In  i''>.45  .md 
1668  he  w.is  .Selectman  of  M.mcbester.  Horn 
in  1602.   Iiedii'd   May  in,    I'ljS.       The   records 


of  Salem  speak  of  him  as  "an  influential  and 
enterprising  citizen."  In  1629  or  1630  he 
married  I'Llizabcth  Bradley,  who  died  in  1632. 
He  married  again  in  1633,  the  Christian  name 
of  his  second  wife  also  being  IClizabeth.  Of 
the  first  marriage  there  were  two  children,  of 
whom  the  younger  was  Samuel,  the  next  in 
this  line  of  descent.  By  his  second  wife  he 
had  three  sons  and  three  ilaughters. 

Samuel  Allen,  first,  was  born  in  1632,  and 
died  in  1700.  He  was  the  owner  of  a  large 
landed  estate.  In  I.amson's  History  of  Man- 
chester his  name  is  in  the  list  of  Selectmen 
for  the  years  1676,  1690,  and  1693.  He  mar- 
lied  in  1660  Sarah  Tuck,  of  Beverly,  Mass. 
Samuel  Allen,  second,  son  of  the  foregoing 
Samuel,  was  born  on  August  4,  1663.  He 
married  i\Iarch  17,  1686,  Abigail  Williams, 
by  whom  he  had  three  sons  and  six  daughters. 

Jeremiah  Allen,  youngest  son  of  Samuel 
and  Abig;iil  Allen,  was  born  June  26,  1704, 
and   (lied   July    15,    1777.      On    November    14, 

1727,  he  married  I.vdia  Tuck,  of  Beverly, 
Mass,,  who  was  bmn  November  18,  1705,  and 
died  January  6,  17S2.  They  were  the  par- 
ents of  one  son  and  throe  daugbtrrs. 

Jeremiah  .\llen,  second,  son  of  tiie  forego- 
ing, was  born   at    Manchi'ster,  Mass.,  .April  (>, 

1728.  He  followed  the  sea  in  earlv  m.iidiood, 
and  from  a  sailoi-  befoi-e  the  mast  became  a 
master  of  a  vessel.  He  was  the  liist  nu'mber 
of  tlu'  Allen  family  to  come  to  Mova  .Scotia, 
which  he  did  with  his  familv  in  1 7<'i6,  set- 
tling .il  Killy's  (,"ove.  V.irmoiith.  where  he 
subsecpieiuly  eiig.iged  in  lishing,  and  w. is  the 
ownei' ol  several  rishiiie-vessels.       lie   w, is  one 


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mOGKAI'IIICAI.    RKVIEW 


of  the  assessors  appointed  at  a  inectinj,'  of  the 
proprietors  in  December,  1767.  He  died 
June  5,  1794.  Jii.s  .vile,  Hannah,  whom  he 
married  January  14,  ^■JJ^^,  was  a  dan-hter  of 
George  Rin-  They  were  the  parents  of  nine 
children,  of  whom  the  fourth  was  James, 
grandfather  of  the  subject  of  tnis  si<ctch. 

James  Allen  was  born  at  Varm.iuth,  N..S., 
October  30,  1779,  and  died  January  2.5,  1865.' 
He  married  Margaret  .Shurtliffe,  daughter  of 
Henry  Shurtliffe.  They  had  eleven  children, 
of  whom  t!,e  thirti  or  fourth  was  Lewis 
Ulanchard. 

Lewis  Jilanchard  Allen   was  born  at  Kelly's 
Cove,    Yarmouth,  in    18,1.      I„  his  youth  he 
followed  the  sea  for  some  years,  hut  at  the  age 
of  twenty-one  he  gave  up  that  calling,  and  set- 
tled on  a  faim  at    Kelly's   C.ve.      He   now  re- 
sides at  Yarmouth,  and   h.is  attained   the  ad- 
vanced   age    ,.|    eighty-nine    years.      He    is   a  : 
member  of  the  Baptist  church,  and   in  politics  \ 
is  a  Liber,,!.      He  has  been  twice  married,  his  ' 
first  wife,   Hannah,  having  been  a  daughter  of  ' 
Heacon  Joseph    kobbins,   ,,1    ^'armouth.      .She 
bore  him   twelve  children,  nine  of  whom   are  , 
now   living:   namely,  (ieorge    LranUin.   Amos  ! 
W..  Joseph,  Lewis  li..  J;,n,es,  Raymond.   Del-  ' 
l>frt,   I.:ivira,    and    .M,,rgaret,       J.'or   his   second 
wile   he   married    I'hod.e    Huestis    (born    Ray- 
mond),   widow   01    Xathan    Huesiis.      Oi    this 
union  there  hav.'  been  no  children. 

George  iManklin  Allen  received  his  educa- 
tion in  the  schools  ol  \-armoulh.  He  then 
I'.-arned  the  earpenter's  trade,  which  he  lol- 
lowed  lor  some  year.s.  in  1 . SIS  he  established 
'li-^  piesent  business,  which  is  one  of  the  lead- 


ing industries  of  Yarmouth.  ]Jesidos  manu- 
facturing bo.xes,  fish  crates,  and  kegs,  he  does 
a  large  general  cooperage  business.  He  is 
one  of  the  most  substantial  and  respected  citi- 
zens of  \'armouth. 

Mr.     Allen    was    married    on    the     2i.st    of 
April,     ,,S6r,     to     Miss     Kmeline     Hulbert, 
'laughter    of    Abraham    Hulbert,     of    Tusket 
Lakes,     Yarmouth     County,    N.  .S.       ]\Ir,    and 
Mrs,  Allen  have   seven   children  _  Kmma   S 
JIarlan    P.,  Clara.  J-Vank.    Jiradlord   C,    Han- 
nah,   and   Alvin    R.      The   family  attend   the 
lemple    Baptist    Church     of     Yarmouth,     in 
which  Mr.  Allen    has   been   a    Deacon   for  the 
last  .seven  yeans.      In  politics  he   is  a  Liberal, 
like  his  father. 


OH>f     WILLIAM     BARSS,    a    retired 
l'usine,ss   man  of   Woifville,   N.S.    was 
l'"ni  at  Liverpool,  N.S.,  September  7 
'^'-^    son    of   Joseph    and    Olive    (De    Wolf) 
15arss.      His  great-gran.llather  on  the  paternal 
sule  was  Jo.seph   Hrrs.s,  second,  who  wa.s,  it  is 
■sa.d,    a   descendant  of  Joseph    liarss,    first,  an 
early  inhabitant  of  Barnstable.  Mass.      Joseph 
Harss,    third,-   who    was    born    at    Barnstable 
Mass.,    n,arried    Mrs.    Kli.abcth     Crowell     a 
wi'N.w  whose  maiden  name  was  Dean 

'"sephandKli.,d,ethBarsshadalargelam- 
.ly   consisting  o,    tourteen   children,    none    of 

;;■'"""  ^"•'••■"-''•-■".^..'oscph,  fourth,  father  of 
'  r  ""•'";•'  ■"    "-  ^'-'^".    '-ving  been    the 
^''l-.      ^^"- Ins  marriage  the  third  Joseph, 
Krandlathero,  JohnW.  Iiar,.s,  -.vent   to    liver 
•^'"^'-    ^•^-  -"id.   at    that   tin,e   was  scarcely 


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ti|>  I 

m 

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1 


settled,  the  country  arouiul  being  practically 
a  wilderness.  Tliere  at  first  he  applied  him- 
self to  fishin;,'.  but,  subsequently  becoming 
interested  in  shipping  and  in  the  West  India 
trade,  he  built  many  vessels,  and  became  a 
very  prosperous  man.  A  Conservative  in  pol- 
itics, he  was  elected  to  the  Provincial  Legis- 
lature, and  was  as  prominent  in  public  affairs 
as  he  was  successful  in  business.  In  religion 
he  was  a  Congregationalist  and  a  member  of 
the  church  of  that  denomination  at   Liverpool. 

Joseph  Harss,  fourth,  was  horn  in  Liver- 
pool, N.S.,  in  177C).  He  received  his  educa- 
tion in  his  native  town,  and  when  a  young 
man  was  for  some  time  in  his  father's  employ. 
During  the  War  of  1S12  he,  with  some  others, 
httcd  out  a  vessel  as  a  privateer,  he  being 
chosen  captain.  While  cruising,  however, 
their  vessel  was  captured,  and  they  were  taken 
prisoners  by  a  United  .States  man-of-war,  and 
held  until  peace  was  declared,  when  they  were 
released.  Leaving  Liver[iool  in  1.S17,  he 
purchased  a  farm  at  Kentville,  where  he  sub- 
sequently resided  until  his  death,  which  oc- 
curred at  the  age  of  forty-nine  years.  His 
wife,  Olive,  wlio  was  a  native  of  Wolfville, 
died  at  the  ailvanced  age  of  eighty-four,  having 
survived  her  husband  many  years.  They  were 
the  parents  of  nine  children,  of  whom  two  are 
now  living,  namely:  John  William,  the 
special  subject  of  this  sketch:  and  Mary,  who 
is  the  wife  of  Joshua  N.  i'l-eeman.  of  Liver- 
pool, N..S. 

John  William  H.irss,  who  w:is  the  fifth 
child,  was  obliged  to  depend  largely  upon  his 
own  exertions   for  acquiring  an   education,  as 


his    o])portunities   for   ;ittending   school    were 
very  limited.      After  the  death   of   his   father, 
which    occurreil    when    he    was    about    twelve 
years  old,  he  went  to   live  with   his  maternal 
grandfather.    Judge    De    Wolf,    at    Wolfville. 
On  reaching  the  age  of  fifteen  he  became  clerk 
in  ;i  store  belonging  to  bis  uncle  Hlisha,  a  son 
of  this  grandfather;  and  there  he  worked   for 
about   ten   years.      He  then  went  to  Halifax, 
and.  with  only  one  hundred   and  fifty  dollar.s 
cajiital,    engaged    in    a    commission    business 
and    as    ship-chandler    and     broker.      His    in- 
telligence   and     industry,     however,     together 
with    the    general     prosperity    of    the    ship- 
])ing  interests  at  that  time,  made  up  for  lack 
of    initial   advantages;  and  after  a  successful 
business  career  of  fourteen   years  he  in  1850 
retired  with   the  fruits  of  his   labor  to   Wolf- 
ville.     Here   he   became    interested   with   sev- 
eral others  in  ship-building  and   ship-owning, 
which    he    carried   on   viTy   successfully   until 
a    few    vears    ago,    when    he    disposed    of    all 
his    interest    in    shipping.      He  has  since  re- 
sided   in   Wolfville,    where   he   is  one   of   the 
most    protr.inent   citizens,    widely    known   and 
respected     by     :ill.         Mesiiles      the     interests 
alre;uly   mentioned,    he    was    manager    of    the 
Wolfville    branch    of    the    People's    Hank    of 
llalif;i\   for  over  ten  years.      I  Ic  was  the  first 
warden   of  Kings  County,  and    he   has   been   a 
uKigislrate  of   the  county  for  many  years.      In 
politics  he    is  a   Conservative. 

Mr.  Harss  has  been  a  lifelong  frientl  to 
educational  institutions,  especially  to  those 
connected  with  Acadia  I'niversity  at  Wolf- 
ville.     In    isru.  at  ;i  time  of   linancial    crisis, 


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he  was  .ippointcd  treasurer  of  this  university, 
and    hy  his    wise    financial    management   and 
arduous   personal  work    in   this  office  for  many 
years,   all    of   which   was  entirely  gratuitous, 
together  with    his    own    liheral    donations   of 
money,    he    saved    the    institution    from    total 
collapse:    and    in    a    few    years,     under    his 
niauagenient,    the    endowment    was    increased 
threefold.       In    i.S'91    ho    permanently    mani- 
fested his  interest  by  endowing  a  professorship 
which  is  known  as  the   "J.  W.  Harss  chair  of 
classics."     Jn  addition  to  his  gifts  for  educa- 
tional i)urpuses,  Mr.  Barss  has  always  been  a 
liberal   supporter  of  missi(mary  work  both   at  \ 
home  and  in  foreign   lands;  and   last  year  he 
gave  seven   thousand   dollars   in   aid  of  these 
objects.      His  gifts    to    benevolent    purposes 
•luring   his    life-time    have    been     upuard     of 
fifty  thousand  dollars. 

Mr.  I^arss  was  married  in  1838  to  Lydia  K. 
Fitch,  daughter  of  .Simon  and  .Sophia  (De 
Wolf)  Fitch,  .if  Grand  I'n-,  N.S.  Mrs.  Barss 
died  March  3,  .S,j4,  at  the  .age  of  seventy-nine 
years.  They  had  nine  children,  of  'whom 
seven  are  now  living:  namely,  Andrew,  Al- 
fred, William.  Howard,  Amelia,  Mary,  ;,nd  ' 
Margarci  Another  son,  Walter,  now  de- 
ceased, who  was  a  liapti.st  minister,  married 
Mary    K.    l'hilli,,s,    of    Rochester,    X.  V.     and 

"ad  four  chihlren.  all  of  whom  are  now  living.  I 
An.lrew,  :d,ove  named,  who  is  a  physician  i 
married  ICli.i.beth.  daughter  of  Dr.  Crawley  I 
former  president  of  Acadia  College  at  Wolf-  I 
v.lle,  and  has  one  .son.     Alfred  Har.ss  marrie.l  ' 

Jane  Rand  (nowdecea.sed),  and  has  three  chil-  I 
'l^-.       Willian,    married     Florence    Pay^ant  j 


(now  deceased),   daughter   of    I.ouis   Payzant, 
of  Halifa.v,  X..S.,  and   has   five  children.      He 
I  is  a  lawyer,   in   partnership  with    K.  D.   King, 
I  <jC.      Howard,  who  is  a  liaptist  minister,  is 
I  now  at   hone.      He   married   Elizabeth   Town- 
j  .son,  of    Rochester,   N.V..    and   they   have  one 
son.      Amelia   is  the  wife  of  Kdwin  D.  King, 
!  U-C,  of  Halifax.      Mary  is  the  wife  of  Will- 
j  iam    Chipman,   of   Wolfville.    N.S.,    and    has 
j  one  .son.      Margaret   is   unmarried  and    living 
I  at  home. 

•Mr.  liarss  is  a  member  of  the  liaptist 
church,  in  which  also  he  has  been  a  Deacon 
for  the  last  si.vty  years,  and  for  nearly  thirty 
years  was  superintendent  of  the  Sunday-school. 
Mr.s.  Barss  and  all  the  family  have  also  been 
members  of  that  chmch.  Few  more  respected 
families,  if  any,  could  be  found  in  this  part 
of  the  Province. 


n.i.iAM  N.    wrcKWHii:,  m.d.-, 

the     present    manager    of    the    A. 
I  Keith  &  .Son  brewing  establishment  of   Hali- 
fa.v. w:,sborn   in   Cornwal li.s.  .\.S.,  November 
i.^'.   iS.^).  .son   ,,f   Peter  and    Plli.a  (Rockwell) 
Wickwire.      His    paternal    grandfather,    Silas 
Wickwire.    a    native   of   Cornwal  lis.    followed 
'arming   there   during   his   active   period,    and 
-lie.l  at  the  age  of  about  seventv  years.      Silas 
Wickwire-s    wife,    ..ho.se    maiden    name    was 
■^arah    C:,na.k,,    an,l     wh„    was     born     in    the 
Unite,!  States,  ,l,ed  when   ab.,ut  si.vty.      They 
were    the   parents   oi    live    children,    of   whom 
I'eter.  father  of  Dr.   Wickwire,  was  the  ehlest. 
I'eter  Wickwire  was  born  un  the  old  homc- 


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stead  at  Cornwallis,  N.S.  For  a  number  of 
years  he  there  followed  farming;.  Later  he 
removed  to  Cannin;;-,  Cornwallis  County,  and 
en,:;aj;ed  in  mercantile  business.  He  also  be- 
came the  owner  of  several  shijjs,  and  was 
f|uite  successful  for  his  day,  bein,i;'  one  of  the 
leadin;;-  merchants  and  ship-owners  at  that 
time  and  in  that  locality.  In  politics  he  was 
a  I'onservative.  He  and  his  wife,  I'^liza 
Rockwell  Wickwiie,  who  was  a  dau;;hter  of 
John  R<ickwell,  of  Cornwallis,  attended  the 
Hajitist  church.  He  died  in  Canning  at  the 
a,i;e  of  seventy-three  years.  She  died  at  the 
aj;eof  sixty-nine.  They  had  nine  cliildren,  n{ 
whom  two  are  now  livinj;,  namely:  I'rudence, 
the  widow  of  Stephen  SheffieKl,  of  Cornwallis, 
who  has  no  children;  and  William  \.,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch. 

William  N.  Wiekwire  obtained  his  elemen- 
tary education  in  the  schools  of  his  native 
town.  Subsequently  he  became  a  student  at 
Acadia  Colle-e.  Wolfville,  N.S.,  where  he 
i;raduated  in  the  class  of  1.S60.  He  then 
went  to  Scotland,  and  entered  the  h;dinl)ur,L;h 
Medical  University,  where  he  graduated  in 
1X64  with  the  de,i;ree  nl  Doctor  of  Medi- 
cine. Returning-  to  Halifa.\,  he  formed  a 
l)artnership  with  Dr.  (now  Sir)  Charles 
Tujiper,  who  was  then  en-a^ed  in  the  [irac- 
tice  of  meilicine  in  that  cit)'.  This  connec- 
tion lasted  until  the  latter  became  a  member 
of  the  government  at  Ottawa  about  186.S  rxj. 
Subsec|uently  Dr.  Wiekwire  practised  his  pro- 
fession alone  until  i-S'Sj.  when  he  L;ave  il  up 
in  order  to  acce|)t  his  |)resent  position  as  man- 
a.ner  of  the  A.   Keith  iS:  Son's  lirewerv.      This 


establishment  was  developed    into   its   present 
lari;e   projiortions   by    Dr.    Wickwire's  father- 

I  in-law,    the    late   Hon.    Alexander    Keith,    of 

!  Halifa.v. 

Mr.  Keith,  who  was  born  in  .Scotland,  came 
to  Haiifa.\  when  a  youn,:;-  man,  havini;-  learned 
the  trade  of   brewer   in   his  native   land.      On 

I  his  arrival  here  he  found  employment  in  a 
small  brewery,  where  he  worked  for  some 
time.  In  iS.'S,  ei-ht  years  after  the  estab- 
lishment of  the  business,  lie  purchased  it,  to- 
j;ether  with  the  plant,  which  latter  he  en- 
larged from  time  to  time  to  keep  i)ace  with 
the  increasinj;-  business.      Industrious  and  far- 

,  sighted,    with    ijood    business   capacity  and   a 

j  th(irou-h  knowled-e  of  the  art  of  brewin,;;-,  he 
.so  mana-ed  the  concern  as  to  develop  it  finally 
into  one  of  the  lari;est  and  most  prosperous  of 
its  kind  in  the  I'rovince,  which  it  is  to-day. 
Mr.  Keith  was  a  man  of  firm  principles,  widely 
known  and  highly  esteemed  by  the  citizens  of 
Halifa.x  ;;enerally.  He  married  i:ii/,a  Keith, 
a  relative,  and  they  had  five  chihlren  who  at- 
tained maturity.  Three  of  these  are  now  liv- 
ing, namely:  Margaret  Louise,  who  in  i.Sjo 
became  the  wile  of  Dr.  William  N.  Wiek- 
wire, direct  subject  (if  this  sketch:  Marjory 
I'.liza,  wlio  resides  in  IJi^land;  ami  Alex- 
andria, who  is  the  wife  (if  L.  I,.  Ifuddleston, 
(if  Cambridgeshire.  Iji-laiul.  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
Wiekwire  have  two  children  --  lihinche  Adelia 
and  William  Keith. 

Dr.  Wiekwire  is  a  dmservative  in  jioli- 
tics.  He  has  held  lU)  pcditieal  (iffice,  but 
in  i.Sfi6  was  appointed  (piarantine  medical 
olficer,  which  [losition  he  retained  until   l8i;,S, 


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when  ho  icsi;;nc(l  it.  Ho  is  aiui  has  boon  for 
many  years  Vico-coiisiil  of  tho  Xothorlands. 
\Vhilo  oiij;a,i;oil  in  tiio  inactico  ol  niodiciiio  he 
was  very  successful,  ami  he  is  at  tho  prosont 
(lay  numbered  amoni;  the  best  known  and  most 
widely  respected  citizens  of  Halifax. 


11. MAM    chaaibi;ri..\in    SH, 


\']!k,  of  Halifax,  widely  known  as 
a  business  man,  ilnnchman,  ar  '  philanthro- 
pist, was  born  in  the  month  of  l)ecoinI)or, 
1S14,  .'It  the  country  residence  ol  his  fathci', 
W.  X.  Silver,  on  tho  banks  of  .Salmon  Ri\er, 
Dartmouth,  a  few  miles  to  tho  eastward  of  the 
city  of  Halifax,   \.  S. 

W.  N.  .Silver,  while  yet   .1   nn'ro   vouth,  had 
left   his  homo,    a    cpiiet   i)ars()nago   in    Ropley, 
llamiishire,  ICnj^land,  to   make  his  way  in   tho 
world.  f:!oin<;-  fust   of  all    to    London,  whcio  he 
served    his   time    with   a    silk    mercer,  and   ;ic-  | 
i|uireil  a  mercanlilo  experience  which  \'as  des- 
tined to  prove  most   uscfid  in  another  >phcrc  of  ! 
lite.      .\ttractcd    by    the    reports    of    tho    r.ipid   ! 
.growth  of  the  city  of  Halifax        fostered  by  the 
,i;enerous  financial  support  of   the  lionie  -ovciil-   : 
moMt,    and    conspicuous    durim;'    tho     wai  s    of  ; 
Napoleon   and   the   second    .Xini'rican  w.ii-  as  a  | 
n)ost     impoitant    and    extiMisive     niilitarv    ami  1 
iia\al   station-   ho   took   passa.:;o  in  the  p.icket- 
ship,    "Ihixton,"    in    \u\\\     iSo,,    to    test    his 
fortimo   in   a    new    world.      .Altei    an    cxcitii":  ' 
V()ya.;e    of    two    inonlhs,    m.ido    remarkable    bv 
tcn;tic   storms    and    a    succossiun   of    fruith.'ss 
chases    by    l''reinii     fri-ates,     W.      X.       Silver 
landed  in   Il.difax,  and   enleied    tlie   service   of  | 


W.    L.     Ileaviside,    tho    prominent    dry-^^oods 

meichant  of  tho  lity. 

.\tter  some  years  so  sjient,  and  a  short  time 
in  tho  maiiaj{emont  of  the  very  extensive  tea 
trade  of  S.  Cunard  &  Co.,  Mr.  Silver  estab- 
lished himself  in  the  dry-goods  business,  at 
the  prominent  site  now  known  as  the  Burns 
and  .Murray  Coiner.  Imoui  the  \eiy  first  he 
was  ably  assisted  by  his  scju,  William  ('.  Sil- 
ver, tho  .subject  of  the  present  sketch,  who  in 
1.S40  became  a  partner  in  the  firm. 

luer  since  that  date  .Mi.  W.  C.  Silver  has 
boon  in  active  business  life.  Ho  made  the 
firm,  of  which  for  such  a  lon;^thy  term  of  years 
ho  has  boon  tho  senior  partner,  widely  and 
favorably  known  and  hij;hly  respected  throuj,di- 
out  tho  whole  province,  and  its  name  fLUiiiliar 
as  a  household  word. 

.\lthouj;h,  from  tho  natmeof  the  business,  the 
duties  of  senior  |>artner  ha\o  iiocossaiilv  been 
very  heavy,  yet  Mr.  W.  C.  Silver  has  made 
ample  oppoiMmities  to  participate  prominently 
in  public  affairs,  and  has  aiw.iys  been  an  active 
promoter  of  tho  aims  of  church,  of  temperance, 
educational,  aj;i  icultural,  commercial,  and 
othoi-  kindled  oii;-.mi/at ions  It  must  be  from 
his  record  in  those  spheres  of  action  that  a 
knowlodj;o  of  the  true  worth  of  his  loiii;-  life  is 
to  bo  ,s;lcaned;  for  Mr.  Silver  is  naturally 
a\'crso  to  the  advertising;-  practised  so  uiispar- 
in,-l_v  by  the  nuidein  interviowr.  Ho  can  rest 
assured  that  his  honorable  place  in  tho  history 
of  his  n.itivc  city  is  fully  establ  isheil,  and  that 
his  name  and  achievomonts  in  the  |)romotion  of 
objoas  of  public  utility,  of  benevolence  and 
religion,  will  not  leadih'  be  forirotten. 


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As  to  the  iJiinciplcs  that  hiivc  iiispiicd  his 
l)iisincs.s  career,  he  illiistiated  the  qualities 
that  are  invariably  associated  with  true  and 
permanent  success  —  the  qualities  of  honesty, 


kindled  many  another  worker  into  ardor,  and 
without  doubt  helped  many  a  weaker  will  to 
overcome  this  most  danj^erous  and  insidious  vice. 
He  served   more  than  once  as  (Jrand   Worthy 


energy,  frugality,  inte-rity,  earnestness  of  pur-  ;  I'atriarch    of    the    Sous    of     Te 


mi>erance, 


and 


pose.  It  was  always  the  rule  of  his  firm  that 
an  exact  scrutiny  of  the  quality  of  all  goods 
purchased  should  be  maintained,  and  that  noth- 
ing was  to  induce  the  house  to  jjlace  upon   the 


worked  hard  in  establishing  the  original    Ilali- 
fa.x  Temperance  Society,  instituted  in  1831. 

Seldom   has  a  lay  member  of  the  Church  of 
England   been   instrumental    in    benefiting  the 


market  any  line  of  goods  at  a  variation   from  :  church  organization  in  as  high  a  dcrce  as  Mr. 


their  real  value.  ]-:very  article  sold  was  to 
be  regarded  as  warranted,  and  every  jjurchaser 
enabled  to  feel  secure.  In  tiie  conduct  of 
business  and  the  growth  of  bis  lirm  to  promi- 
nence there  were  never  any  great  ventures  or 
risks.  Commercial  growth  came  as  the  result 
ol  deliberate  consiileration  and  sound  judgment, 
by  the  simple  practice  of  honest,  slow-growing 
business  methods,  backed  by  energy  and  good 
.system. 

W.  C:.  Silver  has  always  been   alive   to  his 


Silver  has  dc.ne.  Many  have  been  his  efforts, 
in  the  governing  synod,  on  behalf  of  wise 
measures,  of  not  a  few  of  which  he  himself  has 
frequently  been  the  originator.  The  history 
of  the  successful  struggle  of  tlie  Church  to 
keep  its  limits  fidin  serious  contraction  in  the 
province  of  Nova  Scotia,  by  reason  of  the 
withdrawal  of  the  Ixumtiful  grants  of  the  Soci- 
ety for  the  I'ropagation  of  the  Ciospel,  is 
closely  bound  up  with  i\Ir.  Silver's  efforts. 
.•\baud(]ning  for   the  time   all    business   and 


duties  in  the  public  inierest,  taking  a  h'gh  and  ■  other  engagements,  he  devoted  his  whole  time 
.serious  view  and  estimate  of  life  and  the  obli-  i  and  energy  for  a  period  of  several  months  to 
gallons  of  throwing  all  one's  intluence  and  visit ing  every  single  country  parish,  where  la- 
talents  against  the  evil  tendencies   of   the  age,      ad.hvsse.l   crowded   meetings,  made  a   pers.mal 

e-mvass,    ami    succeeded    in     creating    a    fund 


and  strengthening  such  movements  as  make 
for  righteousness  and  the  general  good. 
This  strong  bias   in   his   chaiaclei-  found    scope 


which  generously   endowed   the   (  lunch,  enab- 
ling her  still   to  hold   the   field    in   remote  and 


in    early    manhood    in   the   field   of  temperance  '  piKjr  districts. 

effort.      On    the    platform    he    was    constauth    i        Mr.  Silver  was  an   ar.lenl    svmpathi/er  with 

heard  of  warring  against  the  prevalent   self- in-  I  the  wave  of  patriotic  freling,  whicli  lesulted  in 


dulgent  drinking  habits  of  the  social  life  of  the 
day,  which,  even  to  ,1  gieater  degree  than  ,it 
the  present  time,  wiecked   the  happiness   of  so 


the  establishment  of  the  Impeiial  b'eder.it  inn 
League.  On  Deceudier  j^,  i.S.Sh,  a  branch 
was  established  in  Halifax.      The  policy  latch 


many  homes  and    blighted   s,,   many  promising  j  ad.ipted  by  Canada  of  a    pielcrential   tariff  to: 
careers.        llis     nilluisiasm       in      thi-     cause  |   Hrit  ish    m.umtactiue.l   g Is,    so   .■latjf^  j,,,,    ,,, 


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the  Mother  Country,  and  so  fraught  witli  good 
to  the  whole  empire,  may  be  traced  to  tlie 
efforts  of  the  league.  I'ublic  meetings  aroused 
interest.  I\Ir.  Silver's  speech  at  the  Academy 
(if  Music,  on  the  evening  of  June  4,  1888,  as 
well  as  the  Uiterances  of  other  prominent  and 
representative  citizens,  embotlied  ideas  of  great 
l)ractical  value  and  constituted  an  important 
contribution  to  [)atriotic  and  commercial  liter- 
ature, of  interest  to  tiie  mercantile  world  and 
the  statesman.  These  speeches  were  ]iublished 
in  ])amphlel   form,  and  had  a  wide   circulation. 

During  a  long  term  of  years  Mr.  Silver  was 
closely  identifieil  with  the  Institute  of  Natural 
.Science.  In  files  of  tlie  Halifax  newspa|)ers, 
e.vcursiiins  to  his  residence  at  Salmon  River  by 
this  society  are  narrated  at  length,  from  which 
it  appears  that  nothing  in  the  jiroccedings  of 
the  institute  proved  half  so  enjoyable  as  a  long 
lay  spent  about  the  woods  and  fields  under  the 
guidance  of  the  iiro])rietor  and  host.  Perfect 
familiarity  from  childhood  up  with  e\ery  note- 
worthy natural  feature  of  the  charming  environ- 
ment of  his  summer  seat  enabled  Mr.  .SiKer  to 
jjrescnt  liis  guests  with  a  bill  nf  fare  nf  geo- 
liigical,  animal,  and  mineral  objects  of  inteiesl 
such  as  is  not  often  offered  to  a  scientitic  bod_\- 
on  a  field  day,  bent  mi  both  enjo\nu'iit  and  in- 
struction. 

For  eleven  successive  years  Mr.  .Silver  tilled 
the  post  of  president  nf  the  ilalifa.x  Chamber 
of  Commerce.  The  annual  reports  of  the  board 
during  his  iiresiileiicv  are  documents  still  of 
deep  interest  to  tlu'  niercant  ik'  world,  dealing 
with  work  relating  to  railwa\'  matters,  matters 
of  imjiortance  tn  the  commerce  nf  the  city,  and 


efforts  in  the  directiiiii  of  giving  Halifa.x  the 
advantages  tlue  to  her  as  the  natural  highway 
and  port  for,  at  all  eveius,  the  winter  traffic  of 
the  Dominion.  His  many  public  utterances  in 
this  capacity  will  long  be  remembered  as 
clearly  and  forcibly  expressed,  signalized  b\' 
sound  logic  and  liberal  views,  and  showing  an 
ir.telligent  foresight  of  events. 

In  educational  matters  Mr.  Silver  has  always 
interested  himself.  Three  of  his  sons  having 
graduated  at  King's  College,  W'iiulsor,  it  is 
natural  that  he  should  have  a  warm  attachment 
to  this  university.  He  has  been  a  liber.'l  con- 
tributor to  its  funds,  has  acted  as  \'ice-l'resi- 
dent  of  its  .Munini,  and  served  on  the  Hoard  of 
(ioveinors.  He  has  ser\'.'d  as  I'resident  of  the 
Halifax  .School  y\ssociation,  and  in  this  capac- 
ity labored  strenuously  to  advance  the  educa- 
tional interests  of  the  city.  The  admirable 
high  school  system  is  part  of  the  fruit  of  the 
efforts  of  this  association,  aiul  tlie  elTicient 
county  academy. 

In  a  province  where  a  large  part  of  tlie  iiat- 
iir;il  resources  are  agricultural,  it  is  not  sur- 
jirising  that  a  man  of  such  an  alert  mind  as 
Mr.  .SiKer  siiould  ha\e  interested  himself  to 
some  effect  in  this  branch  of  industry.  .\t 
many  a  jirovincial  exhibition  he  has  worked  on 
actixe  committees  for  no  reward  save  the  satis- 
faction of  duty  performed.  He  fuililled  the 
duties  of  president  of  the  Halilax  Western 
.Agricultural  Society  f<ir  a  long  term  of  vclus, 
and  has  contributed  many  valuable  papers  and 
suggestions  to  the  Agriciiltiinil Joiiiih}!,  chiellv 
from  experiences  derived  from  tiie  cultivation 
ot   a   few  acres   surrounding  bis    own    country 


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residence.  Here  lie  Ikis  niised  vc,';etal)les  and 
fruits,  which  have  gained  prizes  and  himnial)le 
mention  at  provincial  exhibitions. 

Mr.    Silver  still   continues    t.i    take  a   verv 
active  interest  in  the  School  for  the    lillnd,  of 
which  he  is  president.      He  is  one  at  the  most 
active  managing  directors  (if  the   luistern  Can- 
ada Loan  Compaii)-,  of  which    he   is  vice-inesi- 
dent.      The  li.st  of  the  public   (iflices  tilled   by 
Mr.  Silver  is  a  lung  and   honorable  catalogue, 
implying  an  almost  incredible  amount  of  work 
performed,  as  he    is  ever  wont  to  deeph   inter- 
est him.self  in  all  the  details  of  the  institutions 
he  has  helped  to  govern.      He  has  filled,  anmng 
other  ]M-on)inent  positinns,  the  post  (if  Chair- 
man of   the   Church    luidowinent   I'und,    I'lesi- 
dent  of  the  Church  of  I'jigland   Institute,   I'res- 
ident  of  the  .American  I^ook  and  Tract  Society, 
President  of  the   Halifax  \'isiting  Dispensary, 
Vice-I'reside-t  (if  the  Halifax  I.ibrarv,    I'lesi- 
dent  of  the  Halifax  School  Assdciat inn,  I'lesi- 
dent    (if    the    Halifax     Western     .Agricultural 
Societ\-. 

Vet,  with  all  bis  \aried  activities  in  eailv 
manhood  and  in  middle  age,  .Mi.  Silver  did 
not  neglect  the  (iohk'ii  Rule  tli.it  the  gr<.'atc>t 
good  a  man  can  possibly  dd  to  his  felldws  is  td 


new  hodk  of  tlie   time   long  after  the  midnight 
hdurs. 

"  I- or  tlity,  wliile  tlicir  ((inipniiinns  slept. 
Were  Ujiliny;  upwards  in  tlie  nijjlit." 

sings  Tennysdn;  and,  truly  eudugh,  this  may 
lie  .said  of  all  successful  nu'ii.  He  regularly 
attended  the  lectures  given  under  the  auspices 
of  the  Institute  (if  Science,  and  necasionally 
contributed  gleanings  df  scientific  faet.s,  mo.stly 
relating  to  the  observatidii  of  natural  ]ihenoni- 
ena  a:      is  cnuntry  residence. 

.Mr.   Silver  has  the   satisfaction   of   seeing   a 
large  family  e.rowing    and    prospering    around 
him  in  his  declining  days.      Himself  descended 
from  a  mother  df   hiyalist  stock,  he  married  on 
September  J,   1,^40,  Margaret   .Anne   later,  the 
daughter  df  a    hiyalist,    licnjamin    later,    who 
left  lidston  to  tdllow  the  did  llag,  at  the  cost  ,-f 
all   his   property  and   possessions,    which  were 
ol   very  Cdiisiderable  value,  and   who   for   some 
tune   aitcd   as   aide-de-camp    td    the    Duke    of 
Kent,     the     father    df     Her     .Majestv,     (Jueen 
\'icloria.      Thirteen  children  were  born  df  this 
union,  eleven  df  whom  survive;   while  twenty- 
Idur  gr.uidchildien  are  advancing  to   maturity. 
His  eldest   daughler,   lvalues,   is   m.arried   to 
.I'ilin    W    liay/aiit,    barrister,    and    rresideut   of 


cultivate  himself,  in  order  I  h.it  he  may  be  ,,1  the  I  the   Hank   of    Xdva  .Scitia.      Audther  daughter 
greater  service  t(,  humanitv.      Wiihdut  a  oil-  |  has  assisted   her  hu>band  in  establishing  a  suc- 

exleiisive   niis.>,i(in   to   the   coolies. 


lege  education,  he  was  inn.stanl  Iv  aiming  in  his 
leisure  moments  to  increase  his  knowledge  and 
improve  his  mind.  I'm  instaiuv,  it  was  hi.s 
custom  for  several  ve.iis  to  meet,  once  a  week, 
in   the  evening,  after  a  hard   dav's  Wdrk  in  the 


cesslul   aiK 

or  Hindus,  in  the  isl.ind  of  Trinidad.  Three 
"I  bis  sons  ciiry  on  the  business  at  the  old 
^'■iii'l'  -^lli-^''!  !■:.  Silver,  1.1,.  li.,  of  il.nvard 
I  uivcr>itv,  isapromineni  1  iwver.  I.ouis.M. 
warehdu.se,  with  the  members  ,,1  a  literaiy  !  SiUvr,  M.li.,dt  bMinbuigh  Cniveisity,  piac'- 
clul),    and   to   pnildiig   the  .liscussion   of    some  j  tises  his  profession  in  the  citv. 


BIOGRAPHICAL   REVIFAV 


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His  youngest  son,  John  P.  Silver,  also  Hach- 
olor  of  Medicine  of  Kdinburgh,  is  now  Sin-j,^eon 
ca])tain  in  the  British  army,  stationed  at 
IMtrut,  North-west  Province,  India.  Two 
daughters  reside  at  Truro,  N.S. ,  one  the  wife 
of  R.  A.  Treniain,  barrister,  the  other  widow 
of  a  clergyman  of  the  Church  of  England. 

Mr.  Silver,  at  the  present  time  of  writing, 
althougli  in  his  eighty-fifth  year,  carries  his 
tall  figure  erect  and  straight.  His  "good, 
gray  head  "  is  known  to  young  and  old  on  the 
streets  of  the  city  by  the  sea.  lie  is  able  to 
enjoy  the  results  of  his  long  life  of  labor  well 
jierformed,  and  the  happiness  which  consists  in 
the  contem])lation  of  labor  well  done. 


(^OHN  YOUNG  PAYZANT,  barrister 
at  law,  Halifa.x,  N.S.,  was  born  in 
b'almouth,  Hants  County,  February  9, 
1837,  son  of  Peter  and  Catherine  Jane  Payzant. 
He  now  resides  in  Halifa.x,  where  he  practises 
his  profession.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  December,  1S64,  and  became  (jueen's 
Coimsel  in  1890.  He  is  president  of  the 
bank  of  Nova  Scotia,  vice-|)resiilent  of  the 
Halifax  l^lectric  Tram  Company,  and  a  gov- 
ernor of  King's  College,  Windsor.  His  fam- 
ily for  several  generations  have  been  residents 
of  Nova  Scotia. 

Louis  Payzant,  a  rich  merchant  of  Caen,  in 
Normandy,  a  Ilui;uenot  in  religion,  tied  from 
his  native  land  some  time  after  the  revocation 
of  the  I'AJict  of  Nantes  to  the  island  of  Jersey. 
I'Vom  there  he  came  with  his  family  to  Hali- 
fax about  1753,  bearing  with  him  letters  from 


Mr.  Pownall,  secretary  of  the  Board  of  Planta- 
tions, to  Governor  Lawrence,  from  whom  he 
received  much  consideration,  together  with  a 
large  grant  of  land  at  Mahone  Bay.  To  this 
place  he,  with  his  wife  and  family  and  house- 
hold goods,  removed  .soon  after  his  arrival  in 
this  country.  It  was  a  time  of  political 
trouble  in  Nova  Scotia.  The  Acadian  French 
had  been  deported.  The  l""rench  in  Cape 
Breton  and  Canada  fostered  ill  feeling  among 
the  inhabitants,  and  Indian  cruelties  and  mas- 
sacres were  but  too  common.  Payzant  enjoyed 
his  island  home  but  a  short  time.  He  was 
killed  by  the  Indians,  and  his  widow  and  four 
children  were  carried  prisoners  to  Ouebec. 
After  the  battle  of  Ouebec,  which  finally 
broke  up  P'rench  dominion  in  Canada,  the 
widow,  Mary  Payzant  and  her  family  returned 
to  Nova  Scotia,  and  settled  in  F^almouth. 

One  of  her  sons,  the  Rev.  John  Payzant, 
was  an  influential  preacher  in  (Jueen"s  County. 
Another  son,  Lewis  Pay:  ant,  who  was  the 
grandfather  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  con- 
tinued, with  his  numerous  family,  to  reside  in 
Falmouth. 

Mr.  John  Y.  Pay/ant  was  educated  at  Hor- 
ton  Academy  and  Acadia  College,  where  he 
graduated  in  arts  in  iH'io.  He  studied  law 
with  the  late  Hon.  J.  W.  Johnston,  after- 
ward Judge  in  lupiity.  After  admission  to 
the  bar  he  jiractised  with   tlu'   present   Judge 

\  Johnston,  in  the  tirni  of  Johnston  &    Pawant. 

I  He  has  now  associated  with  hitu,  as   law  ]);irt- 

I  ner  his  son,  William  I..   Pay/ant. 

1       Mr.    Pay-^ant    was    married   on    August    27, 

I   1868,    to    I'' ranees    iv    Silver,    a   daughter    of 


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kill 


\V.  C.  Silver,  of  Halifax.  Ho  has  ci^ht  chil- 
dren —  William  I..,  John  Albert,  Catherine 
J.,  Frederick  A.,  Irene  S.,  Marjorie,  Horace 
R.,  and  Arthur  S.  In  politics  he  has  always 
been  Conservative.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Church  of  Enj;land. 


HOMAS  C.  SHRKVl':.  Mayor  of  Di-by, 
was  horn  at  Guysboro,  N.  S. ,  on  October 
20,  1848,  son  of  Charles  J.  and  Harriet  (Ilarts- 
horne)  Shreve. 

Thomas  Shreve,  grandfather  of  Mayor  Shreve, 
was  born  in  Now  York   in  1754,      He  left  the 
revolted   I'rovinces,  now  form  in  j;- a  ]iart  of  the 
United  States,  at  the  time  of  the   Declaration 
of   Independence,  and,  as  a   fugitive   Lovalist, 
canio   to   Nova   Scotia.      In    1784   he   wont   to 
I'ingland,  where  he  was  ordained  by  the  Angli- 
can bishop  of  London,  and,  returning  to  Nova 
Scotia,    became    the    first    rei'tor    of    I'arrshoro 
and    suhseciuenlly   rector   of    Lunenburg.      He 
died  at   t'le  age  of  .seventy 'years.      His  wife, 
a  native  of  New  York,  in  maidenhood   .\bigail 
Gallop,  died  at  the  age  of  seventy-three.      'I'liey 
had  eight  children,  four  sons  and  lour  daugh- 
ter.s,    Charles    J.    being    the    youngest    chilil. 
Sjiecial  mention  may  be  made  of  James,  after- 
ward   Rev.  James  Shreve,   !).!),,  who  was  rec^ 
tor  of  Chester  and  sul)se(|Ui'ntly  of   i)artiu(jutli ; 
Caleb,    who  was  principal    of   tlie  academy  at 
Annapolis  Royal ;  'I'lmmas,  who  was  a  Lieuten- 
ant in  Her  Majesty's  na\_\ ,  and  whose  commis- 
sion as  Captain  was  (ju   its  way  from    luiglaiu 
when   ho   died   as   the   result   of   a   heavy  c<dd 
Martha,  who  mairicd  the  Rev.    Dr.  Jarvis,  rec- 


tor of  Shediac;  and  Mary  Amie,  who  married 
Dr.  Jacobs,  of  Lunenburg.  The  Rev.  Thomas 
Shreve  was  a  Conservative  in  politics. 

Charles  J.  Shreve  was  born  at   Lunenburg, 
N.  S.,    in    1809,    and    was   edi'     tod  at  King's 
College,    VVindsor.      He   then    studied    for  the 
ministry,    and    became    a    clergyman    of    the 
Church  of  Ljigland.      Doing  duty  first  in  New- 
foundland,   ho  subsequently  became   rector  of 
(luysboro  and  afterward  of  Chester  in  Lunen- 
burg County.      His  (loath  took   jilace  in    1879. 
He  was  married  in  183910  Harriet  Ilartshorno, 
a    native    of    Guysboro,    N.  S.,    born    in    18 18. 
She  bore  him  seven  children,  live  of  whom  are 
now    living,    namely:    :\Irs.    Sophia    Jamison, 
widow    (,f    the    late    Di-.   I.  H.    Jamison;    Mrs. 
Ada  W'light,  the  wife  of  Major  Wright ;  Charles 
I.    Shrove,   a   i)hysician;    Richmond,    now   the 
Rev.   Dr.    Richmond   Shreve,   of   Cooiierstown, 
NY.;    and    I'homas    C. ,    the    subject    of   this 
sketih.      The    mother,    .Mrs.     Harriet    Shreve, 
tiicd    in    1858,    tweiUy-ono    years    before     her 
husband. 

Thomas  C.  Shrove  was  educated  at  Windsor 
Academy.  Ho  studied  law  with  the  late  Jiul-e 
James,  then  (jf  the  linn  of  James  &  lOster, 
and,  being  ailmitted  to  the  bar  in  Jiuio,  1870, 
began  the  jiractico  of  his  professiciu  in  the 
same  year  at  Digin.  In  1878  he  was  .ip- 
poiiited  (Jueeu's  Counsel  by  the  local  govern- 
ment ;  hut,  some  doubt  being  thrown  upon  the 
right  of  that  goveinuu'Ut  to  make  such  appoint- 
ments, lie  was  in  i88j  appointed  (Jueen's 
Coun.-el  hy  the  Dominion  goveriunent.  I'"or 
live  years  he  was  president  (if  the  Liberal- 
Conser\ative   Asscjciatioii    n|    the   couutv,    and 


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then  ic.sif;iiL'(l.  I'^ected  IMayor  of  Dighy  by 
acclamation  in  1890,  the  year  in  ui;ich  the 
tcwn  was  incorporated,  he  held  that  office  for 
three  years,  and  then  resigned.  Two  years 
later  he  was  as^ain  asked  by  the  leadinj;  busi- 
ness men  of  the  town  to  accejjt  a  nomination 
for  llie  Mayoralty,  which  havini;-  done,  he  was 
elected,  and  has  since  occupied  the  chair.  In 
pnliiics  he  is  a  Con.servatu'e.  His  relij;ious 
affiliations  are  with  the  Church  of  ICnnland,  in 
which  he  is  a  warden.  He  belongs  also  to 
King  .Sdlonion  Lodge,  A.  F.  &-  A.  ^I.,  of 
which  he  is  a  Past  Master. 

Ill  iSSij  Mr.  Shreve  was  married  to  Mary  A. 
Dakiii,  of  Dighy,  a  daughter  of  Charles  Hitch- 
cock and  Mary  A.  (Mudd)  Dakin,  and  a  graiVl- 
ilaiigiiter  nn  the  maternal  side  of  lulward 
Hiidil.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Shreve  arc  the  parents 
of  four  children;  namely,  Richard  Seymour, 
Katherine  Marion,  Charles  Darrell,  and  Mor- 
ence  V'iolel. 


flT^ARTIN  MURl'HV,  D.Sc,  who 
holds  the  position  of  government 
engineer  for  the  province  of  Nova 
Scotia,  was  horn  at  Coollycamey,  near  I'lnnLs- 
corthy,  (  nunty  \Ve.\ford,  Ireland,  November 
II,  183J,  son  of  Thomas  and  Mary  (Conroy) 
Miirpliy.  iiis  jiaternal  grandparents  were 
John  and  Mary  (Kelly)  .Mur|)hy,  both  natives 
ot  hvliind.  the  fcirmer  of  Wexfurd  County. 
John  Murphy,  a  magistrate  and  the  owner  of  a 
large  farm,  belonged  to  the  better  class  of 
lamleil  gentry,  and  was  a  man  widely  known 
^nA    ios|Hvted    ihniughout    his    county.       He 


died  at  the  age  of  eighty  years,  his  wife  sur- 
viving him  several  years. 

Thomas  Murphy,  son  of  John,  was  born  on 
his  father's  estate  in  County  VVe.xford,  Ire- 
land, in  Jie  year  1796.  He  became  a  promi- 
nent and  successful  contractor  and  builder, 
following  that  occupation  during  his  entire 
active  period,  and  dying  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
eight  years.  His  wife,  Mary,  who  was  born 
in  1798,  died  at  the  age  of  seventy-four. 
They  had  five  children  who  attained  maturity. 
Two  of  these  are  now  deceased,  the  three  sur- 
vivors being  Martin,  John,  and  Michael. 

Martin  Murphy  was  educated  at   Hallindag- 
gin  National  Schoid  and   in    Dublin,  where  he 
studied  under  a  private  tutor.     At  the  age  of 
twenty  years   he  joined   the  engineer  staff  of 
the    late   William    Dargan,    and    sub.sequently 
worked  at   his   profession    under  other  promi- 
nent luiropean  engineers,  most  or  all  of  whom 
were  graduates  of   Sir  John    McNeil's  School 
of  Civil  Hngineering.      During  the  fifties  and 
early  si.xties  he  was  employed   on   iiranches  of 
the  Midland   &   Great    Western    Railway,    be- 
tween    Mullinger    and     Lcnigford     and     from 
Athenry  to  Tuam,  and  on  the  Great   Southern 
&  Western  Railway,  besides  others.      He  was 
also  employed   on   tlie  city  of    Dublin  sewage 
works,  and  on  the  construction  nf   Moy  bridge 
between  Charlemont  and  Moy,  County  Tyrone. 
On  the  retirement  of   Mr.   Dargan   from  the 
business  of  railway  construction,  Mr.  Murphy 
continued    with    liis    succcsscu-,     Mr.    Thomas 
ICdwards,  an<l  was  employed  .is  contractor's  en- 
gineer on  the  extension  of  the  Dublin,  Wick- 
low   vS:    We.xford    Railway,    from    Wicklow    to 


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Knniscortliy,  and  also  on  the  Shillelagh 
branch.  In  1862  he  was  ajipointed  resident 
engineer  of  the  Dublin,  WicUlow  &  Wexford 
Railway  ami  its  branches.  This  position  he 
retained  until  1.S68,  in  which  year  he  came  to 
Canada.  Settling  in  Halifax,  N.  S.,  he  re- 
ceived the  ajipointmcnt  of  city  engineer. 
During  1S68,  1869,  1870,  and  1871,  he  had 
charge  of  the  survey  of  several  projected  lines 
of  railway  for  the  government  of  Nova  Scotia. 
In  1871  he  was  appointed  i'rovincial  (lovcrn- 
ment  ICngineer  for  Nova  Scotia,  but  rihortly 
resigned,  as  there  was  no  fixed  salary  attached 
to  the  position  at  that  time.  I'rom  1871  to 
1874  he  was  contractor  for  the  construction  ot 
bridges  on  the  Intercolonial  Railway  of  Can- 
ada, but  returned  to  Nova  Scotia  in  1875  to 
accept  his  present  position  of  Provincial  En- 
gineer, the  legislature  of  Nova  Scotia  having 
voted  to  attach  a  .salary  of  three  thousand  dol- 
lars jicr  annum  to  the  position. 

Mr.  Murphy  has  attained  to  considerable 
fame  in  his  calling,  lie  has  built  iron  and 
steel  bridges  over  every  river  in  the  I'rovince, 
and  his  pl.ins  for  various  kinds  of  engineering 
work  are  familiar  to  engineers  ami  contractors 
all  over  the  American  continent,  lie  has 
been  consulted  by  the  guvernment  of  New- 
foundland in  regard  to  railway  construction, 
by  the  government  of  New  Brunswick  in  re- 
gartl  to  bridge  construction,  and  by  the 
authorities  at  Hermuda  with  resjjcct  to  b.irbnr 
survey  and  improvements.  lie  was  president 
of  the  Nova  Scotian  Institute  of  Science  from 
1891  to  1893,  and  contributed  man\  impor- 
tant papers  to  its  Transactions.      He  is  a  mem- 


'  ber  of  the  Council  of  the  Society  of   Canadian 

;  I'jigineers.  He  has  contributed  articles  of 
interest  to  various  engineering  and  other 
scientific  journals;  and  he  read  a  paper  before 
the  ]'",ngincers"  Congress  at  the  World's  Fair, 
C(dumbian  I'",x[)osilion.  In  1886  he  received 
the  degre  •  of  Doctor  of  .Science  from  King's 
Co'"-.'       *'i'".dsor.  N..S. 

HI  ly  was  married  in    tSC)i    to  IMaria 

Agnes  ...ekley,  dau,,hter  of  Cornelius  Huck- 
ley,  of  ISantear  Mallow,  Cork,  Ireland.  He 
has  had  ten  children,  of  whom  seven  are  now 
living:      namely,     Thomas     J.      1'"  ,      Martin, 

'  ;\Iinnie,  John,  Jeremiali,  Nano,  and  Michael. 
Thomas  J.  b".  ]\Iurphy  is  a  physician  and  sur- 
geon, at  present  practising  in  Halifa.v,  N.S. 
lie  married  Minnie  I'ayne,  of  Halifax,  and 
has  two  children—  Mcdly  and  Martin.  Three 
sons  —  Martin,    John,    and   Jeremiah  —  follow 

;  the  profession  of  civil  engineer. 


/^3ri£C)RGl':  W.  SrirART,  Mayor  of 
\f^  Truro,  was  born  at  IMiddle  Mus- 
qiiodoboit.    Halifax   County.    N'..S.,    April    10, 

I  1842,  his  paients  being  .\le\ander  and  b'.li/a 
(Stephens)  Sluart.  His  giai\(li'.ither,  John 
Stuart,  a  native  and  lifelong  resident  of  Scot- 
land, w.is  gamekeeper  fnr  the  late  Marl  ot  .Si'a- 
lield,  of  Murrayshire.  John  Stuart  marrii'd 
Isabelle  (inrdoM,  who  belonged  to  the  old 
and    honorable    Scottish    f.nnilv   of   that    name 

i  dwtdling  in  Muriax'shire.  They  bad  three 
children,  ol   wIkjiu   the   iddest  was    .Alexander, 

■  father  of   Mayor   Stii.iit.      The   other  two  weie 

I   Isabelle  .ind  I'ipsey.      John  Stiiarl  died   at    the 


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aj^e  of  fifty-six,  from  the  effects  of  a  fall  from 
his  horse.  After  her  husband's  death  Mrs. 
SlLiart  came  to  Nova  Scotia,  and  resided  here 
for  several  years.  She  subsequently  returned 
to  Scotland,  where  she  spent  the  rest  of  her 
life,  dvini;  at  the  venerable  iv^c  of  ninety-six 
years. 

Alexander  Stuart  was  horn  January  13, 
1S07,  in  Murrayshire,  and  there  received  his 
education  and  learned  the  trade  of  millwrii^ht. 
In  1830  he  emigrated  to  Jamaica,  West  Indies, 
havin-;  been  aiipointed  superintendent  of  me- 
chanics on  a  larL^e  estate.  At  the  end  of  two 
years,  finclin.L;'  that  the  climate  ilid  not  aj;ree 
with  him.  he  left  Jamaica  and  came  to  Hali- 
fax, N.  S.,  where  in  1833  he  was  married. 
.Shortly  after  his  marriaL;e  he  removed  to  Mid- 
dle Muscpiodolxiit,  wliere  he  built  and  oi)erated 
Jurist  and  saw  mills,  and  also  carried  on  K'-'"" 
eral  farmini;-.  In  1852  he  removed  to  l'"all 
Xiver,  Halifax  County,  X.S.,  in  which  villai;e 
he  built  and  operated  cardiiit;-mills  and  fur- 
r. iture  and  ai^ricultural  implement  factories, 
all  very  successfully.  Shortly  before  his 
deatii  he  had  become  eni;a^^ed  in  f;-old  mininj,^ 
He  erected  at  Waverley  the  first  i;old  stamp 
mill  in  Nova  .Scotia.  He  was  a  man  of  L;(jod 
business  ability  and  sterlin,;;  tjualities.  He 
was  a  close  and  confidential  friend  of  the  late 
Hon.  Joseph  Howe.  He  was  widely  re- 
spected: and  his  death,  which  occurred  No- 
vember JO,  i.S6.|,  as  the  result  of  |)neu- 
monia,  was  L;eiier.ill\'  deplored.  His  wife, 
J'!li/a  .Stephens  .Stuart,  was  born  in  Murray- 
shire, .Scothuui,  May  11,  iSij.  .She  was  a 
daui;hter  of  the  late  John   .Stephens,  nierchant 


baker,  of  Aberdeen,  .Scotland,  and  sister  of 
the  late  Alexander  Stephens,  formerly  a  prom- 
inent and  prosperous  merchant  of  Halifa.x, 
X.S.,  and  of  the  late  James  Stephens,  of  Mus- 
quodoboit,  and  came  to  this  country  with  her 
brothers  in  1833.  She  died  at  Fall  River, 
N.S.,  in  1854,  at  the  ai;e  of  forty-three,  ten 
years  before  her  husband.  They  had  ten  chil- 
dren, of  whom  but  four  are  now  livinj;-  —  Al- 
l)ert,  Geor-e  W.,  Mari^^aret,  and  Mary. 
Albert  is  a  contractor,  and  lives  at  I'all 
River,  Halifax  County.  Margaret  is  the  wife 
of  Isaac  W.  Snook,  of  Truro,  N.S,  .Mary,  who 
resides  in  the  State  of  Missouri,  is  the  wife  of 
Mr.  \V.  J.  Cheney.  Isabella  died  at  the  aj;e 
of  ten  years.  Alexander,  for  many  years  a 
stationer  in  I5oston,  Mass.,  died  in  Kansas  in 
1872.  James  Gordon,  a  builder  and  contrac- 
tor, died  in  Kansas  in  1873.  Charles,  a  har- 
ness and  saddlery  manufacturer,  died  in 
Truro,  N.S.,  in  1S91,  aj;ed  thirty-nine  years. 
Of  John,  the  eltlest,  who  died  at  Fort  Scott, 
Kan.,  March  22,  1890,  the  Fort  .Scott  /)(i/7f 
'I'ribuuc  says:  ".Mr.  Stuart  was  a  native  of 
Nova  Scotia,  havinj:;  been  born  in  Halifax, 
h'ebruary  10,  1833.  He  was  one  of  the  first 
settlers  of  I'ort  Scott.  He  came  to  Law- 
rence, Kan.,  ill  July,  1857.  He  stopped 
there  but  a  short  time,  however,  findinj;  his 
way  to  I'ort  Scott  the  same  year.  The  fol- 
lowing year  he  erected  ;i  carria,i;e  shop  which 
he  conducted  until  1862.  Uurint;  the  war  he 
was  for  a  time  a  contractor  in  the  ciuar'ermas- 
ter's  department,  and  afterward  served  ;is 
Deputy  United  .States  Marshal.  He  was 
iilentitied    with    many    of    the    important    ini- 


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provemcnts  of  I-"ort  Scutt  duriii-  a  Idiim-  series 
of  years,      lie  was  also  a  nienil)ev  of  the  City 
Council  for  six  years  and   I\Ia_\or  liiiriiii;-    1873 
and    1874.      lie  had    acquired  a  tine  farmiiif;- 
property   in    the    immediate    vicinity  of    I'ort 
Scott,  ami  was  one  of  the  first  to  discover  oil 
and  natural   ^as  wells  out   there,  from  one  of 
which,  situated  on   his  own  projicrtv,  the  city 
is  at  present  supplied  with   ■;as.      Like  .iiany 
of  our  Nova  Scotians  who  have  settled  in  that 
Western  country,  he  was  active  and  energetic, 
and  inclined  to  keep  business  moving;-  livelv." 
Geor^ne   W.    Stuart  obtained   hut  a   limited 
common  country  school  education  in  his  earlv 
youth,  init  subsecpiently  advanced   in    learninf;- 
by  means  of  dili-ent  application   in   his  spare 
moments.      While   still  a  youn<;-  man   he  be- 
came identillcd  witli  the  -old  minii :■;■   industry 
ot    yova   Scotia,    his  connection   with   which, 
says  the   iiu-iistrial  AJvouit,-   (Ilalitax,    N'.  S. , 
January,   1897),   -Mates  hack  as  far  as  liie  stir- 
rin-  times   in    i86j,  when    Waverley   was  the 
conver.nin--    point    for  all    minin-    j^ien,      He 
was  one  of  the  first  who  hecnnie  interested    in 
the  district,  and   by  virtue   of   his   connection 
with  this  Kold  field  up  to    187S    is   entitled   to 
be  looked  upon  as  one  of  the  pioneer  ojjcrators 
whose  work  has  advanced  the  ininiui;    indu-tiv 
materially."      I''rc(iucntly   compelled    l)y   want 
ot  means  to  abandon  his  operations  in  the  dis- 
trict, he  returned  a';ain  to  tlie  task  as  soon  as 
the  state  of  his  financial  resources  jiermittcd. 
In  1863  he  added  largely  to  his  -iiinin.L;-   inter- 
ests, particularly  in  tlu-  (li>tricts  ot  .Monta-ue, 
Cariliou,  Salmon  Kivcr,  and  Killa-.      In  187.;  j 
he  discovered  ( under  tlie  most   irvin-    ditticul 


ties  and  discouraj;ements)  the  famous  "Rose" 
lead   at   Monta-ue,    N.S.,  which   -ave  an    im- 
petus to  the  mining    industry  of  that  district 
and    the    I'rovince    in    ■;eneral,    the   effects    of 
which  are  visible  to-day.      At  Kilhi;^  he  .spent 
seven  years  in  the  work  of  exploration  and  de- 
velopment,  and,    notwithstandiuf,'  unfavorable 
conditions,    succeeded    in    demonstrating    the 
correctness  of  his  views  regarding;  the  richness 
and    producing  capacity  of  the   leads   in    this 
district.      .Mr.  Stuart's  confidence   in   his  own 
work    is    evidenced    by    the    fact    that    he    has 
never  sidicited  from  others  any  financial   help 
in  pro.seciiting  his  ventures   in   this   line,  but 
has  instead   preferred  to  stand   upon   his  own 
knowledge  of  a  particular  property,  and  upon 
that   basis   invest   his  own    labor  and  capital. 
This  inde|)endence  -'s     ne  of   his  leading  trait.s 
ot    character,   and    has   done   much    to   inspire 
C(Mifidence    in     any    statements    that    he    may 
make.      In   everything   looking  to  the   better- 
ment of  existing  conditions  in   the  mining  in- 
dustry and  the  welfare  of  thoso  engaged  in  it, 
Mr.  Stuart  has  long  been  a  prime  mover,  sjjar- 
ing  neither  energy,  time,  nor  cash  in  the  attain- 
ment of  his  object.      lie   was   connected    with 
the  discovery  of  the    well-known  '■Dullerin" 
lead  at  .Salmon  Rivet,  N.S.,  and  an  interested 
p:trty    in    the    management    of    the    propertv. 
His  thorough  practical  knowledge  and  linancial 
;d)ility    were   of    inestimable   value,    and   goo,! 
large  dividends  were  the  rule  dm-ing  his  asso- 
ciation with  the  compan\-. 

Mr.  Stii.nt  is  the  present  owner  of  large 
••md  valuable  hoblin^'s  in  (n.Menville  an<l 
"ther    mining     .jistru'ts.        i!e    has    not    onlv 


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taken  a  leading  part  in  the  development  nf  the 
niininji  resouri-cs  of  the  I'lovincc,  but  is  also 
an  entluisiastii.  believer  in  their  eapaeity  for 
almost  unlimited  (leveliipment.  He  has  con- 
tributed articles  to  different  papers  upon  the 
subject  of  mining'  and  the  mineral  wealth  of 
the  i'rovince,  and  is  resident  correspondent  of 
the  /:'//!,'■/«( c/vV/i,'-  ami  Miniiii^  Journal  of  New 
York.  He  is  vice-president  of  the  Min- 
ing Society  of  Nova  Scotia,  and  was  at  one 
time  president  of  the  Nova  Scotia  Gold 
Miners"  Club.  He  is  a  mciid)er  ol  the  Amer- 
ican Institute  of  Minini;  iui_i;ii-eers,  also  of 
the  Canadian  Mining  Institute. 

Prcminent  among  his  fellow-townsnien,  he 
has  taken  an  active  part  in  public  life.  He 
has  Served  as  a  Town  Coiincillor  of  Truro.  In 
1879  he  was  made  a  Justice  of  the  Peace  for 
the  county  of  llalifa.x,  in  189S  he  was  elected 
Mayor  of  Truro,  and  in  1899  he  was  re- 
elected, each  time  by  acclamation.  !n  I'eb- 
ruary,  1900,  he  was  re-eU  cted  to  the  same  office, 
receiving;  the  laru;est  plurality  of  votes  ever 
j;iven  any  candidate  for  the  lionor.  He 
is  a  cousin,  it  may  be  mentioned,  of  e.x- 
M.ayor  Alexander  .Stejihens,  of  Halifa;.  In 
jiolitics  he  is  an  Independent  Conservative.  He 
belongs  to  the  Masonic  order,  being  a  memlier 
of  Hums  Lodge,  A.  I-".  &  A.  M.,  of  Halifax. 
He  is  a  regular  attendant  of  the  I'irst  Haptist 
ChuiTJi. 

.Mr.  Stuart  was  married  January  5,  1 87 1, 
to  Hainiah  R.  I'latou,  a  daughter  of  Watson 
and  I'jneliiie  (.Sliaffner)  I'.aton,  of  Annajiolis, 
N.S.  .Si.v  children  have  been  born  to  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  .Stuart,  and  five  are  now  livin,;;   namely, 


Annie  V..,  ICniclinc,  Mary  I^.,  George  Alexan- 
der, and  Charles  Gordon.  Annie  K.  is  the  wife 
of  Arthur  IC.  Cox,  formeily  of  Truro,  N.  S. ,  but 
now  of  Hostoii,  Mass.  Mary  \\.  is  the  wife  of 
the  Rev.  Charles  R.  McNaliy,  formerly  of 
Fredericton,  N.H. ,  now  of  Massachusetts, 
being  at  jiresent  assistant  pastor  of  the  Bap- 
tist Church  at  Hrookline.  ICmeline,  George 
A.,  and  Charles  Gordon  are  at  home  with 
their  parents.  William  Young  died  in  in- 
fancy. 


Al'TAIX  J.  TAVLtIR  WOOD  was 
born  at  I'"mt  .Snelling,  \orth-west 
'I'erritoiy  (now  in  the  .State  of 
Minnesota),  in  1831,  son  of  General  Robert  C. 
and  Anna  .M.  (Ta\lor)  Wood.  His  mother 
was  a  daughter  of  (ieneral  Zachary  Taylor, 
I'resulent  of  the  United  States  in  1849-50. 

iMitering  the  United  .States  Xavy  as  a  mid- 
shipman in  1847,  he  took  part  in  the  war  be- 
tween the  l^iited  .States  and  Mexico,  and  siib- 
seipiently  ser\ed  in  the  L'nitcd  .States  \'ai-_\'  in 
various  parts  of  the  world  up  to  1S61,  in  which 
year  he  resigned  his  commission,  and  entered 
the  Confederate  Navy.  While  in  this  service, 
he  commanded  the  after-division  of  the  "\"ir- 
ginia  "  or"  IMeriimac, "  in  the  hght  in  Hani])- 
ton  Roads  with  the  "Monitor"  and  other 
vessel.s.  He  was  afterwards  appoi I iteil  .Aide,  wilh 
the  rank  of  Colonel,  on  the  staff  of  President 
Davis,  who  was  his  uncle  b)-  marriage,  and  took 
part  in  tne  cam|)aigns  of  the  army  of  Northern 
N'irgiuia  under  (ieneral  Lee.  While  in  the 
navy,  h(;  commanded  in  two  cutting-out  ex- 
[leditions,  captured  three  of   the  enemy's  gun- 


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boats,  ami  ran    tlic    lilockadc  at    Wilmington, 
\.C.,  in  the  cruiser  "Tallahassee,"    in  which 
vessel,  also,  he  niaile  many  captures  of  merchant- 
men in  the  .North  Atlantic.      His  escajie  with 
the  "Tallahassee  "  from  Halifax  Harbor,  where 
he   was   being  watched   by  l''etleral  cruisers,  is 
a  well-known    incident   in   his  career.      JJeing 
ca])tured  with  President  l)a\-        it   the   close  of 
the  war,    he   e.Ncaped,    with    iicneral   John    C. 
Breckinridge,  crossed  from  J-"lorida  to  Cuba  in 
an   open   boat,   and   in    1.S65    came  to   ]Ialifa\, 
.\.  S. ,    wh'^re    he    engaged     in     shipping     and 
marine  insurance.      'I'his  business,  in  which  he 
has  been   very  successful,  he  still   carries  on. 
He  has  also  for  many  years  been  secretary  and 
treasurer    of    the    Halifax    Pilot    t'ommission. 
In  all  the  varied  and  changeful   circumstances 
of  his  life  Captain  Wood  has  shown  a  capacity 
and  determination,  mixed  with  personal  integ- 
rity and  purity  of  mc)ti\e,  that  have  gained  for 
him  the  sincere  attachment  of  his  fiiends,  and 
the    respect,    if    not    admiration,    (jf    his   ene- 
mies.     Since  taking  up  his  residence  in  Hali- 
fax, he  has  faithfully  performed  the  duties  of 
his  new  citizenship,  ami  has  won  a  high  stand- 
ing   in   the  business  and  soci.al    circles  of  the 
city. 

Captain   Wood   was    mairied    in    Aiuiaiiolis, 
Md.,    tn    .Miss     I.cila     Mackubin,   dau-bter    of 
(ieorge     .Mackubin,     fdrmcrly    for    twenty-five 
years  Treasurer  of  the  .State  of   .Maryland.      Of  ; 
this  union  have   been    lioni    four  sons  and    fdui'  1 
daughters  —  Zachary,  Lola,  ICleanor,  J.   laylnr,    ! 
Jr.,    George  ;\I.,   Charles   C,   .\ina,  and    M.iv. 
'I'he    last-named   died    in    1  yc>S,    at   the  age  o|   \ 
twenty-one.      Tiie  eldest   son,  Zacluir\-,  who  is  I 


a  graduate  of  Kin.i;ston  Milit.iry  College,  was 
Adjutant  of  the  .Ninetieth  Winnipeg  Uattalion, 
j  and  t'lok  part  in  all  the  engagements  with  the 
Hatouche  Column,  under  (ieneral  Miildleton, 
during  the  Kiel  Rebellion,  and  since  then 
has  held  a  commission  in  the  North-west 
Mounted  Police,  and  is  now,  with  the  rank  of 
.M.ijor,  commanding  the  Yukon  JJistrict.  He 
married  Miss  P'rank  Daly,  of  Ontario,  and  has 
one  child,  /.achary,  Jr.  ]",leanor  is  the  wife 
of  Duncan  Campbell,  of  .Alberta,  N.W.T., 
and  the  mother  of  two  children -- Duncan  and 
Colin.  Charles  was  a  Lieutenant  in  the 
North  Lancashire  Regiment  of  the  British 
army,  in  the  war  with  the  Boers  in  .South 
.Africa.  He  dietl  of  wounds  received  in  a 
skirmish  at  Belmont,  near  Kimberlev,  on 
November    10,    I  <S(>o. 


HARLIvS  1:DWARD  HROWN,  a 
well-known  public-spirited  citi.<en  of 
Yarmouth,  .N.S. ,  was  born  in  that 
l)lace,  P'ebruary  j.S,  1830,  son  of  the  Hon. 
Stayley  and  Charlotte  (I'letcher)  Brown. 

His  earliest  paternal  ancestor  of  whrnu 
there  is  any  record  was  John  lirown,  a  native 
of  Scotland,  who  was  a  farmer  on  the  estate 
of  the  Duke  of  Hamilton  at  Lesmahago. 
John's  son,  John  Hrown,  second,  bom  at  Les- 
maha-o,  Scotlaiui,  l-'ebruary  .:,  1771.  Immi- 
grating to  .\merica,  he  settled  first  in  the 
United  States.  Later  he  removed  to  Yar- 
mouth, .N.S. ,  where  he  kept  a  store  for  many 
years  in  that  part  of  N'armouth  called  .Milton. 
He  IkuI  married  in  .Scotland  a  Mrs.  .Abercroni- 


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Ml',  whoso  maiden  name  was  Hamilton;  and 
in  1816  she  folhnved  him  to  America  with 
their  two  children.  In  1S20  he  retired  from 
iHisiiiess  as  a  merchant,  and  purchased  a  tarm 
at  Hebron,  N.S.  His  death  occurred  when  he 
had  attained  the  venerable  a','e  of  ninety-one 
years.      He  was  a  much  resiiected  citi/en.  ■ 

The   Hon.  .Stayley  Mrown  was  born  at  Glas-  i 
,1,'ow,  .Scotland,    l-'ebniary   26,    iSoi.      He  was 
fifteen    vears    old    when    he   accompanied    his  | 
mother  to    America.      After  attendinj,'  scho<d   j 
ill  \'arn'.outh,  he  entered  his  father's   store,  of  1 
which   he  assumed   the   management  after  his  ' 
father's    retirement,    and   cariied    it   on    until   ' 
1840.      In   1S43    he   was   appointed   a   member 
of  the    l.e;,'islati\e   Council,  and    in    1857   be- 
came    Recci\er-Lreneral    of     the     rr.)\ince    of  \ 

I 
Nova   Scotia.      In    1874,  on    the   death   ol    the  j 

Hon.     Alexander    Keith,    he     succeeded    that  j 
j^entleinan    as    president    of     the     I.e^Mslative  j 
Council.      In    the   fcdlowinj^   year   he   was  ap-  | 
pointed    Treasurer    of    the     l'ro\ince,    which   | 
office  he   held    until    his   death    in    1877.       lie- 
sides  his  other  bn-incss  interests,  in  which  he  j 
was  very  successlul,  he  was  a  director  of  the 
bank  of  No\a  Scotia.      His  political  |>rinciples 
affiliated   him  with   the    l.iber.U    party,  and  he 
and  his  wife  attended  the  I'resbyterian  church. 
h'ew  men   were   better  known   or   more   (.,a'ner- 
;(lly    respected.      His  wife,    Charlotte,    was    a 
dauf^hter    of     Dr.      Richard     and    Mary    (Mc- 
Kinnon)   h'letcher,  of  \'arn)outh,  and  was  born 
at   Ari;yle,    N.S.,  in    i8oj.      She   died   at   the 
aLCe  of  f<u-tv-fi\e  years.      They  were  the  parents  j 
of  six  children,  of  whom  but  two  are  now  liv-  j 
intr^Geor''e  S.  and  Charles  Ivdwarti.  I 


Charles  IMward  l!rown  in  boyhood  at- 
tended the  public  schools  of  \'armouth. 
In  1846,  at  the  a^e  of  si.xteen,  he  entered 
Harvard  CdllcLCe,  Cambridj^e,  Mass.,  where  he 
was  j,;raduated  with  the  class  of  1849.  I-'stab- 
lishiuj,'  himself  as  a  j^eneral  merchant  in  1851, 
he  continued  '.''  trade  for  a  period  of  thirty 
vears,  beinii  one  of  the  leadini;  business  men 
in  ^■armouth.  He  retired  in  1881.  He  still 
takes  an  active  interest,  however,  both  in 
business  and  jiublic  affairs.  He  has  been  a 
director  of  tlie  \'armouth  Hank  since  its  incep- 
tion, and  at  the  jiresent  time  (1899)  is  its 
vice-iiresident.  He  is  also  Commissioner  of 
Schools  for  the  county  of  Yarmouth.  As  the 
secretary  of  the  Yarmouth  County  Agricult- 
ural Society,  of  which  he  was  the  ortjanizer, 
he  contributed  many  interesting  papers  and 
articles  to  the  ])ress,  particularly  to  the  agri- 
cultural journals.  Hesides  being  an  active 
Worker  in  and  the  secretary  of  this  society  for 
many  \ears,  he  was  also  for  some  time  its 
president.  He  was  likewise  (.ne  of  the  most 
active  members  of  tlie  Milton  Library  Asso- 
ciation, and  contributed  largely  to  its  success, 
serving  for  thirty  years  as  its  secretary  and  for 
ten  as  president,  having  resigned  the  latter 
oflice  but  .1  few  years  ago.  In  fact,  Mr. 
Hrown  h.is  not  been  slow  to  lend  a  hel|)ing 
h  ind  to  any  project  that  promised  to  benefit 
the  town  or  prove  for  the  general  welfare  of 
the  connnunity.  and  his  aid  and  inHuence  have 
been  potent  for  good  in  the  public  affairs  of 
^'arnlouth.      In  i)olilic:i  he  is  a  Liberal. 

Mr.  lirown  marrieil  in  i860  Miss  Azuba 
Davis    Rose,  of    I'ort    Maitland,  N.S.,    daugh- 


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14    i 


ter  of  James  anil  Mary  (McGray)  Rose.     Slio  ;  Shirley,     Mass.,    where    he    died     in     i;88. 

died    in    iSiji.      Mr.    Hrnwn    has  ten    children  Israel,    horn    in    1745,  married    in    1770  Anna 
now    living— Mary    I".,   Charlotte   i;.,   Graced   Kent.      iMdni  them  all  the   Longleys  of  Nova 

I'".,    Arthur    \V.,     Charles     I-".,    Florence    I.,  j  .Scotia   have   been    derived.      They   reared   ten 

Georgina    E.,    Stayley,    Ronald    I..,     Herman  |  children. 

II.      Charlotte  K.   is  the  wife  of  Thomas  \V.  Asaph    l.ongley,   who  was   born    in    .Annap- 

Stoneman,   of  Yarmouth,  and   has  three  chil-  olis  County,  Nova  Scotia,  third  son  of   Jsruel 

dren  —  Grace  M.,  Vera,   and   Hubert.      Grace  ^  and    Anna,    became    a    farmer,    and    followed 

F.  is  the  wife  of  Captain  F.  A.   Ladd,  of  Yar-  j  agriculture  very  successfully  during  the  entire 

mouth,  and  has  one  child,   I'orrest   A.    Ladd.  !  active  period  of  his  life.      He  was  a  man  well 

Charles   F.    married   Maria,  tlaughter  of  John  known  and   highly  esteemed    for   his  sterling 

Tilley,    of    Yarmouth.      Georgina    !•:.    is    the  personal     character.       In    politics    he    was    a 

wife  of  John  II.  Allen,  of  Brooklyn,  N.V.  j   Liberal,    and    in    religion    a    Methodist.      He 

_____  j  <lied  in  Paradise,  N.S.,  at  the  age  of  seventy- 

I  seven  years.      His  second    wife,    whose   name 

Y^TON.      JAMI':S       WILHKRFORCl'.  in   maidenhood  was   Dorcas   I'oole,  died  at  the 

r=n       LONGL^:^^      Attorney-general     of  age  of  seventy-eight.      He  had  seven  children : 

^— '  Nova  Scotia,  was  born   in   Paradise,  Warren,    who  diei'   young;    Helen;   Caroline; 

Annapolis  County,  N.S.,  January  4,   i  S4(),  son  Israel:    Harriet:    Avard ;    and    William,    who 

of  Israel  and  I'rances  (Manning)  I.ongley.  {  died  young.      Avard  Longley  was  a  prominent 

The  early  history  of  the   Lon-ley  family  in  jiolitieian   and  ,1   member  of  various  religious 

America    is   connected    with    that   of    Groton,  and  |ihil,inthropic  societies   of    Nova    Scotia. 

Mass.,  and  of  Shirley,  formerly  a  part  of  Gro-  He   was    twice    married.       By   his    first   wife, 

ton.      The  records  show  that   William    Long-  Maria   Whitman,  he  h;id  one  child,  I'llla,  now 

ley,  Sr.,  Town  Clerk  of  Groton,  wit!)  his  wife  deceased;    and   bv   his  second   wile,    Charlotte 

md  some  of  their  children,  was   killed   by  the  .\.     I'roop,     he     h;id     four    ehi  Idren  —  I  larry, 

Indians    in    iC'')4.      His    son    John,    a    lad    ol  llow.ird,    Annie,   and   Winifred. 

about    eleven   ye;irs,    was    taken    .nid    held    in  Israel  I.ongley,  son   of   .Xsaph,  w;is   born   at 

cajitivity  several  years.      Returning  at    length  Paradise,   .Annapolis  County,  Ajiril    [4,   iSn. 

to  Groton,  he  married   Sarah    Prescott.      Will-  He  married  Frances  M.inning,  daughter  of  the 

i.ani   Longley,  third,  who  was  "John   the   Cap-  ke\-.  James    Manning,  whose   l.ither,    a   native 

tive's"    son,    born    in     170S,    cime    to    Ni.\a  rt    the  north    of    lrcl;ind,  was  :i  pioneer  ol    the 

Scotia    in    1760,    bringing   with    him    bis    son  Baptist  ministry  in  .Nova  Scoti;i.     Their  chil- 

Israel,     and     settled     in     Helisle,     .\nn:ipolis  (h-en     were:      lanina,     Legh      Richmond,     ;ni(l 

County.      As  soon  as    Israel    had   ;itt:iined   his  Sophia     -.ill    ol    whom    died    in    voiith    -  ;ind 

m.ijority,    the    lather,    William,    retiniied    to  <  James  Wilberlorce. 


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57 


James  Wilbcrlorcc  Longlcy,  after  receiv- 
ing liis  elementary  education  in  the  school  at 
l\:radise,  entered  Acadia  College,  Wulfville, 
where  he  received  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Arts  in  1S71.  lie  began  the  study  of  law 
with  the  late  Hiram  Hlanchard,  of  Halifax. 
suhse(iuently  continued  it  with  Robert  IMot- 
ton,  ami  completed  his  iireiiaratory  course  with 
Johnson  &  Hligh.  He  then  attended  Osgood 
Hall,  Toronto,  for  a  term,  after  which  he  re- 
turned to  Halifax.  lacing  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  1S75,  he  began  practice  in  Halifax,  and 
soon  ac(iuired  a  good  clientage.  In  1.SS2  he 
entered  political  life,  being  elected  in  that 
year  a  member  of  the  i'rovincial  legislature. 
Two  years  later  be  became  a  member  of  the 
I'rovincial  government,  and  in  iSHC>  he  was 
sworn  in  Attorney-general  of  Nova  Scotia. 
This  office  be  has  since  helil  with  the  excep- 
tion of  a  short  period  in  1896,  when  he  re- 
signed it  in  ordei-  to  run  for  the  House  of 
(Commons.  Being  defeated,  be  resumed,  by 
recpiest,  August  8,  181)6,  the  office  of  Attor- 
ney-general, having  been  re-elected  to  the 
Provincial  legislature  by  acclamation. 

While  a  member  of  the  legislature,  Mr. 
l,(UigU'y  was  tlu'  author  of  many  important 
,u-ts,  among  them  that  providing;  lot  the  in- 
corporation of  joint  stock  companies  by  letters 
patent,  the  towns  incorporation  act,  and  the 
act  to  .diolish  imprisonment  lor  (K-bt.  Ctre- 
Inl  in  lorming  bis  opinion,  he  w,is  aggressive 
when  the  tiiue  canu'  lor  action,  .nid  in  many 
occasions  provi'd  himself  a  good  lighter  lor  the 
rights  of  the  people.  His  honcstv  of  pur- 
pose, clear  and  |)rogressive   views  and   pr.icti- 


cal  achievements  in  the  field  of  politics,  have 
gained  for  him  in  large  measure  the  respect 
and  confidence  of  the  general  public,  irrespec- 
tive of  party  lines. 

Mr.  I.ongley  has  also  interested  himself  to 

a  large  extent  in  literary  work,  having  written 

I  many    articles    for    British,     Canadian,     and 

I   United  States  maga/.ines,  some  of  which  have 

i  been  published  in  pamphlet  forni.      He  is  the 

author  of    "Love"   a   book   dealing   with   the 

subject  in  a  sound  and  religious  point  of  view. 

I   He  is  now  at  work   upon  a   novel,  his  first  at- 

I  temi)t    at   that   form   of   literature,  and    is  also 

I  engaged    in   ])rcparing    an    elaborate    History 

j  of    Canada    which   will   contain   .>ix   or   seven 

i  volumes. 

I\Ir.  I.ongley  was  married  September  3, 
1S77,  to  Miss  Annie  Brown,  daugliter  of 
1  Newton  and  Mary  (Leonard)  Brown.  I-'our 
chiUlren  were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs  Longlcy. 
I  I'rances,  the  third,  died  June  19,  1898,  at  the 
age  of  thirteen  vears.  Those  now  living  are: 
Horace,  who  is  an  I'ngineer;  I'aul,  who  is  a 
teller  in  the  bank  of  .Montreal;  and  Louise 
A.,  who  is  .ittendicg  Ivlgehill,  a  girls"  school 
at  Windsor,  N.S.  Mrs.  Longleydied  on  Octo- 
ber 15,   |89(). 


Ai'iAiN   ci'.ORc.b;  H.   i.ovi  rr,  a 

well-to-do    citi/cn    of    ^'armoutb    and 

toiiuerly    an    extensive    sb.ip-owncr, 

but  now  iitiied,  was  born  in  ^'arn^(Ultb,  N..S., 

December  18,   i8.M),  son  of  .Andrew  and  ICli/a- 

l)eth    (Hunter)    l.ovitt.      He    is    ,1    liiieil    de- 

I  sccndant  ol  John  Lo\  ill,  a  native  of  Lnghunl, 


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who   was   the   foumler  of   the   family    in    this 
conn  try. 

John  l,()\itt  was  lioin  in  ifiio,  He  came 
to  America  in  or  abont  1639,  and  in  |uly  of 
that  year  was  an  inhabitant  of  Salem,  Mass., 
where  he  had  a  .urant  of  land.  His  .son,  lohn 
Lovitt,  second,  born  about  16,^7  or  1638  at 
]k'verly,  then  a  part  of  Salem,  Mass.,  married 
Hethia  Rootes,  by  whom  he  had  nine  children. 
Benjamin  I.ovitt,  ei,L;hth  child  of  John  antl 
Hethia  I.ovitt.  was  born  at  IV'verlv  in  16.S0. 
His  wife,  Anna,  whose  maiden  name  cannot 
now  be  ascertained,  bore  him  six  children,  of 
whom  Israel,  the  next  in  line  of  descent,  was 
the  third  in  order  of  birth. 

Israel  I.ovitt  was  born  at  Heverlv,  Mass., 
in  1706.  He  married  l-Ilizabeth  liatchelder, 
of  Salem,  Mass.;  and  they  had  five  children, 
of  whom  Andrew,  j;reat--randfather  of  the 
subject  of  this  sketch,  was  the  eldest. 

Andrew  I.civitt  was  horn  at  iieverlv,  Mass., 
in  17J9.  He  married  Lydia  Thorndike.  of 
Heverly,  and  had  ei.-ht  children,  Andrew 
was  the  first  <>(  this  family  to  CdUie  to  N'o\a 
Scotia,  which  he  did  in  i  7r)r),  l-,iinL;i  11-  with 
liim  Iiis  wile,  three  dau-hters,  and  one  son, 
and  settlin-  in  \'armouth.  where  he  received  a 
.urant  ol  land.  The  son  was  unfurtunatel v 
drowned  while  crossin-  the  ri\er  near  the  site  I 
ol  the  jiresent  railway  station  in  \'arniouth. 
His  other  four  children  were  Ixirn  after  the 
advent  of  the  l.imily  in  N'aiimuith. 

Israel  I.ovitt,  secnnd,  son  ol  Andrew  ai'd 
I.ydia  ,ind  -randlalher  ol  Capt.iiii  (;eorL;e  H. 
I.iivitt,  was  bon;  in  N'.irmouth,  NS.,  in  17SJ. 
Desides  e.irryin-  on  a  lari;e  larii.    noted  lor  its  | 


j  "handsome  oxen,  excellent  dairy,"  and  fine 
horses,  he  was  exrensively  en-a.^ed  in  busi- 
I  ncss  as  a  ship-owner,  and  was  very  successful. 
I  He  died  at  the  a-e  of  eii;hty-four  years.  His 
I  wife,  in  maidenhood  Sarah  IMacBain,  born  ip 
17M2  and  of  Scotch  descent,  lived  to  be  over 
I  ninety  years  old.  They  had  ten  children,  of 
:  whom  the  eldest  was  Andrew,  Captain  Lov- 
;   itt's  father. 

I       Andrew    Lovitt,    second,   was   born    in    Yar- 

'  month    in    iRoo.      He   followed   the  combined 

occupations    of   farmin--    and    shoemakin.i;-    for 

some  time,  but  eventually  -ave   up  the   latter, 

and  turned  his  whole  attention   to  aj;riculture 

tor  the   rest   of   his   life,  which   closed   at   the 

a-e    of    ei-hty    years.       His    wife.     I'llizabcth 

\   Hunter  I.ovitt,  died  in  1860,  at  the  s.inie  ai;c. 

I    They  had  five  children,  of  whojii  two  are   now 

livin-,    namely:  Geor-e   H.,  the  eldest-borti ; 

and  Joanna,  who   is   the  wile  of   Hu,L;h   Cann, 

of  Wirmouth. 

(ieor-e  H.  I.ovitt  received  his  education  in 
the  schools  of  'S'armouth.  At  the  aj;e  of  ei-li- 
tern  years  he  shipped  before  the  mast,  m.ikii)';- 
his  lirsl  voya-e  to  Irel.md.  in  i,S'5()  he  be- 
came master  of  a  vessel,  and  sul)se(|Uentlv 
made  m.iny  Miya-cs  as  captain  until  \H6i, 
when  lie  retired  Irom  the  sea  and  settled  in 
Varmoutb.  Tluie  he  became  lar-ely  infer- 
esied  in  the  shijipin,:;  industry  durin-  its  most 
dourishini;  period,  buildiuL;  lor  liimsell  nine 
vessels,  besides  bein-  the  owner  ol  many 
olheis.  His  prosperity  increased  until  his  re- 
tirement in  i,Sci7,  tlie  jiossessor  ol  comfortable 
means,  acciimid.Ued  entirely  by  his  own  in- 
dnstrv  ,ind  intelli''etue. 


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Captain  I.ovitt  married  in  1853  Margaret 
Jane  Olive,  daughter  of  Isaac  Olive,  of  St. 
John,  N.ll  Five  children  were  born  of  this 
union;  and  four  now  survive,  namely:  I'rank, 
who  is  in  California;  Jane,  the  wife  of  James 
]5iirrill,  of  Yarmouth;  I'.rastus,  who  is  a  ma- 
chinist; and  Irving,  who  lives  in  Yarmouth, 
N.S. 

Captain  I.ovitt  is  a  Conservati\e  in  poli- 
tics. I le  owns  a  large  amount  of  real  estate 
in  Yarmouth  and  the  vicinity,  and  is  respected 
by  his  fellow-townsmen  as  a  good  and  useful 
citizen. 


IM.l.S  HRYANT  MOORi;,  M.D., 
who  for  nearly  twenty  years  has 
been  successfully  engaged  in  the  practice  of 
his  profession  at  Kentville,  was  horn  at  that 
place,  December  iS,  1S56,  being  a  son  of 
Daniel  and  Malinda  (Loreless)  Moure. 

He  is  a  descendant  (jf  Captain  William 
!\Ioore,  a  native  of  {•"ngland  and  an  officer  in 
the  liritish  army,  who  was  also  a  man  of  con- 
siderable wealth.  Retiring  from  the  army. 
Captain  Moore  settled  at  I'arrsboro,  N.  S., 
where  he  received  a  large  grant  of  land. 
Upon  this  property  he  built  an  elalmrati'  i'e.->i- 
tlence  or  castk,  whiili  was  named  Whitehall. 
Here  he  resided  foi-  many  years  —in  fait,  for 
the  rest  of  his  life,  ii'  the  enjovment  of  his 
large  fortune,  the  dispenser  nt  a  generous 
hospitality  to  his  chosen  friends  and  acipiaint- 
anoes.  One  nf  his  noteworthy  acts  of  gener- 
osity was  the  endowment  of  the  parish  of 
rarrsboro  with  a  sum  from  which  it  to  this 
ilay  receives  an  annual   income.     His  wife,  a  | 


native  of  England,  was  before  her  marriage  to 
him  a  Mrs.  Askew. 

Colonel  William  Charles  Moore,  son  of 
Captain  William  Moore,  was  born  at  I'arrs- 
boro, N..S.  He  became  a  very  prominent  citi- 
zen of  that  i)lace,  and  derived  his  title  of 
Colonel  from  his  militia  rank.  He  was  twice 
married  -first  (April  2;^.  1791).  to  I'!li7.abeth, 
eldest  daughter  of  .Stejihen  and  Amy  (Harris) 
Harrington;  and,  second,  tcj  a  Mrs.  Oltr.steail, 
of  New  York.  Of  this  latter  union  there 
were  no  children.  Hy  his  first  wife,  who  was 
born  in  1772  and  tiled  .September  7,  1842,  he 
had  seven  children. 

Daniel  .Moore  was  the  si.\th  child  of  Colo- 
nel William  Charles  and  lOlizabeth  (Harring- 
ton) Moore,  his  birth  taking  place  in  Kings 
County  in  1800.  When  a  young  man  he  en- 
gaged in  business  as  a  merchant,  opening  a 
general  store  in  Kentville,  which  he  conducted 
successfully  for  many  years.  He  hatl  previ- 
ously been  clerk  for  some  time  in  a  shipping 
office  at  .St.  Johr,  N.  H.  Afterward,  besides 
carrving  on  his  store,  he  dealt  largels'  in  luni- 
bei- and  conducted  an  extensive  milling  i)nsi- 
ness,  lie  was  also  a  large  ship-owner.  Hav- 
ing just  the  sort  of  jiersonal  qualities  that 
inv'te  success,  he  prospered  exceedingly,  and 
became  one  of  the  most  promine'iU  .and  re- 
spected inhabitants  of  his  locality.  Desired 
by  his  fellow-townsmen  to  participate  in  pub- 
lic life,  he  representetl  them  as  a  member  of 
r.irliament  for  thirty-si.v  years,  and  w.is  also 
Treasurer  of  Kings  Countv  for  manv  vcars. 
In  i)olitics  he  was  a  Conservative.  He  died 
at    Kentville    in    1891,      His    wife,    Malinda, 


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died  at  the  age  of  fifty-four  in  1873.  They 
attended  the  Church  of  England.  Of  their 
seven  children  four  are  now  living;  namely, 
John  D. ,  Klla,  Willis  Bryant,  and  Mary. 

Wiilis  Bryant  M<iore  in  boyiiood  attended 
school  in  Kentville,  and  also  was  instructed 
at  a  private  scliool  at  Grand  I're  conc'ucted  by 
a  Mr.  Patterson,  lie  then  resided  for  a  while 
at  I'ictou.  .Sul)se(|uently  returning  to  Kent- 
ville, he  studied  medicine  with  Dr.  Henri 
Shaw,  of  that  place.  Then  he  became  a  stu- 
dent at  Daliiousie  College,  where  he  graduated 
in  1879  with  the  degree  of  M. D. ,  CM. 
After  leaving  college  he  was  fcir  three  years 
-issistant  and  house  surgeon  at  the  Victoria 
General  Hosiiital  in  Halifax,  where  he  gained 
much  valuable  exjierien.  ,  and  for  a  time  he 
was  employed  as  surgeon  for  the  Allen  .Steam- 
ship Company.  In  1S80  he  began  the  prac- 
tie.  of  hi.s  prolession  at  Kentville,  where  he 
has  since  remained,  having  been  very  success- 
ful and  enjoying  a  large  degree  of  ])opnlarity. 
He  has  been  health  oflicer  fur  the  town  of 
Kentville  ever  since  its  incorpnration,  and 
has  been  surgeon  for  the  Dominion  Atlantic 
Railway  for  the  i)ast  seventeen  years.  He  1 
was  formerly  president  of  tiie  Nova  Scotia  I 
Medical  .Society,  and  is  now  vice-president  of 
the  Maiitime  Medical  Association.  In  jKdi- 
tics  he  is  a  Conservative. 

Dr.  .Moore  was  married  in  iSS^  in  Miss  ! 
Mabel  De  Wolf,  daughter  nf  A.  A.  and  Inez  ' 
(Webster)  De  Wolf  and  a  grand-daughter  of  ' 
James  Iviward  De  Widl,  of  Kentville.  He  : 
and  his  wife  'lave  been  the  |)arents  ol  six  chil- 
dren,  ol   whiim  five  are   now   living;  namely, 


Guy  Maurice,  Hugh  Stewart,  Kdith  Louise, 
Norman  Barclay,  and  Harry  De  W.  The  fam- 
ily attend  the  Church  of  England. 


RUEUS  lUJRGl'SS.  a  respected 
and  well-to-do  resident  of  Wcdfville, 
was  born  in  Cm-nwallis,  N.S.,  Sep- 
tember 2,  1826,  son  of  Ste|)hen  and  ICiizabeth 
(Nesbit)   Burgess. 

The  Burgess  family  is  of  luiglish  origin. 
Mr.  Burgess's  paternal  grandfather,  Benjamin 
]5urgess,  was,  however,  born  in  the  United 
States,  o',  rather  in  one  of  the  thirteen  origi- 
nal colonies  that  now  form  a  part  of  the 
American  Union.  Benjamin  Burgess  came  to 
Nova  Scotia  in  early  manhdod,  previous  to  hi.s 
marriage,  and,  settling  at  Cornwall  is,  ptn-- 
chased  a  large  tract  of  land  on  which  he  fol- 
lowed farming  for  many  years,  becoming  one 
of  the  leading  agriculturists  of  his  section. 
In  politics  he  was  a  Conservative.  He  died 
at  the  advaiu-ed  age  of  ninety-si.x  years,  his 
wile  having  passed  away  many  years  pre- 
viously, at  tbi;  .ige  of  sixty.  They  were  at- 
tendants of  tin   I'reshyterian  church. 

Stephen  Burgess,  S(in  of  Benjamin  and 
father  of  C.  Rufus,  was  liorn  in  t'ornwallis, 
November  J,  171JJ.  He  was  educated  in  his 
native  town,  and  followed  farming  on  the  old 
homestead  all  his  life,  dying  June  15,  |87(), 
at  the  age  of  eighty-seven.  He  was  an  I'ilder 
in  the  Presbyterian  church  for  many  years, 
and  like  his  father  was  a  Conservative  in  pol- 
itics. His  wife,  I'lli/alicth,  who  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  William  Nesbit.  died  in  October,    iX.S^, 


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at  the  age  of  eiglity.  They  had  twelve  chil- 
dren, of  whom  six  are  now  living. 

C  Rufus  IJurgess  was  brought  up  and  edu- 
cated in  Cornwall  is.  When  a  young  man  he 
engaged  in  ship-building  in  his  native  town, 
and  continued  in  that  business  for  many  years, 
being  very  successful.  In  1882  he  removed 
to  Wolfville,  where  he  now  resides,  in  the  en- 
joyment of  the  competence  acquired  in  the 
years  of  his  business  activity.  Taking  a 
lively  interest  in  j)ublic  affairs,  his  aid  and 
influence  are  freely  given  to  the  sujiport  of 
any  practical  measure  for  the  betterment  of 
tiie  community,  and  he  is  numbered  among 
the  luost  esteemed  citizens  of  the  place. 

He  was  married  in  1864  to  Georgina  Dewar, 
daughter  of  James  Dewar,  of  Charlottetown, 
1*.  I'M.  ;  and  he  and  his  wife  are  the  parents  of 
six  children  —  Abbie,  Marl,  I.ina,  Mellie, 
John  Albert,  and  Bonnie.  The  family  attend 
the  Presbyterian  church.  In  [lolitics,  follow- 
ing ancestral  exam[)le  and  his  own  matured 
convictions,  Mr.  Hurgess  is  a  Conservative. 


[g5|~0N.  A.XGUS  MACC.ILLIVRAV,  one 
of  the  leading  barristers  in  the  Pros - 
inco  of  Xova  Scotia  ami  a  member 
of  the  Ivxecutive  Council  of  the  Province,  was 
born  at  Hailey's  Brook,  Pictou  County,  N.S., 
January  22,  1842,  son  of  John  anil  Catherine 
(Macgillivray)  Macgillivray.  He  was  named 
after  iiis  paternal  grandfather,  who  was  a  na- 
tive of  .Arisaig,  Invernesshire,  Scotland. 

The  elder  Angus  emigrated  to  Nova  .Scotia 
before  his  marriage,  and  settled  at  Antigonish, 


where  he  followed  farming  all  his  life,  his 
death  occurring  at  the  age  of  forty-five.  His 
wife,  Penelope,  was  a  native  of  Scotland  and 
a  daughter  of  Colonel  Alexander  and  Mary 
(Macdonald)  Macgillivray.  She  died  at  the 
age  of  eighty,  having  been  the  mother  of 
eleven  children.  One  of  the  sons,  Alexander 
by  name,  was  educated  at  Laval  University, 
( juebec,  and  became  a  Roman  Catholic  priest. 
He  died  in  1851. 

John  Macgillivray  was  the  second  child  of 
his  parents.  He  was  born  at  Morristown, 
Antigonish  County,  N.S.  He  followed  the 
occujKition  of  school-teacher  for  many  years, 
and  subsecpiently  engaged  in  farming  at  G'enn 
Road  in  Antigonish  County.  He  died  at  the 
age  of  sixty-nine.  In  politics  he  was  a  I.'b- 
eral ;  and  he  and  his  wife,  Catherine,  who 
died  at  the  age  of  seventy-five,  were  Roman 
Catholics    in   religion. 

.Angus  Macgillivray,  the  direct  subject  of 
this  sketch,  received  his  early  education  in 
the  common  schools  of  the  county,  and  later 
was  enrcd  led  as  a  student  at  St.  l"rancf)is  Xavier 
College.  After  graduating  from  the  latter 
institution,  he  taught  school  for  six  years. 
He  then  began  the  study  of  law  under  the 
nientorship  of  Judge  Hugh  Macdonald  of 
Antigonish,  and,  being  admittetl  to  the  bar, 
July  22.  1874,  began  the  practice  of  his 
profession  in  partnership  with  the  present 
Judge  A.  Mclsaac  of  the  County  Court,  this 
connection  lasting  until  1885.  Mr.  Macgilli- 
vray then  formed  a  partnership  with  C.  P. 
Chisiiolm  that  continued  up  to  1892,  since 
which    time    he    has   [)ractised   alone.      He   is 


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if, 


Crown  Prosecutor  for  Aiitii^onisli  Ccuinfy  and 
was  also  Solicitor  of  the  county  from  1894 
to   1897. 

Entering  pulilic   life  some  few  years  after 
beginning  the  jiractice  of  his  profession,    he 
was  elected  to  the   House  of   Assembly  by  ac- 
clamation at  the  r-'neral  election  of    iS.-S,  re- 
elected in  the  general  elections  of  1SS2.  1886, 
and    1890.     He    was    S|ieaker   of    the    House 
from    February,     188,^,    until    the    dissolution 
of  the  Assembly  in  1886.      Appointed  a  mem- 
ber of    the    IvNccutlve    C'Uincil    on    June   .?8, 
1886,  he  resigned   his   seat    in   January  nf   the 
following  year,  and  was  a"    unsuccessful   can- 
didate for  Antigonish  at  the  general  elections 
for  the  Commons  in  1807  ami  1891.      He  was 
re-elected   to  the  legislative    Assembly  bv  ac- 
clamation.   March    i,     1887,    and    reappointed 
mem!)er  of  the-K.vecutive:  again  elected  at  the 
by-election   held  June  31,    1S95.      Appointed 
fur  thi.  third  time  a  member  uf  the   Ivxecutice 
Counci  ,  July  jo,   1896,  he  has  since  held  that 
position   having   been  again  elected  at  general 
electijii  of  1897.      In  iwlitics  he  is  a   Liberal. 
Mr     Macgillivray's  popularity  in   pulilic    life 
is  well    shown    by   the    freipiency   with    which 
he    has    been    called    on    to    serve    in    official 
positions,    wliich    demonstrates    that    he    pos- 
sesses   in    a    iarge   degree    the   confidence,  not 
only  of  the   people   of   his   count v  in   general, 
but  also  of  his  in^itical  .issociates. 

Mr.  y  cgillivray  has  been  twice  marriiMl. 
His  first  wife,  to  whom  lie  was  uiiitcil  I'ebru- 
ary  5,  1878,  was  .Margaret,  daughter  of  Alex- 
ander Mcintosh,  of  Antigonish.  She  dieil 
September  8.   i87().  leaving  one  child,    Alex- 


ander .M.  Mr.  iMacgillivray  married  as  his 
second  wife,  July  15,  1884,  Miss  Mary  K., 
daughter  of    John   iJoherty.    of    New  "^'ork. 

Of  this  union  have  been  born  six  children, 
of  whom  five  are  now  living:  John  !•'.  ;  .Mar- 
garet, who  died  at  the  age  of  four  years; 
Catlierine  G.  ;  Amelia  J.  ;  Mary  .M.  ;  and  Mar- 
traret    I), 


H.\UI.H.S     hlDWAkl)    CHHRCH,    of 

Y      Halifax,  who  for  the  last  twenty  years 
^  has    been     prominently    engaged    in 
public   service,    in    connection    both    with    the 
i'rovinci.il  and  the  Dominion  government,  was 
born   on  Tancook   Island,   Lunenburg  County, 
X.S.,  Janiuiry  3,    1835,    son    of    Charles    Lot 
Anthony  .md  Sarah  (Hilt/)  Church.      He  is  of 
Loyalist  descent,    being    a    great -graiulson  of 
Captain  Charh's  (  hurch,  a  n  itive  of  \ew  Hug- 
land,  who  came  to  Nova  Scoti.^.  with  his  family 
about    the  year    1783,    and,    sailing    in    Shel- 
buriu',    subse(|uently     became    a     resident    of 
1   Halitax   County  and    jiroseiuted   the  i)usiness 
:  of  fishing.      He  die<l  at  an  advanced  age. 

Charb's  Lot  Church,  born    March    13,   1777, 

at  h'all    River,  .Mass..  son  of    Cajjtain    Charles 

<  hin-ch,   was  ,d)out  six   vears  old  when    he  ac- 

I  companied  his  |iarents  to  Shelburne.      Whei    a 

j  yoimg  man,  he  settled  .it    Chester,   Lunenburg 

i  County,    where   he  eiig.iged    in   hotel    business 

!  and   became  a   prcunineiil   citi/en,      .Afterward 

:  he    lollowed    f.irmiiig.        He    represented    the 

county  in  the  House  ol    Assembly  for  ,1  period 

of    ten   years,    from    i8ju   to    1831V      He   died 

^   April   L),  iS^f.  at  the  advanced  age  of  eighty- 

,  seven.       The    maiden    n.ime   of    his    wife    w.is 


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Hannah  Millett.  She  was  a  (laughter  of 
Georyo  and  Mary  (Houghton)  Millett.  Ik- 
was  one  of  the  early  reformers  of  Nova  Scotia. 
Charles  Lot  Anthony  Church,  son  of 
Charles  Lot  and  Hannah  (Millett)  t'hurch, 
was  horn  at  Chester,  Lunenbiirj,'  County, 
N.S.,  March  if.,  1S05.  After  arrivinfj  at 
manhood,  he  gave  his  attention  to  farming, 
the  occupation  of  his  father  and  grandfather, 
which  he  loUowed  for  some  years,  and  the  last 
years  of  his  life  engaged  in  Inisiness  in  his 
native  town.  He  died  at  Chester,  December 
23,  1889,  at  the  age  of  eighty-five,  highly  re- 
si)ected  by  the  citizens  of  his  county  gener- 
ally. His  political  princijiles  identified  him 
with  the  Liberal  party.  His  wife,  Sarah, 
died  at  the  age  of  sixty-nine.  She  was  a 
daughter  of  l>'rederiek  Hilt/,  whose  ancestors 
came  to  Nova  Scotia  from  Germany  in  1753, 
settling  at  Lunenburg  on  the  Martin's  River, 
or  Narrows,  of  which  place  he  was  one  of  the 
pioneers.  He  was  a  ship-builder.  Their 
children  were  ten  in  number,  namely:  Charles 
lulward:  Jane  Matilda,  who  married  Charles 
Webber;  Juliet  Sophia,  who  married  Thomas 
Gorman;  John  Alfred;  Alexander  IM.,  who 
married  fust  Sarah  llvans.  second  Florence 
{•"ader;  .Sarah  I'Hiza,  who  ni.irried  John  A. 
Webber:  Victoria  l-llizabeth:  William  Fred- 
erick, who  married  Agnes  Hilt/.;  Hannah 
Adelaide;  Lmmeline  Mary,  who  married 
Henry   A.    Hilt/. 

Charles  iCdward  Church  obtained  his  ele- 
mentary education  in  the  schools  of  his  na- 
tive t.iwn,  and  subseijuently  attended  the  Nor- 
mal   School   at    Truro,    N.  S.,    after   which   he 


taught  scho(d  for  ten  years.  In  1872  he  was 
elected  representative  from  Lunenburg  County 
to  the  House  of  Commons  at  Ottawa,  and, 
being  re-elected,  sat  in  the  Dominion  Parlia- 
ment up  to  1878.  In  1882  he  was  elected 
representative  from  Lunenburg  CouTity  to  the 
legislature  of  Nova  Scotia,  and  since  then  has 
continued  to  represent  that  constituency.  He 
was  also  in  1882  on  the  formation  of  a  new 
Trovincial  government,  appointed  Provincial 
Secretary,  which  position  he  held  up  to  1884, 
and  upon  the  reconstruction  of  the  government 
he  received  the  appointment  of  Commissioner 
of  Public  Works  and  Mines  of  Nova  Scotia, 
which  position  he  still  holds.  In  all  these 
positions  he  has  shown  a  ready  capacity,  and 
his  services  to  his  constituents  and  to  both 
the  general  and  local  government  were  faith- 
fully antl  efficiently  performed.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Liberal  party,  and  is  re- 
spected both  by  his  political  friends  and  ene- 
mies. He  has  filled  the  position  of  a  member 
ot  Ivvecutive  Council  of  .\ova  Scotia  for  a 
longer  perioil  than  any  other  person  since 
1847. 

Mr.  Church  married,  June  24,  1884,  Miss 
Henrietta  A.  I'ugsley,  a  daughter  of  Alder- 
man I'ugsley,  of  Halifax-.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Church  attend  the  Wesleyan  .Methodist 
Church. 


'e)T()N.  kOHICRT  HOAK.  one  of  the 
best  known  and  most  respected  citi- 
zens of  Halif.ix,  N.S.,  was  born  at 
Leith,  Scotland,  Septend)er  19,  1822,  son  of 
Robert,    Sr.,    and    .Mary   Ann    (Haxter)    ]!oak. 


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He  is  a  grandson  on  the  paternal  side  of  Will- 
iam lioak,  a  native  of  Newcastle,  ICngland, 
born  August  31,  1758. 

William  Hoak,  who  was  a  merchant,  spent 
his  entire  life  in  his  native  land,  and  died  on 
October  13,  183S.  His  wife,  wiiose  maiden 
name  was  IJarbarn  iJonkin,  was  horn  in  Kwj,- 
land,  January  J3,  1771,  and  dieil  Auiijust  J4, 
1S3S.  They  had  twelve  children.  Two  sons, 
Robert,  Sr. ,  the  fifth  in  oi'der  of  birth,  and 
William,  Jr.,  came  to  America. 

Robert  Hoak,  Sr. ,  was  horn  at  South 
Shields,  I'.ngland,  December  27,  1795.  In 
1831  he  came  to  Halifax,  N.  S.,  as  a  member 
of  the  Royal  Artillery,  in  which  lie  was  ,1 
Quartermaster  Serj^'eant.  Suhseciuentlv  he 
])ecanie  connected  with  the  C'u.stoin  lionse, 
holding  a  position  therein  until  within  a  few  I 
years  of  his  death,  which  occurred  December  | 
23,  1877,  when  he  was  eighty  two  years  old. 
His  wife,  Mary  Ann  lia.xter,  to  whom  he  was 
married  .September  26,  i,Si(),  was  hiu'ii  Decem- 
ber 16,  iSoj,  and  died  August  ,S,  ]^^(>,  at  the  I 
age  of  fifty-fonr.  They  were  the  jiarents  of 
seven  children.  Of  these,  si.v  are  now  living 
—  R"l-ert,  Mary  Ann,  lulward,  S.unuel,  An- 
drew IJ.,  and  ISarbara  D.  i 

Robert  Hoak,  son  ol  Rolnu't,  .Sr.,  received 
his  elementary  education  at  the  (iairison 
School  in  Halifa.v.  Apprenticed  to  the  gro- 
cery business  when  in  his  lifteenth  \e,ir,  he 
served  his  time  for  live  _\'eais  in  the  establish- 
ment conducted  hv  John  Ivsson.  !'"i(im  |S.(7 
till  I.S5.1  he  was  a  member  of  the  firm  of  John 
I'isson  iK:  Co.  In  i.S'54  Mr.  lioak  retired  Irom 
that  tir.n,  and   a   new  iirni   was    lomied  wliiJi,  j 


under  th.e  style  of  Ivsson,  ]5uak  &  Vn.  contin- 
I  ued  until  the  death  of  John  J^sson  in  1863. 
j  After  that  event  the  iuisiness  was  conducted 
:  for  a  short  time  muler  the  name  of  Boak  & 
Taylor.  The  firm  of  l^oak  &  Taylor  was  then 
dissolved,  and  Mr.  Boak,  as  Rol)ert  lioak,  Jr., 
a  West  India  merchant,  continued  in  business 
alone  until  1S75,  when  he  retired.  Mr.  Hoak 
is  president  of  the  Acadia  Fire  Insurance 
i'om])an\-,  and  for  m.uiy  years  was  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  Ihiion  Bank,  of  which  he  is  still 
a  director,  having  been  elected  to  that  posi- 
tion in  i,sr)4.  He  was  also  a  director  in  the 
Nova  Scotia  Sugar  Relining  Company,  of 
which  at  one  time  he  w.is  president.  He  is 
now  a  director  of  the  Acadia  Sug.ir  Refining 
(  ompany.  ■  >        ' 

A  Liberal  in  pcdilics,  Mr.  lioak  has  taken 
a  prominent  i)art  in  [)ul)lic  allaiis,  and  has 
done  good  service  for  his  party  in  the  mari- 
time provinces  during  the  last  decade.  He 
has  held  many  important  positions  of  trust. 
He  was  presi;lent  of  the  Re|ieal  Le.igue  in 
iJi'Hi.  In  i.S^i  he  became  a  member  of  the 
Legislative  Cduiieil,  and  since  I.S^.S  has  been 
liresident  of  th.it  body.  He  h.is  also  been  a 
member  of  the  government,  ser\  ing  ,is  Tre.is- 
lU'cr  of  the  province  of  Nnva  Scotia  Irom  I  )e- 
cendier,  i.S;;.  to  (  )etoher,  1  ,S7,S'.  To  these 
high  p.isitions  lu'  h.is  .ittained  s,,K.|v  |,v  his 
"wn  innate  loree  ol  ch.ir.icter,  beginning  his 
career  with  Od  extraiu'iais  .ulvant.igi's,  hut  de- 
pendent I'nlirely  upon  self-help.  He  is 
higlily  esteemed  .is  a  man  u|  strict  nmiMl 
reetiliide,  generous  instincts,  ami  r.ire  public 
spirit,  both  .1  good  man  and  .1  good  citi/en, 


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Mr.  I^oak  was  married  first  on  July  1,  i>^47. 
to  Matilda  S.  Anderson,  dauj;hter  of  John 
Anderson,  of  LunenburJ,^  N.S.  She  died  in 
1871,  at  the  age  of  fifty  years,  having  been 
the  mother  of  nine  children.  Two  (if  this 
family,  Minna  and  .Sarah,  died  in  infancy, 
and  six  are  now  living:  namely,  Robert  lUirns, 
Harriet  Matilda,  John  A.,  Maud  l').,  George 
!■;.,  and  Louise.  Margaret  1"'.,  who  was  the 
tirst-born,  married  William  15.  Williams,  nT 
lioston,  and   died    in  1N93. 

Mr.  Hoak  married  for  his  second  wife,  ( )c- 
tdber  14,  1875,  Anna  Maria  Williams,  daugh- 
ter of  Robert  Hreck  Williams,  of  ..owbur}- 
|)(irl,  Mass.  (  )f  this  imicin  there  aie  no  chil- 
dren. 


AMKS  R()i?S()\  LAMV,  who  carries 
on  a  good  business  in  flour  and  i^rain 
at  Amherst,  N..S.,  was  born  at  Mount 
Wadley,  Westmop  land  County,  N.  1!.,  Octo- 
ber 13,  1S40,  son  of  James  ami  Isabelle  (Rob- 
son  i  Lamy. 

Thiec  brothers  bearing  this  surname  emi- 
grated from  Ireland  to  Ncwfoinidland,  where 
one  of  them  remained  for  a  while,  subsequently, 
however,  removiiii;  to  C'ape  lireton.  y\nothcr 
of  the  brnthers  went  up  the  .St.  Lawrence 
River  and  ni.iiiied  into  a  I'rcnch  lauiily, 
altei  which  he  spelK'(l  his  name  Lamcy.  'l"he 
third,  who  was  the  urandfatber  of  ihe  subject 
of  this  sketch,  scltled  ,it  Doi  Chester,  N.  li.. 
and  shiii  tly  alteiward  was  drowned  in  the  Dor- 
chester kivcr.  'lie  left  loin' chi  Idren,  none  ol 
whom   are    now   living.      Altei    his   death   his 


widow  went  to  Cape  Urcton  and  married  a  .Mr. 
.Sampson. 

James  Lamy,  the  eldest  of  the  four  chil- 
dren, was  born  in  Dorchester,  N.  H.,  in  iSio. 
brought  up  on  a  farm,  he  followed  agriculture 
in  early  manhood,  acquiring  also  at  intervals 
some  knowledge  of  seamanship,  which  he  later 
put  to  ]iractical  use  when  spending  some  years 
in  seafaring  life.  .Subsecpiently  he  engaged 
in  mercantile  business  at  IMount  Wadley, 
N.U. ;  but  after  several  years  thus  spent  he 
settled  in  Amherst,  N. S. ,  and  became  pro- 
])rietor  and  manager  of  the  Lamy  Hotel.  He 
died  in  1S74  at  tiie  age  of  sixty-four  years. 
His  wife,  Isabelle,  was  born  in  Sackville, 
N.H. ,  in  18 if).  Her  father,  Thomas  Robson, 
who  was  a  native  of  iMigland,  on  coming  to 
America  settled  at  St.  John,  N.H.,  but  subse- 
quently removed  to  Sackville.  He  was  a 
ship-carpenter  by  trade;  and  in  conijiany  with 
Mr.  Driver,  a  brother  of  his  wife,  he  built 
two  schooners,  in  which  they  carried  t)n  a 
profitable  trade  among  the  river  towns.  Mrs. 
James  L.imy  died  in  iS-j,  at  the  age  of  fifty- 
six.  She  and  her  husband  were  the  [)arents  of 
eight  children,  of  whom  three  are  now  living; 
namely,  James  Robson,  I'lli/abeth  l'].,  and 
Isabella  Jusephine.  ICli/abetb  K.  is  the  wife 
of  C.  A.  Lowe,  of  Amherst,  and  h.is  three 
children  —Stanley,  Maud,  and  Charles.  Isa- 
bella Josephine  is  the  wife  of  Jacob  Jodri'y, 
of  Amherst.  .Among  the  eight  children  of 
James  and  Isabelle  Lamy  were  two  other  than 
those  already  mentioned,  who  married  and 
died  leaving  issue.  These  were:  i'honias  L. 
and  .Marjory  Jane.       i  he  former  married    Mary 


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Chapman,  (laughter  of  Riifiis  Chapman.  Slie  Winifred  T.  Tighe  and  ?»Iandc  K.  Tij,dic. 
died  leavin-  five  chihlrcn  —  Ora,  i'rani<.  Mrs.  I.amy  attends  the  Roman  Catholie 
Aubrey,     Emma,     and     IHizabeth.       Marjory  :  ehnrch. 

married  David  VV.  Dou-las,  who  also   is  now  j  ■ ■ «.... 

deceased.       They    left    two  eliiidren    -James  ! 

K.  and  (;eor:;e  T.  \   tQicUARD    J.    TURNKR,    president   of 

James  Robson  Lamy  was  educated  at  Mcunt  l^r  the  ])oanl  of  Trade  of  Tniro  and  for- 
Wadley,  N.J?.  lie  l)ecame  his  father's  part-  "*-  V^- „K.riy  Mayor  of  the  t<nvn,  was  horn 
ner  in  the  hotel  business,  and  from  the  time:  in  Lancashire,  iMiyland,  in  OctcdK  i,S4S, 
of  his  father's  death  in  1 874  he  conducted  the  '  .son  of  Richard  .Stickncy  and  Marion  (Dick- 
hotel  alone  until  1878,  when  he  sold  the  pro-  SOU)  Turner.  His  paternal  Knindfather, 
prietorship.  lie  had  previously,  in  1870.  Richard  Turner,  who  was  a  native  of  York- 
while  still  connected  with  the  hotel,  entered  ,  shire,  I-ln-lan.l,  and  ,1  m,ister  mariner,  died  in 
into  his  present  business  as  a  dealer  in  (lour  '  ICn-land  at  tiie  age  of  ei-hty  years, 
and    -rnin;    and   this   he   has  since  omtinued  Richard  Stickncy  Turner  was  born  in  York- 

very  succe.s.sfully,  bein-  now  one  of  the  led-  .hire  in  18.-7.  He  was  edncatcl  in  his  native 
iuK  busine.ss  men  of  the  town.  He  is  inter-  place,  and  bc-an  in  e.rly  youth  to  f.dlow  the 
ested  in  other  enterprises,  liavin-  been  for  the  sea.  He  sub.sc.piently  rose  to  the  position  of 
last  twenty  years  one  of  the  directors  of  the  ma.stor  mariner,  ,in,l  made  many 
hoot  and  shoe  company,  of  which  he  was  presi- 
dent for  several  years.  He  has 
connected  with  the  coal  niiniu; 
dustries. 

by  earnest  effort,  backed  by  intelligence, 
sound  jud-nunt,  and  quick  business  fore- 
si;;ht;  and  by  virtue  of  these  (pialities,  which 
are  inherent,  he  may  correctly  be  termed  a 
"self-made"  man.  He  behin,ns  to  the  Ma- 
sonic order.  In  politics  he  is  a  Liberal.  In 
early  life  he  was  accustomed  to  attend  the  ser- 
vices of  the  Church  of  i'ji-l.md. 

larv      se.unan,       Xot  content    lo    reni.iin    lor    loii"-    in 


loreii;n 

!  voya^ces,  sailing;   from    bj^land.      He   died    in 

also    been      'Uiebec,  Canada,  in   1 85.1,      11  is  wife.  Marion, 

anil   other   in-      who  was  a  native  of  the  same  pl.u-e  as  hiniscll, 

His  present  position   has   been  won      died  at  the  comparatively  early  a-e  ol    thiity- 

tlirei'.  They  ha<l  four  children;  namely. 
KichanI  J.,  Robert  I).,  Allred,  and  one  thai 
died  in  inf.mcy.  The  only  two  now  livinj^'are 
Richard  j.  and  Robert  I). 

Rich.inl  J.    I'nrner.  bein--   left    an  orphan  in 
his  youth,  st.iited  in  lile  on  his  own  resources. 
He  attciuled   schoid    ,it    (^olchesler,  N.,S.,  and 
at  ,ui  e.irly  .i-e  he  went  to  sea   as  ,in   (Uilinary 
^'r.     Lamy   was   married    in    1877   to    M: 

().  Ti-he.  the  wid..w  ol  William  Ti.^he  and  this  subordinate  position,  he  applied  himsell 
daughter  ol  John  Collins,  of  Windsor,  .\.  S.  to  ,,c,|uir,' a  thorough  kiiowl..d,^,.  o|  his  ,,,l|- 
There  are  no  childien  bv  this  union.  Ian  Mrs.  in-,  and  in  course  o|  tim..''w,,s  promoted 
Lamy  has  two   by  her   hrst    husband;   namely,    ,  throu-h  the  dilferent    .^r.ules   o|    the   merchant 


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service  until  lie  became  captain  of  a  ship.  In 
1865  lie  was  placed  in  command  of  a  vessel  sail- 
ing from  New  York,  in  which  he  made  many 
foreitjn  voyages.  I  le  continued  to  fnllow  a  sea- 
faring life  till  1874,  when  he  gave  up  that  oc- 
cupation and  settled  in  Truro,  N.S.,  where  he 
entered  into  business  as  a  general  merchant. 
lie  has  continued  thus  engaged  up  to  the  pres- 
ent time,  and  has  been  very  successful.  He 
has  also  been  successful  in  other  lines  for  a 
number  of  years,  being  engaged  in  the  manu- 
facture of  furniture  in  Truro  as  a  member  of 
the  firm  of  Chambers,  Turner  iS:  Leigliton. 
Also,  in  company  with  Mr.  Chambers,  he  es- 
tablished the  electric  light  plant  at  Truro, 
and  was  connected  for  some  years  with  that 
enter|)rise.  At  a  later  date  he  established  a 
crockery  and  hardware  business,  which  he  now 
conducts.  lie  is  also  eonneeted  with  the 
Maritime  Anchor  Wire  I'ence  Company,  a 
very  .successful  enterjirise. 

Mr.  Turner  is  a  tlonserv.itive  in  polities. 
He  served  as  Town  Councillor  foi-  two  years, 
and  wa.s  Mayor  of  Truro  in  1894,  1895,  1896, 
and  1897,  each  time  being  elected  by  accla- 
mation. He  resigned  tlu-  otiice  of  his  own 
accord  in  i8c)8,  and  in  that  year  w.is  elected 
]iresidenl  of  the  Hoard  of  'i'rade  of  Truro, 
being  again  chosi'U  fiu'  that  position  in  1899, 
He  is  also  a  ilirecloi-  of  the  Condensed  Milk 
Company  of  Truro.  While  Ma\'oi-  he  effeiied 
some  useful  im]irovi'nu'nts  in  the  town,  among 
otheis  introducing  eoneiite  sidewalks.  'The 
poorhouse  also  was  built  during  his  term  ol 
office.  His  ability. ind  enterprise  have  been 
of  great  value  to  the  town,  and   are  much  ap- 


preciated by  the  citizens  generally.  He 
belongs  to  the  Masonic  order,  being  a  member 
of  a  Colchester  Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  In 
thus  rising  to  be  one  of  the  leading  business 
men  and  the  Mayor  of  one  of  the  most  impor- 
tant cities  of  the  Province,  Mr.  Turner  has 
shown  himself  to  be  possessed  of  much  intel- 
ligence, self-reliance,  courage,  and  persever- 
ance, ])articularly  as  he  began  life  without 
any  extraneous  advantages.  \ot  only  a  self- 
made  but  a  well-made  man,  he  has  the  respect 
of  his  fellow-townsmen  generally  as  a  useful, 
upright,  and  ])ublic-s|)irited  citizen  and  a 
good  neighbor. 

i\Ir.  Turner  was  married  in  1867  to  Jessie 
.S.  Hlaikie,  a  daughter  of  Harris  Hlaikie,  of 
Cidehester  County,  Nova  .Scotia.  Mr,  and 
Mrs.  Tinner  ari'  the  parents  of  six  children 
now  living- -namely,  Richard  H.,  b'rederick, 
Josephine,  I'Vank,  IJertha,  and  Iila  —  and  of 
three  others  who  died  in  infancy.  The  fam- 
ily attend  the  Tresbvterian  cluu-ch. 


iW/  11. MAM  H.  l!.\UI.l),  late  a  re- 
tircil  businessman  of  Halifax,  was 
horn  in  Dunfenid  ine,  .Scotland,  in  18J7,  and 
died  in  Halifax  on  May  24,  1899.  He  was  a 
son  of  John  and  Margaret  (Henderson)  Hanld 
and  a  grandson  of  William  Hauld,  Sr.,  a  iia- 
ti\e  and  lifelong  resident  ot  Scotland. 

(iiandl.itber  Hauld  was  .1  linen  manufact- 
urer. He  had  three  children  who  .ittained 
matuiity,  nmie  of  whom  are  now  living.  After 
his  death  bis  wife  married  John  (libson,  and 
had  a  SO".  John,  Jr.,  who,  when  .1  yomig   man, 


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came  to  Halifax  and  en^ai;;ecl  in  the  liiisinoss 
with  his  half-brother,  William  Hauld,  Jr., 
under  the  firm  name  of  Hauld  &  (lihson, 
wholesale  dealers  in  j^roceries.  Heninnin^-  in 
a  small  way,  they  were  very  successful,  and 
were  the  founders  of  the  present  firm  of  Hauld, 
(libson  &  Co.,  so  well  known  thniUL;hiuit  the 
Maritime  Provinces.  John  (Hhson,  Jr.,  died 
unmarried,  leaviuij,-  a  larj;e  estate.  His  half- 
brother  and  partner,  William  Hauld,  Jr.,  uncle 
of  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  married  l''li/a- 
beth  'I'ridcr,  and  had  eij;ht  children,  four  of 
whom  are  now  living;  namely,  Ann,  Jane. 
Klizabeth  (Mrs.  William  \l.  Hauld),  and 
Eliza. 

John  Hauld,  son  of  William,  Sr.,  and  father 
of  William  II.,  was  born  in  iScotland:  anil  he 
resided  there  all  his  life.  His  wife,  Mar- 
i;aret,  also  a  native  of  .Scotland,  was  a 
daughter  of  Joiui  Henderson.  'I'hey  had  six 
children,  three  nf  whom  .are  now  deceased.  The 
survivors  are:   Marior\-,  Ann.  and  lObene/ei. 

William  II.  Hauld,  who  was  the  second 
chiki  of  his  parents,  was  educated  in  his  na- 
tive land,  where  also  he  learned  the  dry-noods 
business,  (roiii-  to  Halifax,  N.S.,  in  I<S5^, 
he  was  en^a.^ed  in  the  ri'lai!  dry-,i;oods  busi- 
ness there  for  ten  years,  at  the  e  d  ol  which 
time  he  retired  with  a  competency.  He  was 
married  in  iSh^  to  his  cnusin,  Mli/abeth 
Hauld,  dau-hter  of  William  \',,u\\i\,  Jr.,  above 
mentioned.  They  had  one  idiild,  Mar-.iret, 
who  IS  now  the  wife  ol  K.  H.  .Met/ler,  ol 
Halitax.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Haidd  .ittended  .St. 
Andrew's  Presbyterian  Church.  In  politics 
Mr.   \\,ni\t\  was  a  ("luiservalive. 


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I.ORGK  WASHINGTON  JOHN- 
Vl^X  ^^*^f-  '1  well-known  mill-owner  and 
business  man  of  \'arniouth,  of  which  citv  he 
was  lately  Mayor,  was  born  in  Hangor,  Me., 
in  1S34,  sen  of  Marcena  and  Lucinda  (Hrowii) 
Johnson.  His  paternal  ^grandparents  were 
Ichabod  and  Malintha  (Durfee)  John.son,  both 
of  Connecticut. 

Marcena  Johnson,  who  was  born  in  Ver- 
mont, was  a  civil  and  mechanical  engineer. 
He  met  his  death  while  in  the  jirime  of  life, 
owing  to  the  foumlering  of  an  excursion 
steamer  on  Lake  Michigan,  en  route  from 
Chicago  to  .Milwaukee.  Hy  his  wife,  Lu- 
cinda, who  was  a  native  of  New  Hrunswick, 
and  who  is  now  deceased,  he  had  eight  chil- 
dren, live  of  whom  are  now  living;  namely, 
Almir.i,  Hannah  C.,  Ceorge  W. ,  David,  Mary 
I'^lizabeth.      .Martha  A.  died  in  i.S()i). 

George  Washington  Johnson,  after  attend- 
ing school  in  Hangor,  .Me.,  api)lied  himself  to 
learn  the  ])rofession  of  a  civil  and  mech.uiical 
engineer  under  the  instruct  icui  of  bis  father, 
with  whoni  he  remained  for  a  few  years. 
Suhsef|uently  he  went  to  Huston,  Mass.,  where 
he  spent  some  t  iuie  in  the  study  of  mech.ani- 
cal  eugineeriug.  IIeac(|uired  such  a  compe- 
tent kuowled-e  of  this  si  ience  th.it  in  1S51 
he  w,is  suit  to  (  idia  to  superintend  the  trans- 
|iort  and  erection  of  ,1  ciuisigiunent  of  sug.ir 
m.u-hinery.  In  iSsh,  ei  niiug  to  N'ova  Scotia, 
he  eng.iged  in  the  m.icliiiu-  ,ind  fonndi-v  busi- 
ness at  \'':irmoutli,  ,niil  w.is  one  of  the  pro- 
moters ol  the  old  liini  o|  Hurrill,  Johnson  ;<! 
Co.,  engineei  ..  In  1  So  1  he  went  into  the 
milling   bu.siiiess,  erecting  .1  coni-uiill   ol    the 


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capacity  of  two  lniiulrc(.l  and  forty  barrels  per 
ilay,  and  equip]ie(l  with  all  ir.oilern  improve- 
ments, of  which  he  is  still  tiie  proprietor. 
Mr.  Johnson  is  otherwise  active  in  the  busi- 
ness and  public  life  of  Yarmouth.  He  served 
as  Town  Councillor  for  ten  years  and  as  Mayor 
in  1, 198.  He  is  also  a  prominent  Free  Mason, 
beinn;  a  I'ast  Master  of  the  order  and  a  meni- 
be.  of  .Scotia  I.odfje;  also  a  Past  Preceptor  of 
Yarmouth  Preceptory,  K.  T. ,  of  Yarmouth. 
He  hekl  the  office  of  (Irand  Registrar  of  the 
(jreat  Priory  ■ 'f  Canada  in  i.S96-97and  was 
Provincial  Grand  Prior  of  Nova  Scotia  Dis- 
trict in  1897-9S. 

Mr.  Johnson  was  married  in  1859  to  Han- 
nah S.  Biadbury,  a  daughter  of  Lewis  R.  and 
I'annie  (Hilton)  Ikadbury,  of  \'armouth. 
Her  mother  is  now  living  at  the  age  of  ninety 
years  in  Charlestown,  Mass.  Pjght  children 
have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Johnson,  and 
six  of  them  are  now  living,  namely,  Lewis 
Marcena,  William  Orville,  Charles  P'rederick, 
Carrie,  Mary  jirown,  Lva  X'ictoria.  Lewis 
Marcena,  who  held  the  rank  of  Colonel  in 
the  insurgent  army  in  the  I'hillipine  Islands, 
was  at  the  capture  of  Manila,  serving  as 
Chief  of  Ordnance.  Duiing  the  siege  he 
spent  seven  weeks  in  the  trenches.  After  the 
capture  of  Mani':;i  he  resigned  his  position  in 
the  insurgent  army.  He  now  resides  at  Iloilo 
in  the  service  of  the  United  .States  govi'rn- 
nieiit.  William  Orville  is  a-ent  ol  the  (ir.ind 
Trunk  Railway  System  at  San  iMancisco,  Cal. 
Charles  I'rederick  married  Annie  Carroll,  of 
Chelsea,  Mass.,  and  has  one  child,  Cladys 
Uradbury.      Carrie  is  the  wife  of  |olin  H.  Kil- 


1am,  of  Yarmouth,  and  the  mother  of  six 
children,  of  whom  four  arc  living — Mabel, 
Crcorge,  Houglas,  and  Helen.  I'-va  Victoria  is 
the  wife  of  Roland  M.  Hatfield,  of  Yarmouth, 
and  has  two  children — I'earl  A.  and  Charles 
P.  Mr.  Johnson  and  his  family  attend  the 
Me'thodist  church.  He  is  widely  respected  as 
.lie  who  has  df)ne  much  for  the  industrial  pros- 
perity of  Yarmouth,  and  wli,)  has  served  faith- 
fully and  efficiently  in  public  otifice. 


01 IX  \V'LLIA:\I  GORHAM,  whole- 
sale grocer,  Halifax,  \.  S. ,  was  born 
ill  that  city  in  1844,  son  of  Richard 
Tonge  and  Margaret  (Gentles)  Gorham.  He 
comes  of  an  old  and  well-known  family  that 
dates  back  at  least  to  the  eleventh  century, 
a  branch  (^f  the  family  having  resided  in 
Gorron,  Province  of  Maine,  P'rance,  from 
1040  to  I  too,  thei"'  possessions  including  at 
different  times  Livand,  Hruce,  Avaugonr, 
Vieuri,  S.  Herterin,  ami  S.  Mars,  also  part  of 
La  Douce,  P'nrage,  Colmont,  and  Chateau 
.Neuf.  Their  castle  or  family  seat  was  first 
at  lireu,  afterward  at  Gornm,  and  latterly  at 
La  lonnieie.  There  were  also  Gorhams  at 
Xortl  imptonshire,  Ijigland,  from  ijoo  to 
i6,54,  and  ,it  (iorhambury,  Hertfordshire, 
Irom  1100  to  cv^o,  through  whom  the  present 
br.ineh  li.is  descended. 

So  lar  as  is  now  known,  the  (nirhams  in 
.\merica  are  mostly  descended  from  John  Gor- 
ham, who  married  in  164;,  Desire  Howland, 
daughter  of  John  and  i:ii/abeth  (Tilly)  How- 
land.      She  was  one  of  the  fust  children  born 


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in  riymouth,  Mass.,  her  parents  bein^'  "May- 
flower" passengers. 

In  the  recnrd  of  bajitisnis  at  HenefieUi, 
Xorthaniptonshire,  I'"n,:;lan(l,  is  the  following 
entry:  John  Gorham,  son  of  Ralph  (iorram, 
baptized  January  28,  1621.  Land  was  y;rantcd 
to  Ralph  Gorham  at  I'lymouth  (Mass.),  Octo- 
ber 2.  1637,  "to  erect  a  house  upon  and  a 
garden  |)lace,"  but  his  name  does  not  appear 
on  the  riymouth  lecords  after  April  5,   1642. 

Joiui  Goiham,  fust,  was  a  Captain  in  King 
Philii)"s  War,  and  commanded  the  Second 
I'lymouth  (Ompauv  in  the  expedition  against 
the  Xarragansetts  in  December,  1675.  lie 
died  of  fevci-  at  .Swansey,  l'"ebruary  5,  1676. 
His  great-grandson,  C'olonel  John  Gorham,  in 
his  "Wast  ]3ook  "  sa\s,  "lie  was  wounded  by 
having  his  powder-hiuii  shot  and  exploded 
against  his  side. " 

The  eldest  son  of  John,  first,  and  Desire 
(1  lowland)  Gorham  was  James,  boiii  April  28, 
1650,  died  in  1707,  lie  married  l-"cl)itiary 
24,  1673  4,  llauuah  lluckins,  daughter  of 
Mr.  Thomas  lluckins,  of  Hainstable,  Mass. 
James  Gorham,  first,  was  one  of  the  richest 
men  in  Harnstable.  His  fifth  sou  was  Jabez, 
first,  boiii  March  6,  \(h)0  i.  who  lived  for  a 
time  in  Coiuucticut.  Jalic/  Gorham,  first, 
must  have  died  previous  to  1751,  as  on  Jauti- 
arv  18,  1750-1,  a  poitiou  of  tlie  estate  of  his 
brother  Silvaiius  was  oidered  p.iid  to  his  leg.al 
representatives,  showing  lu'  had  heirs. 

I'rom  a  caieful  study  ol  the  family  records, 
in  connection  with  the  repetition  of  the  family 
names,  it  appears  certain  that  Jabe/,  first,  was 
the  father  of  Jabez,  second,  who   married    .No- 


vember 15,  1749,  .Mary  liurbank,  in  "iym- 
outh,  and  who  was  the  progenitor  of  the  fam- 
ily in  \o\a  Scotia,  settling  in  Liverpool  in 
1760,  at  the  time  of  the  first  Loyalist  emigra- 
tion from  the  New  b'ngland  colonies,  and  tak- 
ing up  government  land  there  known  as 
"  I'rojirietor's  Grants." 

Jabez  Gorham,  second,  had  ;i  son  James, 
sec(nid,  who  iiecame  a  West  India  merchant 
and  accpiired  great  wealth.  James,  second, 
married  Jedidah  Lacy;  but,  as  they  had  no 
children,  he  left  his  large  fortune  to  various 
religious  or  other  public  institutions,  the 
Congregational  church  receiving  a  consider- 
able sum.  He  also  endowed  the  grammar 
school  and  the  Temperance  Hall  of  the  town, 
and  was  the  largest  ciuitributor  to  the  funds 
for  a  college,  which  was  built  on  his  ])ropcrty 
and  called  Gorham  College,  but  which  after 
some  years  of  successful  operation  was  de- 
stroyed by  fire  and  never  rebuilt.  His  death 
occurred  in  1S41. 

Jabez   Gorham,  first,  had   a  cousin.    Colonel 
•Shubael    Ciorham,    who   .is   commander  of    the 
.Seventh     Massachusetts    Regiment    took    i:art 
in    the    sieg''    of     l.ouisburg,     (  ,ipe     Hreton. 
This  ('olonel  Goi'hani  ii.id  a  son,  (  a.pt.iin  John 
Gorh.im,  who  was  sent   from  .•\uuapidis,  N.S., 
to  lioston,  Mass.,  to   raise   troops   tor   the  de- 
:  fence  of   the    Province.      While   there   he  was 
I  indi'  ■■  1  to  join  the  expedition  then  fitting  out 
I  against  (ape  liri'ton,  and  was  a|)poiiited  Lieu- 
tenant (  olonel    in   his   lather's   regiment,  aiul 
I  subsequently,    on   the  death  ol    his    l.ither    at 
'   l.ouisburg,    was   appointed   bv   (iin'einor    Pep- 
I  [lerell  lo  the   i)osition  ol    (  idonel.      .\lter  the 


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capture  of  Loiiisl)iiig  he  returneil  to  Annap- 
olis, and  was  jiiacccl  by  Governor  Shirley  in 
commaml  of  the  IV)ston  troops  sent  to  Minas 
with  Colonel  \ol)le.  In  1749  he  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Governor's  Coiincil  in  Xova  Scotia, 
and  in  the  same  year  was  sent  to  lCn<;land  to 
e\[)lain  to  the  imperial  j^overnment  the  state 
of  military  affairs  in  the  colonies,  beinj;  rec- 
ommended by  (Joveriior  Shirley  to  the  Duke 
of  Bedford  in  a  letter  written  October  13, 
1749,  wherein  the  Governor  says,  "Colonel 
Gorham"s  activity  and  usefulness  in  his  Maj- 
esty's service  I  cannot  too  much  commend  to 
your  grace."  Colonel  John  (iorhani  and  his 
wife,  whose  maiden  name  was  ICli/abeth 
Allen,  were  presenteil  at  the  court  of  Gcorj^e 
II.  She  was  a  very  accomjilished  woman  of 
her  day,  and  was  much  admired. 

Jabe/.  Gorham,  second,  who  settled  at 
Liverpool,  had  a  son  John,  who  was  born  on 
September  29,  1771,  and  who  married  Hannali 
I'reeman  in  1795.  This  John  Gorham  was 
the  Second  Lieutenant  of  a  privateer  tliat 
cruised  on  the  .S|)anish  main  during;  the  war 
between  I'Jigland  and  Spain  in  the  year   1S05. 

Another  son  of  the  second  Jabe/.  Gorham 
was  Isaac,  a  j^enentl  merchant  of  Liverpool, 
\..S.  Isaac  (iorhani,  born  julv  13.  1769, 
married  Llizabeth  Tonge,  of  Liverpool,  .\.S., 
in  July,  1794.  They  had  live  children,  of 
whom  Richard,  father  of  the  subject  ol  this 
sketch,  was  the  viun'.gest. 

Richard  (iorhani  was  burn  at  I,iverpool, 
\.  S.,  in  the  year  uSoo.  He  was  educated  in 
the  schools  of  his  native  town,  and  when  a 
young  man  went  to  llalifa.x,  where  he  engaged  | 


in  business  as  a  merchant  in  the  West  India 
trade  and  in  the  fisheries,  which  occupations 
he  followed  until  a  few  years  before  his  death, 
finally  turning  his  business  over  to  his  son. 
He  died  in  1863,  at  the  age  of  sixty-three 
years,  lie  was  twice  married.  His  first  wife 
was  in  maidenhood  Margaret  Johnson.  She 
bore  him  five  children,  of  whom  two  only  are 
now  living;  i.amely,  ICdward  J.  and  Kliza,  the 
latter  being  the  wife  of  the  Rev.  Hugh  Mc- 
Millan. His  second  wife,  Margaret  Helen 
(ientles,  was  a  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Jennie 
Little  (Dean)  Gentles,  of  Virginia,  and  was 
born  at  Halifax  in  1.S14.  Of  this  union  there 
were  si.x  children,  of  whom  there  are  now  two 
survivors:  John  William,  whose  name  appears 
at  the  he.ad  of  this  sketch;  and  Charles  F., 
who  married  Helen  Ha.xter,  of  Liverpool,  N.S., 
and  lias  two  children  -  Frederick  C.  and 
Harold. 

John  William  (iorhani  was  educated  in  the 
Free  Church  Academy  and  College  at  Halifa.\, 
taking  the  first  prize  for  general  excellence 
during  his  last  two  years  in  the  academy. 
His  first  business  experience  was  as  a  clerk 
for  McLean,  Campbell  &  Co..  wholesale 
grocers,  who  had  a  store  in  the  building  in 
which  he  himself  is  now  located.  The  firm 
siil)se.|ucntly  became  J.  .S.  McLean  &  Co.  ; 
anil  Mr.  (iorhani,  after  Mr.  .McLean's  death, 
lorming  a  partnership  with  Sherburne  Wad- 
dell,  has  since  carried  on  with  him  a  prosper- 
ous and  growing  business. 

Mr.  Gorham  was  married  in  i,S7,S  to  Helen 
Maud  \eal,  of  llalifa.v  They  have  six  chil- 
dren—Mildred Helen,  John  \V.,  Jr.,  Cyril  IL, 


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Goralcl,  Dorothy  t".,  and  ICrncst  Rae.  The 
family  attoiid  the  I'rcsliytcriaii  .-hiirch.  Tii 
politics  -Mr.  Gorhani  is  a  Lilieral  Co'..si.rv:itive. 


^TON.   THOMAS  R.    iU.ACK.   a  prom- 


=n  inent  larnuT,  l-inildL-r,  real  estate 
owner,  and  imhlic  man  of  Amherst, 
was  born  in  that  town,  October  16,  1832,  fourth 
son  of  Josiah  and  Hannah  (iMiibrec)  l?lack. 
He  is  iif  Scotcii  ancestry,  beinj^  a  great-grand- 
son of  William  iUack,  a  native  of  I'aisley,  Scot- 
land, horn  in  1727.  The  father  of  William 
iiiack  was  a  public  officer  and  a  gentleman  of 
independent  fortune,  whose  leisure  time  was 
largely  occupied  with  luintin,;^%  for  which  pur- 
pose he  ke])i  a  pack  of  hounds. 

l-'ollowing  tlie  paternal  example,  William 
Black  from  bovhood  up  to  the  age  of  twenty- 
one  gave  his  attention  to  little  else  than  fol- 
lowing the  hountls.  Soon  alter  attaining  liis 
majority,  however,  finding  it  necessary  or  ad- 
visable to  earn  liis  own  living,  he  entereil  the 
emjjlo)'  of  a  large  manufacturing  firm  as  a 
travelling  salesman.  While  sojourning  .'t 
Huddersfield,  luigland,  on  one  ol  his  business 
tours,  he  met  a  lady,  Miizabeth  Stocks,  whom 
he  mrrried.  Her  social  position  was  very 
similar  to  his  own.  She  was  a  woman  of  le- 
fmement  and  education,  and  she  also  had  been 
accustomed  to  s|)end  iiuieh  time  in  the  fashion- 
able sport  of  fox-hmiting.  About  the  time  ol 
his  marriage,  or  soon  after,  William  Black  en- 
gaged in  the  linen  and  woollen  drapery  busi- 
ness, which  he  conducted  at   Huddersfield   lor 


some  years.  It  is  to  be  presumed  that  he  met 
with  but  moder.ite  success  in  this  business, 
!or  a  few  years  after  his   man  iage  he  began 

I  to  turn  his  attention  to  Nova  .Scotia  as  a 
country  from  all  accr  .ts  offering  many  ad- 
vantages to  settlers.      Doubtless  the  ex|)ulsion 

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j  of  the  Acadians  in  1755  had  caused  the  Scot- 
land of  the  Western  hemisphi  .e  to  ex|)ei!ence 
wli,  t  HI  .iiodern  business  parlance  would  be 
termed  a  "boom."  Being  a  prudent  man, 
however,  like  most  of  his  countrymen,  he  re- 
solved to  ins|)ect  the  country  for  bimsell  be- 
fore removing  bis  wife  and  family  thither. 
He  accordingly  took  passage  in  a  vessel  that 
reached  Halifax  in  May,  1774.  At  Amherst, 
Cumberland  County,  he  met  with  a  number  ot 
settlers  who  had  dine  Irom  the  New  luigland 
colonies,  (•'inding  them  likely  to  prove  good 
neighbors,  and  being  jileased  with  the  place, 
he  purchaseil  an  estate,  which  is  still  in  the 
possession  of  his  descendants.  He  retiuned  to 
ICngland  in  the  autunin  of  the  same  vear. 

in  the  fcdlowiuL;  .\pril  (1 775).  the'  UKUith 
marked  by  the  beginning  of  hostilities  i)e- 
tweeii  the  thirteen  revolting  colonies  and  ihi- 
British  forces  in  America,  he  chartered  a 
vessel  in  which  he  transported  to  Ndva  Scotia 
his  fan)ily,  ciuisisting  ol  his  wile  and  four 
sons  and  one  dauj;hter,  tii,L,ether  with  a  nurse 
girl,  who  married  .1  son  oi  one  of  the  cmi- 
gr.ints.  He  also  brought  with  him  s  ime  stock 
(it  impro\i'd  hreeils.  Alter  being  detained  at 
H.ililax  lo.' about  twu  wi'eks,  he  |)roceeded  to 
Cumberland,  where  he  disemb.iiked  his  family 
and  cargo.      The  journey  had   not    been    m.ide, 

,  howe\er,    without   an   unfortunate  occurrence. 


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While  f;oin<^  on  board  the  vessel  at  Hull, 
Knt(lam!,  Mrs.  Ulack  had  received  ii)jiiries 
that  had  made  her  practically  an  invalid  and 
are  supposed  to  have  hastened  her  death, 
which  took  i)lace  about  a  year  alter  their  ar- 
rival at  their  new  home.  She  was  hi-hly  es- 
teemed for  her  elevated  mind,  refined  manners, 
and  Christian  and  womanly  virtues.  She  had 
hniu^ht  to  Nova  .Scotia  the  scarlet  ridin;; 
habit  and  cap  she  had  formerly  worn  when 
huntiui;,  besides  dresses  of  embroidered  white 
satin  and  of  other  rich  and  costly  materials, 
for  which  she  found  little  use  in  the  new 
country. 

Some  time  after  her  death  William  Black 
married  IClizaheth  Abber,  who  bore  him  seven 
children.  Alter  his  second  marria-e  he  pur- 
chased a  lari;e  estate  at  Dorchester,  N.i)., 
where,  eventually  survivin,^-  his  second  wife, 
he  jiassed  his  declinin-  days  with  his  son  Jo- 
seph, and  where  he  died  in  iSjci,  at  the  ad- 
vancuil  a,L;e  of  ninety-three.  He  was  a  man  of 
line  bodily  proportions  and  appearance,  and 
even  in  old  a'^c  preserved  an  erect  and  dij;- 
nilied  bearing;.  At  the  a-e  of  ei';hty-ei,i;ht 
years  he  rode  on  horseback  from  Oorchester,  ! 
\.l!.,  to  Amherst,  N.S.,  a  distance  of  alxuit 
thirty  miles,  to  visit  his  sons  residiiiL;  tluTc. 
IK'  held  'he  Cwinmission  of  Justice  ol  the 
I'eace  lor  Cinnberland,  and  in  1 77()  was  ap- 
jioiiited   J udL;e  ol  thet'nmmon  i'le.is. 

Thomas  S.  Black.  L;r,in(hather  ol  the  subject 

of  this  sketch,  was   born    in  I';n;;land  in    1766.    \ 

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lie  was   the  youn.i;est   ,uid    lourth   son   of   his  ; 

paients,     William     and      l'!li/abeth      (Stocks) 

Hl.ick,  whom  he  accomp.inied  to  .\merica.      hi 


the  year  1804  he  [lurchased  at  Amherst  a  farm 
ol  five  hundred  and  forty  acres,  two  hundred  of 
which   were  marsh   and    bo<(,    a   lar^^e  portion 
of  the  rest  also  bein-;  uncultivated  land.    About 
I   1823  a  canal  was  cut  to  drain  the  marsh   lands 
i  in    Amherst,    the   canal    crossinj,^    the    marsh 
I  lanils  of  Mr.  Black,  the  value  of  which  within 
j  a  few  years  became  thus  greatly  enhanced.     A 
liart  of  his   estate,  consisting;   of  upland,  has 
since  been  much   improved,  and  consists  now 
of  four  valuable  farms,  all  owned  by  his  chil- 
dren   and    i;randchildren.      About    four  years 
after  the  arrival  of  the  Ulacks   in   Amherst  a 
reli';ious  revival  caused  them   to  chan^'e  from 
.Methodism  to  a   belief   in   the   tenets  of    the 
Baptists;  and  in  1806  Thoma-,  S.  Hlack  joined 
;  ^he  I^iptist  Church  of  Amherst,  of  which   he 
I  soon  afterward   became   Deacon,  an  ofifice  that 
j  he  held  up  to  the  time  of  his  death.      He  died 
I  in  1850,  when  he  was  ei';hty-four  years  old. 
!       His    wife,    whose   maiden    name   was   Mary 
iMceze,  was  the  dau^'hter  of  an   ICn^lish   set- 
tler in  Nova  Scotia.      She  died  in  1842,  at  the 
a;4e  of  sixty-six.     They  had   seven   sons    and 
five    dau-hters;     namely,     hllizabeth,    Josiah, 
William  {•'rceze,  Almira,  Joshua  Freeze,  Sam- 
uel    iMceze,    Mary,    Cyrus,    Charles     Freeze, 
Jane  Charlotte,   Ruth  Rebecca,  and  Alexander 
Barry.      The  two   now   livinj;   are:   Cyrus  and 
Alexander  B.     The  former,  Cyrus,  now  ei-hty- 
nine    years    of     ,i-e,     was    for    many    years 
Justice    ol    the     Peace    and    for    eleven    years 
Stipendiary    Magistrate,    resi-niui;-   the   latter 
office  ill    1880.      I-'rom  early  manhood   he  has 
been   a  stron-;  advocate    of    temperance.      He 
married  l':iizabeth  Bowser,  a  dauirhter  of  Rich- 


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ard  S.  Howscr,  ol  Sackvillc,  N.  I?.  The  other 
survivor,  Alexander  I!.,  resulcd  on  the  lionie- 
stead,  ol  wliieli  he  was  the'  owner,  lor  many 
years,  but  sulisequently  soKl  it  to  liis  brother 
Cyrus.  He  entered  the  Metiiodist  ministry, 
in  which  he  continueii  for  twenty  years.  He 
now  lives  in  Amherst,  He  married  Caridine, 
daug'hter  of  the  Re\-.  William  Cmsconibe,  a 
much  esteemed  Methodist  minister. 

Josiah  Hlaek,  eldest  son  ol  Thomas  S.  and 
father  of  Thomas  R.,  was  born  at  Amherst, 
X.,^'.,  in  ijyS.  lie  resided  for  ni.uiy  years 
on  a  portion  of  the  parental  estate,  whieii  he 
converted  into  a  L;oi)d  farm,  but  siil)seciuently 
disposed  of  it  to  his  son,  liiomas  R.,  and  pur- 
chased a  smaller  farm  for  hinisidf.  lie  die<l 
in  1890,  at  the  a,i;e  of  ninety-two  years.  He 
was  twiei'  ni.arried.  I>\'  his  first  wife,  Han- 
nah, who  was  a  dai'_i;hter  of  Idisiia  I'jrbree,  of 
Amherst,  he  had  nine  children,  of  whom  lour 
are  now  lixini;  -  losejih  l.awreiuc,  .M.irv 
I'dizabeth.  .Ann  ]..  and  'I'homas  Ri'uben. 
The  others  weie:  Robert  Iv  :  Calvin;  lierliam. 
wiio  died  y(Mnvi; ;  .Abrira-  anil  I.uc\'.  kobert 
I'".,  married  .Miss  .\ir.eli.i  lannv,  daui;htt'r  of 
I'disha  I'.meiv',  of  .\n:lu'rst.  He  was  .1  tanner, 
anil  died  at  .\mherst,  .Septiiubei  n.  1894. 
Calvin  wis  a  farmer.  lie  married  Rebecca 
Travis.  Thev  had  loui  el'.ibluii.  Two  aie 
now  li\-in,:;.  I'|-ederick  n-.anieij  Mi>s  (  hnieh, 
and  owns  an  Ayrshiie  sti.ek  l.iiin  in  .\mlierst. 
I'.lfa  married  .Mr.  Wliitmaa  l''reen)an.  ol 
Halifax.  .Almira  in.irried  (lidr^e  I.iisbv,  a 
farmei'  of  Amherst.  Theii-  eldldri.'ii  air:  Insiah  ; 
J'ldith,  wife  ol  .\iii>by  Hlack;  AujMista,  who 
is    unmaiiied;    and     .\nnie,    wife     of     I'rank 


Ulack,  of  Iowa.  Lucy  in.irried  James  Ayer, 
of  Sackville,  X.H  ,  and  had  two  children — - 
Mal)el  and  I'.mma.  Joseph  I,.  Hlack  was  first 
married  to  Jane  Humphrey,  of  Sackville,  N.  B. 
She  died  in  1S60,  at  the  early  age  of  twenty- 
si.\,  leaving'  one  child,  Minnie,  now  the  wife 
of  I'alir.und  liurke,  an  architect  of  Toronto. 
His  second  wife,  Mary,  dauj^hter  of  the  I'iev. 
John  .Snowball,  formerly  a  well-known  Meth- 
odist minister  in  the  Lower  Provinces  of 
Canada,  bore  him  foui-  children  -  Hattie, 
Jennie,  P'rank,  and  Walter.  Mary  I'di/abeth 
Hlack  is  unmarried.  Her  sister,  Ann  J.,  is 
the  wife  of  Jolin    lient,  of   .Salem,    N.S. 

Josiah  Hlack  married  for  his  second  wife 
Klizaiieth  McCully,  (lauj;liter  ol  the  Rev. 
Samuel  .McCully,  a  much  resj)ected  Haptist 
minister  ni  .Amherst.  'I'hey  h.id  two  chil- 
dren, one  of  whom,  namely,  Helle,  is  now  de- 
ceased, as  is  also  her  husband,  the  Rev. 
I.  R.  Skinnei'.  They  had  three  children  — 
Willie,  Raymond,  and  Robert.  The  survivor 
is  the  Re\-.  S.imuel  .McCully  lil.ick.  editor  of 
the  ('/// is/ill!/  .lA.v.M //^'vv  iii/i/  I'isitiir  of  St, 
John.  N'.H. .  the  Hajitist  orj,'an  of  the  Maritime 
rrovinces.  H';  m. 11  lied  V.vw.  dau,i,diter  of 
William  .A.  KoL;ers,  of  .Aiuheist,  and  has  two 
children  —  Mar;;. net  and  i  loi.ice. 

'i'liomas  R.  Hlack.  the  direct  siibject  of  the 
sketch,  w,is  ediicateii  al  the  .\mhersl  Grammar 
.Schnid.  Hioii^dit  up  o;i  his  father's  farm, 
which  be  peub.isiil  while  still  a  youiij;  nuin, 
he  was  ti.iini'd  to  all  the  niiniiti.i  of  farm  life 
in  one  of  the  most  fertile  and  beautiful 
sections  ul  the  marsh  cnimtiA'  al  the  head 
of    the    H.iy   ol     iMiiuly.       lieie    he    developed 


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a  symmetrical    body,    tnll,    litlic,   and    active, 
expressing;-  energy   in    all    its    movements,    in 
his  ])hysical    niake-iij)  a  typical    representative 
of  the  Wuenose.      .Alter  workini;'  his  father's 
farm   a  while,   he   sold  it,  and  moved  into   the 
town    of    Amherst,    where   he    ]nirchased   real 
estate,  and  for  many  years  enn;a,i;ed  in  build- 
ing  and    farming   operations.      He   has  built 
many  residences  and   other   buildings   in   Am- 
herst.    Among  them  is  the  fine  red  stone  block 
o[)pos!te    the    post-office    on    Victoria  Street. 
The   stone    in   this   building  was  quarried   by 
him  on  the  old   homestead   fa'iii.      Mr.  Hlack 
at  an  eaiiy  age   made    intimate    acquaintance 
with   the   various   industries    of    the    country, 
an<l   in   course  of    time  acipiired  a  competent 
knowledge  not  only  of  house-buililing,  init  also 
of   road-making,  bridge-building,  ami   general 
engineering.      He  gives   much   of  his   present 
tir.ie  to  the  construction  of  such  W(uk  in  the 
county.      He  always   plans   Ids   buildings   and 
superintends    their   erection.      Mr.    J?lack   has 
been    very    successful.        He     is    one   of     the 
largest   real   estate  owners   in   the   town.      He 
was    the    llr.'^;    to    eri'cl    a    .stone    building    in 
Amherst,  and  he   has  licen   directly  conccrneil 
in    m.'.ny  public    impi(>\ements.       He   takes   a 
deep  interest  in  the  iuqirovenient  of   t!ie  stock 
of   the    Province,    and,    while   not    a   vi.sion.uv 
enthusiast,  ccnisiders  it  to  be  capable  of  aliuost  > 
indefinite   improvement,    and  witli   this  object  ' 
in   view   has    taken    the    initiative    in    the   es- 
tablishment   of    a    I'roviiicial     l^xl.ibit  ion,    of 
which   he   is  one  of   the   executive  committee 
and  saperinlendent    of  the   horse   department. 
Mr.  Jilack's  ciiiet   interests  may  in  no  way  be 


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better  described  than  by  stating  that  he  is  an 
advanced  and  progressive  agriculturist  and  an 
ai)preciative  lover  of  a  fine  horse. 

In  all  these  various  activities  Mr.  IJlack 
has  evinced  a  degree  of  pul)lic  spirit  tliat 
has  won  for  him  the  esteem  of  his  fellow- 
townsmen  in  general,  and  he  has  been  several 
times  called  upon  to  serve  in  an  official  capac- 
ity.       (In   July  4,    1884,    he    was    elected    by 

'  acclaiuation   to  the  lower  house  of  the   I'rovin- 
i 
cial  Parliament,  to  till   the  vacancy  caused  by 

the  resignation   of   C.   J.   'I'ownsend  (who  was 
elected  to  represent  the  county  in   the  House 
of  Commons),  and  was  re-electeii  to  tlie  .same 
office  at   the   general    election   of    18.S6,  being 
then  at  the  head  of  the  jioll.      He   was  again 
I  re-elected  in  the  general  elections  of  1894  and 
:   1897,    with    increased    m.ijorities    each    time, 
[  aiul  was  appointeil   a   member  of  the   Murray 
administration  on  July  18,  1896.     He  has  l)ecn 
,  a    Justice    of    the    Peace    since   attaining    his 
j  majority.        In   ptditics    he   is   a  Conservative 
Liberal.      He    is   a   member  of    the    Hoard    cf 
("loveiiun-s   of    .Acadia    lFni\ersit\-   and    in    re- 
ligion .1  H.iptist.  being  a  Deacon  of  the  church. 
He  is  iMie  of  the  directors  of  the  Amherst   Car 
Works.      He    is    a    st.inch    advocate    of    tem- 
perance. 

Mr.  Hl.ick  was  mariied  on  March  20,  i860, 
to  lumice  Hent,  daughter  of  W.  W.  Hcnt.  who 
re[)resented  the  townshi|)  ol  .'vinherst  in  the 
Provincial  i.egislatui,  lor  manv  vr.us.  Her 
mother  w.is  in  maideiduiod  Hina  I'reeman. 
Mr.  ,nid  .Mis.  Hlack  .ire  tiie  iiaivnts  of  live 
ciiildren,  of  wluun  the  three  living  are:  Will- 
iam  W.,    Charles   C,  and    .Mira  Jean.      .Marv 


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L.  died  when  sixteen  years  of  iv^c,  anil  Kmma 
A.  when  she  was  ten. 

William  W.  Black  is  engaged  in  the  lumber 
manufacturing  business  in  Cumberland  County 
and  also  in  Newfoundland,  and  in  general  farm- 
ing and  stock-raising,  being  owner  of  the  finest 
herd  of  Herford  cattle  in  the  Maritime 
I'rovinces,  a  herd  that  has  taken  many  prizes 
at  the  I'rovincial  exhibitions.  He  and  his 
father  carry  on  probably  one  of  the  most  ex- 
tensive farming  and  stock-raising  establish- 
ments in  Nova  Scotia.  Their  stock  is  of 
pure  breeds,  composed  of  I'rench  I'ercheions, 
Clydesdales,  and  hackneys,  all  imported  and 
bred  from,  also  Herfords  and  Jerseys.  Mr. 
JMack  married  Annie  Jenks,  of  I'arrsboro, 
N.S.,  and  has  four  children  —  Robert,  I.loyd, 
Gerald,  and  iMunces.  Charles  ("..  who  is 
engaged  in  mercantile  business  al  Amherst, 
married  Anna  Christie,  of  Amherst,  daughter 
of  George  Christie.  Mira  Jean  is  the  wife  of 
the  Rev.  Raljib  Trotter,  a  Baptist  niinistei- 
of  British  Columbia  (brotluM-  of  Dr.  Trotter  of 
Acadia  University,  Wolfville,  .\.S. ),  and  the 
mother  of  one  child,  Leonard  McArthur. 


(SYOIIX  lli;CroR  MiKAV.  M.D.,  a 
/^■^  I  well-kniiwn  physician  of  Tniro,  was 
born  in  I'ietou  County,  No\a  .Scotia, 
March  15,  1.S47,  son  of  William  and  Nancy 
(McLcdd)  McKay.  lie  is  a  i^randson  of 
Thomas  McKay,  a  native  of  Scotland,  wimse 
wife  was  in  maidenhood  t?.itheriiie  Ueaton. 
Thomas  .McKav  had  five  sons,  of  wlimn  Will- 
iam, Dr.   McKay's   fatlier,  was  the  second    in 


order  of  birth.  The  onl  ■  one  now  living  is 
Hector,  who  is  a  resident  of  Racine,  Wis., 
and  is  now  seventy -eight  years  :>ld. 

William  ;\IcKay  was  born  in  Sutlicrland- 
shire,  Scotland,  in  1810.  In  1825,  at  the 
age  of  fifteen,  he  came  to  Nova  Scotia,  and, 
settling  in  I'ictou  County,  devoted  his  ener- 
gies to  farming.  Sui)se(|uently  he  engageil  in 
the  business  of  railway  construction,  and  was 
the  contractor  for  the  Windsor  &  I'ictou 
Branch  of  the  Intercolonial  Railway  and  other 
railways.  lie  was  a  very  successful  man  lor 
his  (lav,  and  was  ninch  resjiected.  lie  die<l  at 
the  age  of  about  sixty-seven.  His  wife, 
Nancy,  whom  be  married  in  1828,  was  a 
daughter  of  John  Mel, cod,  a  native  of  .Scot- 
hmd,  who  lived  'n  White  Hill,  I'ictou  County. 
Her  |iart'nts  had  six  children,  namely:  Angus 
McLetid:  John  K.  Mcl.eod:  IMargaret  Mc- 
Leod;  Mary  .McLeod;  Ml  izabeth  Mcl.eod: 
and  Mrs.  Nancy  McK:iy,  who  died  at  the  age 
of  se\entv-eight  in  'I'ruro.  The  children  ot 
William  .lud  Xancy  McK;iy  were:  George, 
Angus,  Thomas,  Christ  ina,  and  I'.lla.  George 
and  Angus  are  l.oth  (K'cased.  'I'hnmas,  miw 
Senator  Thomas  McKay,  of  'I'ruro,  is  tlu' 
subject  lit  a  sketch  published  on  another 
page  (if  this  voliune.  Christina  sur\'ives  her 
husb;m<l,  (ieorge  l)(Uikin.  Illla,  unw  Mrs. 
I*"red  Murray,  is  now  in  the  West  with  her 
husband. 

John  Hector  McKa\  obt.iiticil  his  general 
edueatiiin  in  the  svIumiIs  nl  Truru.  \..S.  .Sub- 
seipientlv  he  beianie  a  student  in  the  medical 
departmi.nt  ol  ('dliunbi.i  University.  Mew 
York  {.'itv,  where   he  graduated    in    1868  with 


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the  degree  of  Doctor  ot  Medicine.  lie  then 
went  to  lulinburgh  to  still  further  pursue  his 
medical  studies,  and  ,i,Taduated  at  the  College 
of  I'hysicians  and  Surgeons  there  in  1871. 
For  one  year  he  practised  his  |irofession  in 
Bedfordshire,  I'^ngland,  after  which  he  went  to 
I'aris.  where  he  studied  in  tiie  Latin  quarter 
for  a  year.  Returning  in  1873  to  i  ruro, 
N.S..  he  entered  the  ranks  of  the  medical 
profession  in  that  town,  of  wliich  he  has  since 
remained  a  resident.  He  has  built  up  a  large 
practice,  and  is  not  only  one  of  the  leading 
physicians  and  surgeons  of  the  town,  but  also 
one  of  its  most  iirominent  and  respected  citi- 
zens. In  pdlitics  he  is  a  Conservative.  He 
belongs  to  Truro  Lodge,  A.  !•'.  &  A.  M. 

Dr.  McKay  was  married  in  18S9  to  Miss 
lilizabeth  Snook,  a  daughter  oi  J.  J.  Snook,  ot 
Truro,  N..S.  He  and  his  wife  are  the  parents 
of  one  child,  Joseph  William  Meagher.  The 
Doctor  and  his  family  attend  'he  i'resbyterian 
church  in  'J'ruro. 


!'.  lU'lNJAMIN,  of  Wolfville,  is 
one  ol  the  leading  lumber  dealers 
ol  Nova  .Scotia.  He  was  born  at 
I'ugwasli,  N.S.,  ill  1837,  son  of  Daniel  and 
Jane  (McNab)  nenjaniin. 

Daniel  Henjamin,  his  father,  was  i)orn  at 
Gaspereaux  Valley,  N.  S. ,  in  i;i^j.  On  reach- 
ing manhood  he  engaged  in  the  tin\ber  trade 
and  ,ilso  in  laud  speculation  ,it  I'li-wash.  lie 
S|)ent  Ins  latter  years  on  a  larm,  where  he 
died  at  the  age  of  seventy-two,  leaving  a  fair 
property.      His  wife,   Jane,   who  was  bi.rn   in 


Edinborough,  Scotland,  was  a  daughter  of 
I'eter  McNab,  who  ciime  to  Halifa.v  from  .Scot- 
land, i'eter  McNab  was  in  the  government 
service,  having  a  contract  to  furnish  the 
soldiers  at  Halifa.x  with  bakery  gomls.  Mrs. 
Jane  Benjamin  died  in  1893,  at  the  age  of 
eighty-nine,  having  survived  her  husband  some 
thirty-nine  years.  They  were  the  parents  of 
ten  children,  of  whom  si.\  are  now  living; 
namely,  Mary  Ann,  John,  Henrietta,  lUiza, 
.Stephen    I'.,  and  James. 

S.  1'.  Henjaiiiin,  after  attending  school 
at  I'ugwash,  went  to  Massachusetts,  where  he 
remained  for  four  years.  Returning  to  Nova 
.Scotia,  he  settled  at  Hridgewater  and  engaged 
in  merchandizing  and  lumbering.  In  March, 
1879.  he  removed  to  Wolfville,  and,  after 
purchasing  land  and  other  propertv,  engaged 
in  the  hmdjcr  business,  under  his  own  name. 
He  has  since  contiriued  to  carry  (ui  this  enter- 
prise, in  which  he  has  been  very  successful, 
having  a  very  extensive  trade  and  owning 
large  mills  on  the  Avon  River.  In  fact,  to 
make  use  of  popular  phraseology,  he  may  be 
now  regarded  as  one  of  the  lumber  kings  of 
the  Province,  ,is  well  .is  one  of  the  most  prom- 
inent citizens  of  Wolfville. 

On  May  19,  186,5,  Mr.  nenj.unin  was  united 
in  marriage  with  .Miss  Panma  C  Crpen, 
daughter  of  Johi\  l].  Orpen,  ol  .AyKsford, 
N.  S.  He  and  his  wife  have  had  five  children, 
of  whom  theie  ,ire  now  three  survivors; 
namely,  Lilli.iii,  May,  an. I  iVrcy.  Lillian 
is  the  wife  of  ilu'  Rev.  Willi.im  Small- 
man,  of  Winthrop,  Mass.,  and  the  mother  of 
two  children  -  -  ICvelyn  and  Ralph.     The  tamily 


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at  home  atteml  the  Haptist  chincli.     In  politics 
Mr.  Benjamin  is  a  Liberal. 


-rr^KV.  ROBERT  LAING,  of  Halifax, 
|^\  president  of  the  Ladies"  College  and 
L^  V-^  Conservatory  of  Music,  was  horn  in 
1841,  at  Chapel  of  Garioch,  of  Fetternear,  in 
Aberdeenshire,  Scotland,  which  was  the 
birthplace  of  his  father.  James  Laing,  second, 
of  his  grandfather,  Robert,  and  his  great- 
grandfather, the  earliest  James  of  the  present 
record. 

James  Laing,  first,  was  a  farmer.  He  mar- 
ried Ann  Scott,  who  was  a  native  of  the  same 
place,  and  had  two  children,  o\  whom  the 
younger  was  Robert,  first,  the  next  in  line  of 
descent. 

Robert  Laing,  first,  was  a  merchant  and 
banker  for  many  years.  After  retiring  from 
biLsiness  he  spent  his  last  days  upon  a  farm  at 
Fetterne.ar.  His  wife,  whose  name  in 
maidenhood  was  Mary  Hill,  bore  him  three 
children,  mme  of  whom  are  now  living. 

lames  Laing,  secuul,  the  eldest  nl  these, 
born  at  Fetternear  in  iSiS,  was  brought  up  in 
agriculture,  and  fnllnwed  farming  in  his 
native  county  from  viwlv  nianhocid  until 
1847.  In  that  year  he  emigrated  to  Canada, 
and,  settling  at  Chamidy  nii  the  Kicheliea 
River,  remained  there  fur  ten  years.  His 
last  days  were  spent  in  Hiickingliam,  N'.S., 
where  he  died  at  the  age  of  sixty-tliree  years. 
Fcdlowiiig  the  example  and  cherishing  thr 
convictions  of  his  ancestors,  he  was  a  Presby- 
terian   in    religion.        His    first     wife.    J.ind 


Reid,  who  was  born  in  the  [)arish  of  Mony- 
musls,  Aberdeenshire,  Scotland,  a  daughter  of 
John  Reid.  and  died  at  the  age  of  thirty-seven 
years,  bore  him  three  ciiildren.  Of  these  two 
are  n(Av  living,  namely:  Jessie,  wife  of  Adam 
Devine,  of  Buckingham,  I'.O.  ;  and  Robert, 
whose  name  appears  at  the  head  of  this 
sketch.  By  his  second  wife,  Mary  Adams,  a 
native  of  Scotland,  he  had  four  children,  of 
whom  there  are  now  two  survivors  —  William 
S.  ,ind  Alexander,  After  her  death  he  mar- 
ried for  his  third  wife  her  sister  Margaret,  by 
whom  he  had  twelve  children.  All  of  these, 
save  two,  are  now  living:  namely,  James, 
Patrick.  l-"rank,  Hugh  li. ,  David  M.,  Henry 
H.,   Leslie,  Mary  F.,  Kmma  IC,  and  Agnes. 

Robert  Laing  received  his  elementary  edu- 
cation in  his  native  land.  After  coming  to 
Amer'ca  he  became  a  student  at  McGill  Col- 
lege m  Montreal,  wliere  he  graduated  in 
i.sriS  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts,  and 
in  187.'  received  the  degree  of  Ma.ster  of  Arts. 
He  entered  upon  the  study  of  theology  in 
Moriii  tiijlege,  (jnebee,  ;ind  continued  it 
later  at  Fdinluirgh,  Sentbind.  Having  re- 
ceived his  license  to  i<reach,  in  1S7J  he  be- 
came assistant  minister  of  St.  I'aid's  Church, 
Montreal.  Six  years  liter,  in  |S7,S,  ho  was 
appointed  minister  nf  St.  Matthew's  Church, 
Halifav.  nf  which  he  remained  the  p.istcu"  tor 
fourteen  years,  nr  until  I.S91.  In  1887, 
while  holding  this  charge,  he  founded  the  in- 
stitution ni  which  he  is  the  present  head,  and 
which  has  Inue  much  for  the  cause  ol  ediici- 
timi  and  the  adv.inceinent  of  musical  knowl- 
edge  thriiughout    the    Province — the   Ladies' 


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College  and  Conservatory  of  Music,  of  Halifax. 
Mr.  Laing  has  managed  the  affairs  of  the  col- 
lege since  1891.  in  which  year  he  resigned  the 
pastorate  of  St.  Matthew's  Church.  Its  suc- 
cess is  due  mainly  to  his  wise  foresight,  sound 
judgment,  deep  scholarship,  and  thorough 
knowledge  of  the  subjects  taught,  together 
with  his  wide  administrative  ability  that  holds 
a  commanding  grasp  of  everything  connected 
with  the  institution,  down  to  the  smallest 
detail,  and  unites  the  vvl.ole  into  one  smooth- 
working  machine  that  performs  so  well  the 
work  it  was  designed  to  accomplish. 

Mr.  Laing  was  united  in  marriage,  Decem- 
ber 25,  1878,  to  .Miss  Christina  1).  Croil, 
daughter  of  James  and  Christian  (Richardson) 
Croil.  of  Montreal,  her  father  being  a  promi- 
nent literary  man  of  that  cit\-.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Laing  are  the  parents  of  three  children  — 
James  Stuart,  Jessie  Croil,  and  Allan 
I'ollock. 


[^I:LS0X  A.DMIRAL  RHODHS,  one 
if  the  leading  business  men  of  Am- 
herst, vice-president  of  the  firm  of 
Rhodes,  Curry  &  Co.,  ua:-  born  in  Amherst, 
May  3,  1845.  son  of  Joi  n  ..ml  I'armelia 
(Parker)  Rhodes.  His  pateuuil  grandfather, 
who  was  a  native  nf  h'.ngland,  came  to  Amer- 
ica and  settled  in  I'rovidenco,  R.I.,  in  wiiich 
city  his  father,  John  Rhodes,  above  named, 
was  born  in  1785. 

John  Rhodes  remained  a  resident  of  Provi- 
dence until  reaching  miildle  life,  when  he 
removed  to  Nova  .Scotia,  settling  first  at  Gran- 
ville.    Thence    he   went    to    Amherst,    where 


he  followed  farming  until  his  death,  which 
occurred  in  1858  when  he  was  about  seventy- 
four  years  old.  In  politics  he  was  a  Con- 
servative, and  he  and  his  family  attended  the 
Hapiist  church.  He  was  twice  married.  Hy 
his  secontl  wife,  Parmelia,  he  had  nine  chil- 
dren, of  whom  there  are  four  now  living,  the 
youngest  survivor  being  Xelson  A.  The 
other  three  are:  James,  Ruth,  and  Margaret. 
The  mother,  Mrs.  I'armelia  Rhodes,  died  in 
1847,  at  the  age  of  forty.  She  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  the  late  Rev.  Willard  Parker,  a  promi- 
nent Haptist  minister  of  Kings  County,  Nova 
.Scotia. 

Nelson  A.  Rhodes  began  his  education  in 
Amherst.  On  losing  his  latest  surviving  par- 
ent, he  went,  at  the  age  of  thirteen,  to  .Sack- 
ville,  N.  15.,  where  he  lived  with  a  sister,  and 
for  a  short  time  attended  schiol.  He  then 
!)egan  to  learn  the  carpenter's  trade  in  Am- 
herst, N.  .S.  ;  and  at  the  age  of  twenty  he  went 
to  Boston,  Mass.,  in  which  city  he  followed 
his  trade  as  a  journeyman  and  superintendent 
for  about  ten  years.  He  was  also  employed 
for  a  while  in  the  ofifice  of  a  prominent  Boston 
architect,  and  during  his  last  five  years  in 
Boston  he  was  foreman  for  a  large  building 
concern.  In  1877  he  returned  to  Amherst, 
and  engaged  in  business  for  himself  as  a  car- 
penter and  builder.  In  the  spring  of  the  same 
year  he  formed  a  partnership  with  his  brother- 
in-law,  Nathaniel  Curry,  under  the  firm  name 
of  Rhodes  &  Curry.  In  1893,  owing  to  the 
rapid  growth  and  e.Ntensive  jiroportions  of  the 
business,  it  w.is  incorporated  under  the  style 
of    lihodes,    Currv    &    Co.,     Ltd.,    with    Mr. 


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Curry  as  presiilent  and  Mr.  Rhodes  as  vice- 
president;  and  it  has  since  been  conducted 
under  their  direct  nianaj;enient. 

Of   the  business   itself  an  account   may  be 
found   in  the   sketch  of   Mr.  furry,  which  ap- 
pears on  another  paj;e  of  this   volume.      Here 
it   need   only    be   said    that    it    is   one   of    the 
lar{.jest  and  most   important   in  the   I'njvince, 
employing,-  in   all,   at  the  works  and  outside, 
some  six  hundred   hands.      That  such  a  busi- 
ness could  be  developed   froni   so   small   a  be- 
^innin.n'  is  convincing;-  evidence  that  botii   Mr. 
Rhodes  and   Mr.    Curry  are  men  of  rare  busi- 
ness   ability,     possessed    of    keen    foresight, 
sound    judgment,    determined     industry,    and 
all  the  qualities  that  make  for  success.      That 
they  have    been    benefactors   to    the    town    of 
Amherst  is  a  fact  widely  recognized  aiul  ajipre- 
ciated.      Perhaps  no  better  example  of  the  self- 
made  man  than  Mr.  Rhodes  could  be  found  in 
the     ProN'ince.       P'rom     the    position     of    an 
orphan  boy  deprived  in  larj^e  measure  of  educa- 
tional advanta.ues,  and  compiilled  at  the  early 
ai;e  of  thirteen  or  fourteen  to  be^^in   the  battle 
of  life,  to  that   of   a   projirietor  of  one   of  the 
larj;est  industries   in  iiis   native  lind,  is  a  de- 
gree of  advancement  that  was  not  -ained  witii- 
out    lon^-,  patient,    and   earnest   elfnrt,    backed 
by  ability,  and  may.  therefore,  be  re-arded  1)\' 
Mr.    Rhodes    himself    with    jiardonajjle    pride 
and  satisfaction.      Mr.  Riiodes  is  a  member  of 
the    Masonic    order,     l)elongin,i;    to    .Vmherst 
I.od};e,  ant!  also  of  the   I,  O.  ().   !•".,  in  which 
he  has  filled  all  the  chairs. 

lie  was   married  in  187J   to   .Sarah    Davison 
Curry,    a    sister    of     iiis     i)artner,     Xatiumicl   ; 


Curry.  Her  jiarents  were  Charles  and  lumice 
(Davison)  Curry,  iier  mother  beini;  a  daufjh- 
ter  of  Xathaniel  and  .Sarah  (Lawrence)  Davi- 
son, of  Falmouth,  N.S.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Rhodes  have  had  three  children,  two  of  whom 
have  been  taken  away  by  the  hand  of  death. 
The  survivor  is  Ld-;.r  Nelson,  who  is  now 
studying;-  law.  Mr.  Rhodes  is  a  Conservative 
in  politics,  and  he  and  Mrs.  Rhodes  arc  mem- 
bers of  the  Haptist  Church  of  Amherst.  They 
are  hij;hly  respected  in  the  community. 


ARRV  L.  Dl'N.NLSON,  a  leading 
lawyer  cf  Digby,  was  born  at  Kent- 
ville,  X.  .S. ,  June  10,  1S66,  son  of 
joim  Harris  and  Piiodje  (lirisou)  Dennison. 
He  is  ol  tlie  ninth  generation  in  descent  from 
(icorge  Denison,  tlie  iiumi.i^rant  progenitor 
ol  one  of  the  prominent  Ctdonial  families  of 
Connecticut.  This  is  the  line:  Ceorge, ' 
John,'  Robert,'  Robert,'  D.ivid  S.,-  Samuel," 
William,-  John  IL,^  Harry  !,.' 

(leorge  Denison,  born  in  i6i,S  or  1619, 
came  over  from  Pjigland,  it  is  said,  in  i^jr, 
with  his  brothers,  ]>aniel  and  ICdward,  and 
their  lather,  William,  accom|)anied  by  John 
I'lliot,  afterward  th'.'  apostle  to  the  Indians. 
William  Denison  sittlcd  at  Ro.xbury,  in 
the  Ma.ssacluisetts  liay  Colony.  lie  was  a 
Dei>nty  to  the  (iem.'ral  Court  in  ifi.^J. 
(leorge  Denison  went  to  Pin-l.ind  in  164 ;i,  .md 
ser\ed  as  a  cav.ilry  officer  in  CromweH's 
army.  .After  two  years'  absence  he  returned 
to  Roxbury,  brini;ing  with  him  his  second 
wile,  .\:in  Morodell.      .\  lew  years  later  he  re- 


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moved  to  Connecticut,  and  in  1654  settled  in 
what  is  now  Stonington.  He  was  a  magis- 
trate and  legislator,  and  was  known  as  Cap- 
tain Denison.  His  son  Jolin  '  married  I'liebc 
Lay,  of  Saybrook,  Conn.;  and  their  son 
Robert,'  born  in  1673,  married  Joanna  Stan- 
ton. Robert  Dennison,  son  of  Robert'  and 
Joanna,  born  in  1(^97,  saw  active  service  at 
the  siege  and  capture  of  Louisburg,  where  he 
was  a  Captain  in  General  Roger  Wolcott's 
brigade,  and  distinguished  himself  by  his 
gallant  behavior.  .Subsequently  Robert  was 
])ronioted  througji  the  different  grades  to  the 
rank  of  Colonel.  lie  was  very  popular  with 
the  British  officers  who  took  part  in  tliat  cam- 
paign. He  married  in  1733,  for  his  second 
wile,  I'nuleiicc,  daughter  of  David  .Siiernian, 
and  removed  witli  his  family  about  1760  from 
New  London,  Conn.,  to  Horton,  N..S.  His 
name  a[)pears  first  on  the  list  of  grantees  of 
that  township.  His  death  took  place  at  Hor- 
ton in  1766. 

His  son,  David  .Slierman  Dennison,  tlie 
next  in  this  line,  was  born  at  Horton  in  Au- 
gust, 1734.  Samuel  Dennison,  son  of  David 
Sherman  and  great-grandfatiier  of  the  subject 
of  tliis  sketcl),  was  i)orii  in  Horton,  Grand 
I're,  Kings  County.  He  married  the  widow 
ol  John  R.  Angus,  but  her  maiden  name  is 
nut  now  known. 

.Samuel's  son,  William  Antil  Dennison, 
was  born  at  Gnind  I'rr,  Kings  County,  De- 
cember 10,  1794.  He  followed  farming  all 
his  life  at  Kentville,  and  died  July  7,  1850. 
His  wife,  in  m.iidenhood  Mary  Jane  Angus, 
was  born   in    Halifa.x,  August  7,  1S12.     Tiiey 


had  eight  children,  two  of  whom  are  now  liv- 
ing —  George  Albert  and  John  Harris.  The 
grandfather  was  a  Conservative  in  politics  and 
a  Methodist  in  religion.  His  wife  was  a  Bap- 
tist. 

John  Harris  Dennison,  father  of  Harry  L., 
was     born     at     Kentville,     N.S.,     in      1841. 
Hrought  up  on   a  farm   until   about   seventeen 
years  of  age,  he  then    learned  telegraphy,  and 
w:.6  one  of  the  pioneer  operators  of  the   Nova 
Scotia  Electric  Telegraph   Comimny.      Subse- 
quently he  was  employed  as  clerk   by  the   late 
n.  H.  Calkin,  of  Kentville,  N..S.,  after  which 
he  was    in   business   for   himself   for  a    short 
time.     Not    being  very    successful,    however, 
he  gave  up  his  business  to  become  one  of  the 
pioneer   station    agents    of    the    Windsor    & 
Annapolis    Railway  at   Wolfville,    N..S.,    and 
was    thus    employed    until    187 (.       Then   for 
three  years  he  was  in  the  Western  Union  Tel- 
egraph Cable  Company's  office  at   Port   Hast- 
ings, C.H.      Returning  home  in    1874,  he  was 
appointed  in  tlie  following  year  a  Justice  of 
the    Peace    in    Kings    County,    the    duties    of 
which  office  he   has  since  actively  performed, 
and  so  efficiently  that  it  has  been  said  of  him 
by  one  qualified  to  judge,  "He  is  the  nearest 
the  bar  of  anyone  1  know   in   the    Province," 
ami  "His  office  is  more   like  a  well-conducted 
lawyer's  office  than  that  of  an  ordinary  Justice 
ol    the    Pe.ace."     In   politics   he    is   a    Liberal 
and    in   religion  an   l^piscopalian.      His  wife, 
Phd'iie,    whom     he    married    June    14,    1865, 
was  born  in   Newport,  X.S,,  in  1843,  and  is  a 
(Laughter    of    William    and    .Sophia    (.Miller) 
Hrison,    of    that    place.       She    has    been    the 


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mother  of  four  children,  three  of  whom  sur- 
vive; namely,  Marry  L.,  Frank  Iv,  and 
John  W. 

Harry  L.  Dennison,  after  attending;  school 
in  Kentville,  N.S.,  became  a  student  at  Dal- 
housie  College,  Halifax.  He  afterward  en- 
tered upon  the  study  of  law  with  W.  V.. 
Koscoe,  O-C,  of  Kentville,  and,  I'-i'ig  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  in  i.S'SS,  practised  his  pro- 
fession at  that  place  as  Mr.  Roscoe's  partner 
for  five  years,  lie  then  established  iiimself 
at  Dij^diy,  where  he  has  since  resideil,  and  is 
now  one  of  the  rising  lawyers  of  that  town. 
He  has  lieen  C  lown  Prosecutor  for  the  county 
since  1897.  Popular  socially,  he  is  also 
a  leading  nieml)er  of  St.  George  Lodge, 
I.  ().  O.  v.,  of  Digby. 

On  ( )ctol)er  25,  i.S'qS,  Mr.  l)ennison  was 
united  in  marriage  with  !'>a  M.  P'orest,  ilaugh- 
ter  of  S.  S.  and  Mary  (HoUong)  I'orest,  of 
Halifax.  He  and  Mrs.  Dennison  attend  the 
Episcoi^al  Church. 


ILLI.AM  LAW.  agent  at  Yarmouth 
lor  tile  JJoston  .Marine  Insurance 
Company  anti  a  citizen  of  high  standing  in  the 
community,  was  born  at  Belfast,  Iieland,  .\ii- 
gust  5,  i.S'Vv  son  of  Robert  and  .Sarah  iliiir- 
rell)  Law.  Owing  to  the  circumstances  (A 
his  boyhood,  his  early  educational  advantages 
were  limited.  When  he  w..s  very  young  his 
father  dieil,  and  he  was  sent  to  reside  with  his 
niateiiial  grandfather  ,il  Hill  II, dl,  and  later 
at  IDrumbo,  near  Helf.tst,  where,  the  grand- 
father   being  a   manufacturer   of    oatmeal,    he 


was  given  employment  in   his  factory,  and  had 
very  little   leisure  or  opportunity   for  ac(|uir- 
j  ing  knowledge.      At   the  age  of    thirteen,    in 
I   I.S46,   the   year  of   lb'-  great   Limine,  he   enii- 
I  grated   fium  his  n.itive  land,  going  out  as  pas- 
I  senger  on  a  sailing-vessel  owned  by  his  Uncle 
1  Hurrill,  and   botnid   for  (jucbec,   where  indue 
time   he  arrived.      After  a  very   brief  stay  at 
that  port  he  shipped  as  cook  in  aiu)thrr  vessel, 
bound  for  Halifax,  N..S.,  and   then  from  Hali- 
i  fax  as  jiassenger  of  a  thiril  vessel,  to  l?arring- 
ton,  N.  .S.,  from  which  place  he  came  to   Yar- 
mouth.     In    N'.iiinouth   he  spent  one  yeai'  ;'.t- 
I  tending  school,  and   then  again  went  to  sea  as 
i  cook,    making    llie    trip    to   his   nati\c    pi. ice, 
"  ■Hast. 

■.    turning     to     \'armoiith,     \'..S. ,     be    then 
wed  the  trade  ol  tailor  for  one   vear,  after 
:  which   he    went    to    ()\lord,    Mass.,    where    he 
worked  at  his  trade  lor   live   \i',irs.      While    in 
:  Oxford   he   married,    in    1X5.),    .Miss   Mary   A. 
Brown,  a  daughter  (.1  bjiocli    Brown,  of   Doug- 
las,  Mass.,  and  .it  one  time  a    prominent   citi- 
;  zen  of  that  ]dace,  represi'u!  ing  tlii-  town  in  the 
'  Mass.ichnsetts     legisl.itme     liu'    .1    numbir    ol 
years.        Returning     to     \'.irmoutb     in     i.S'55, 
accompanied   by   bis   wile,    .Mi".     L.iw   brgan   a 
lile   ol    gener.il    activit\'   as    conunission    niei- 
chant   and    proprietor  ol    a   ret.iil    grocery  ,ind 
drv-g'iiiils  store. 

In  iS(')()  111'  became  a  ship-owner.  The 
ilutics  ol  his  present  position  as  agent  Im  the 
Boston  .M.iriiie  Insurance  (  onip.my  be  as- 
sumed in  1N71):  and  he  h.is  conducted  the 
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time.  The  firm  is  now  Williaiji  Law  &  Co., 
his  son  Bowman  having  been  admitted  as  a 
partner  in  1876.  Mr.  Law  is  also  agent  Tor 
the  D.  A.  R.  Steamship  Comi)any,  and  has 
been  since  its  establishment  in  1896.  He  is 
a  large  ship-owner  himself,  and  is  one  of  the 
most  prosperous,  public-spirited,  and  esteemed 
citizens  of  Yarmouth.  Ore  of  his  most  bene- 
ficial acts  was  the  promotion  of  the  Yarmouth 
Electric  Street  Railway,  which  has  proved  a 
marked  success  and  of  great  benefit  to  the 
town.  In  politics  a  Liberal,  l\Ir.  Law  has 
represen*;etl  the  county  of  Yarmouth  in  the 
legislature  of  the  I'rovince  from  1886  continu- 
ously up  to  the  present  time. 

He  and  his  wife,  who  was  horn  at  Douglas, 
Mass.,  May  31,  1836,  have  been  the  parents 
oi  four  children,  only  two  of  whom  are  now 
living;  namely,  Bowman  H.  and  Annie  M. 
The  first  named.  Bowman,  born  July  29,  1855, 
who  has  be.-'n  already  mentioned  as  his  father's 
associate  in  business,  married  Agnes  M. 
Lovett,  and  has  one  child,  a  daughter,  Doro- 
thy I.shbel.  Annie  M.,  born  I'ehruary  S, 
187 1,  is  the  wife  of  W.  H.  Hamilton,  of  Scot- 
land, and  has  three  children  —  Cuythea,  Mary 
L.,  and  Ruth.  The  mother,  Mrs.  Mary  A. 
Law,  died  February  15,  1892.  Mr.  Law  and 
the  surviving  members  of  his  family  attend 
the  Methodist  churcli. 


"OlIN    T.    SMITH,    a    leadin  ,    JKurister 
and    business  man   of  Amherst,   N. S. , 
was  born  in  tliat  place,  June  14,   1835, 
son  of  Robert  K.  and  Mary  (Mitcliell)  Smith. 


In    the   year    1649    Captain  Joshua    Smith 
accompanied    Cromwell's    army   to    Ireland, 
leaving  a  large  and  valuable  estate  in  Bedford- 
shire.    The  subjugation  of  Ireland  being  com- 
pleted. Captain  Smith  received  for  his  services 
an    estate    in    Queens    County   called    Mount 
Milich.      He   and   his   wife  subsequently   be- 
came strict  Quakers.     Childless  for  a  number 
of  years,  they  conveyed  their  estate  of  Mount 
Milich  to  a  friend,  in  consideration  of  a  com- 
fortable   maintenance     and     other     benefits. 
Afterward,    however,     eight    children,    seven 
sons  and  one  daughter,    were  born  to  them. 
One  of  these  sons,  when   arrived  at  maturity, 
was  sent  by  his  father  to  England  to  receive 
the  Bedfordshire  estate,  but  died   in   England 
before  it  was  obtained.      Captain  Smith  died 
in  Ireland  at  the  notable  age  of  one  hundred 
and  five  years,  carrying  to  his  grave  the  scars 
of    many    wounds    received    in    battle.       His 
eldest  living  son,  William  by  name,  who  was 
api)renticed  to  the  carpenter's  trade,  had   be- 
come a   member  of    the    Church   of    luigjand 
much   against  the  wishes  of  the  doughty  old 
Ironsides  campaigner.      This  William  married 
Jane  (Jrilfith,  by  whom  he  had  five  children  — 
John,     Caleb,     Wi:ii;im,     Jr.,     Franci.s,     and 
Mary. 

John,  Calei),  and  William,  Jr.,  together 
with  John's  son  William,  third,  came  to  Nova 
Scotia  about  1767.  John  returned  to  Ireland 
about  five  years  later  for  his  family.  He  died 
in  Douglass,  N.S.  (now  Stanley),  and  was 
bm-ied  in  that  part  of  his  grant  of  land  given 
to  his  son  William,  third.  Caleb,  the  great- 
grandfather of  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  died 


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in  Falmouth,  Hants  County,  N.S.,  at  the  ad- 
vanced a<;e  of  ninety-six.  William  and  Francis 
lived  and  died  at  Newport,  and  were  buried 
on  a  farm  owned  by  the  latter. 

John  Smith,  son  of  Caleb  above  mentioned, 
was  born  in  Falmouth,  N.  S. ,  and  there  for 
many  years  he  followed  the  occujiation  of 
farminj;.  He  was  also  a  magistrate,  in  which 
capacity  he  settled  suits,  drew  up  deeds,  and 
performed  such  other  Icf^al  business  as  usually 
falls  to  the  lot  of  a  country  justice,  besides 
that  transacted  by  a  member  of  the  lej:;al  pro- 
fession, which  was  in  those  early  days  almost 
unrenresented.  At  one  period  of  his  life  he 
was  clerk  for  a  while  in  a  mercantile  store 
at  Winiisor,  conducted  by  Messrs.  Des- 
champs.  His  latter  days  were  spent  on  the 
old  homestead  at  Falmouth,  where  he  died  at 
the  aj;e  of  eighty-nine.  He  attended  the 
Church  of  England.  He  married  Rachel 
Marsters,  a  native  of  Newport,  Hants  County, 
N.S. ,  by  whom  he  had  eleven  children,  all 
now  deceased. 

Robert  K.  Smith,  the  third  son  ami  child 
of  John  and  Rachel  Smith  and  father  of  John 
T.  Smith,  was  born  at  l^'almouth,  N.  .S. ,  in 
the  year  1791.  He  came  to  Amherst  about 
the  year  1820,  and  shortly  afterward  opened 
a  freneral  country  store  at  this  place,  beiiij; 
amonj;-  the  first  merchants  of  the  then  country 
village.  After  conducting  a  successful  busi- 
ness for  some  twenty  years  he  retired.  His 
last  days  were  spent  in  Amherst,  where  he 
died  in  1S7.S,  at  tne  a',e  of  ei^'hty-seven. 
He  attended  the  Church  of  ICnuland.  In 
politics    he   was   at    first  a   Conservative,    but 


became  afterward  a  supporter  of  the  j^reat 
Liberal  leader,  the  Hon.  Joseph  Howe,  in 
the  railway  policy  of  the  latter.  Subse- 
quently he  took  an  active  part  in  support 
of  Sir  Charles  Tupper's  scheme  for  the  union 
of  the  colonies,  of  which  he  was  an  ardent  ad- 
vocate. Thoui;h  active  in  public  affairs,  and 
ur,ned  to  offer  b.imself  as  a  candidate  for  the  Pro- 
vincial Parliament,  he  held  no  ])olitical  office. 
He  was,  however.a  Justice  of  the  Peace  for  many 
years.  His  wife,  Mary  Mitchell  .Smith,  was 
born  in  Ireland  in  iSio,  and  died  in  1898,  at 
the  age  of  eii^hty-eight  years.  They  had  ten 
children,  of  whom  nine  are  now  living — Ra- 
chel, Mary,  John  T. ,  Sarah,  Catherine  A., 
Hessie,  Clara,  Alice,  and  Charles  R. 

Rachel,  who  survives  her  husband,  the 
Rev.  James  Tweedie,  a  Methodist  minister, 
has  four  children — Reynolds,  May,  Clara, 
and  Mitchell.  Mary,  who  is  the  wife  of  Jere- 
miah Travis,  formerly  a  Judge  of  the  North- 
west Territories,  but  now  of  London,  luigland, 
has  two  childri.'n  living,  Li/zie  and  ICva,  and 
two  sons  deceased.  .Sarah  is  the  wile  of 
(Charles  .Smith,  of  wlioni  a  separate  sketch 
appears  on  another  page  of  this  volume. 
Catherine  is  the  wile  of  A.  !"".  McKay  and 
the  \iiother  of  four  children — Clarence, 
Robert,  helia,  and  ('harles.  Hessie,  who  is 
the  widow  of  Captain  James  Howard,  has  no 
chilchen.  Clara  is  the  wifi'  nl  Captain  David 
Howard,  a  brother  of  her  sister  Bessie's  late 
luisbanil,  and  has  five  children  -  Roliert, 
Alice,  (lertrude,  Davida,  and  Nv'alter,  and 
besitles  one  son  deceased.  Alice,  the  wife 
of     R.    T.    Coates,    a    prominent    faimer    and 


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merchant     of     Najipan,     has      no      children. 
Charles  married  the  widow  of  the  late  Captain 

Doyle,  who  is  the  mother  of  four  children 

Robert  K.,  Rose,  Vincent  R.,  and  Harry  A. 

John    T.    Smith,   after   attending,'  school   in 
Amherst,  where  he  received  his  elementary  ed- 
ucation, became  a  student  at   Mount   Allison 
Academy,  Sackville,  and  later  at   King's  Col- 
lege, Windsor.      He  subsequently  studied  law 
with  the  late  Judge  Kinnear,  a  Judge  of   I'ro- 
bate    of    Cumberland    County,    and    was    ad- 
mitted   to    the   bar  in    1857.      He    began   the 
work  of  his  profession    in   Amherst,  where  for 
many  years  he  enjoyed  a  lucrative  practice;  but 
becoming  interested  in  various  business  enter- 
prises,   including    lumbering,    ship-building, 
manufacturing,  and  mining,  on  the  admission 
to  the  bar  of  his  brother  Charles  R.  he  ceased 
from    active    p.-actice,    and    handed    over    the 
business  to  his  brother.      He  is  ncjw  the  prin- 
cipal stockholder  and   president  and   manager 
of    the    Consolidateil    Scotia-   Coal    Company, 
having  collieries  at  Meccan,  N.  S.,  with  head- 
(|uarters  at  Amherst.      He  has  been  largely  in- 
strumental in  developing  the  resources  of   his 
native  town  and  county,  of  which  he  is  one  of 
the  most  useful,    enterprising,    and  respected 
citizens.     Although  admitted  to  be   possessed 
ot   a   sound    legal    mind,    his    inclination    was 
more  in   the  direction  of  siiecuhition,  and  very 
early  in  his  business  career  he  became   iden- 
tified with  the  greater  number  of  enterprises 
that    were    offering,    and     fi-e(|uently    without 
investigating  very  closely  the  (|uestinn   as  to 
their     proving     ren'.imerative.        Among     his 
earlier  enterprises   was  the  [)romolion   o|    the 


business  now  being  conducted  by  the  Amherst 
Hoot  and  Shoe  Manufacturing  Company;  and, 
after  the  different  interests  were  amalgamated 
under  the  present  charter,  he  became  the  first 
president.  Through  his  large  business  inter- 
ests he  obtained  a  commanding  influence  in 
the  county,  md  was  repeatedly  urged  to 
stand  for  Representative  in  the  Dominion 
Parliament;  but,  although  actively  assisting 
in  the  election  of  others,  he  declined  a  nom- 
ination for  himself.  He  was  formerly  con- 
nected with  the  reserve  force  of  Nova  Scotia 
militia,  serving  with  the  rank  of  Adjutant  in 
the  Central  battalion.      He  is  unmarried. 


AI'TAIN      CHARLHS     R.     SMITH, 

l|  L'-C.,  was  born  in  Amherst,  N.S., 
in  1854,  son  of  Robert  K.  and 
Mary  (Mitchell)  Smith.  A  fuller  account 
cf  his  parents  and  ancestry  may  be  found 
in  the  foregoing  sketch  of  his  brother,  John 
T.  Smith.  After  leaving  the  Amherst  High 
School  he  entered  upon  the  study  of  law 
with  the  brother  above  mentioned,  and  subse- 
cpiently  continueil  it  uniler  the  late  Hiram 
Hlanchard,  O.C,  of  Halifax,  N.S.  He  was 
admitteil  to  the  bar  in  i8;6,  and  at  once  began 
l)ractice  in  Amlierst,  where  he  has  since 
remained.  Possessing  a  firm  grasp  of  his 
profession  and  no  small  share  of  forensic 
eloquence,  together  with  a  capacity  for  close 
application  and  sustained  effort,  he  has  been 
very  successful,  and  has  built  uj)  a  large 
clientage.  He  was  appointed  (Jueen's 
Counsel    in  1891.      In  politics  he  is  a  Liberal 


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Conservative.  He  has  serv  "I  as  Town  Coun- 
sellor and  as  a  member  ' '  Board  of  School 
Commissioners.  A  pr  minent  P'ree  Mason, 
he  has  taken  an  active  p.  rt  in  the  affairs  of 
that  order,  of  which  he  is  a  Past  Grand  Deputy 
Master.  He  joined  the  militia  at  the  age  of 
nineteen,  serving  with  the  rank  of  Lieutenant 
u'ltil  1887,  when  he  became  Captain  of  the 
reserve  militia  of  the  county  of    Cumberland. 


LFRED  CHIl'MAN  COG.SWELL, 
D.D.  S.,  of  Halifa.x,  a  prominent  busi- 
ness man  and  dentist,  was  born  in 
Cornwallis,  X.S.,  July  17,  1834,  a  son  of 
Winkworth  Allan  and  'Jaroline  K.  (Harnaby) 
Cogswell.  He  is  a  descendant  of  John  Cogs- 
well, a  native  of  England,  born  in  1592,  who 
came  to  America  in  1635. 

The  voyage  of  the  immigrant  was  a  memo- 
rable one.  John  Cogswell  left  England  with 
his  wife,  throe  sons,  and  five  daughters  (one 
daughter  remaining  in  England,  where  she 
married)  on  the  23d  of  May,  in  the  ship 
"Angel  Gabriel."  'I  hey  had  a  safe  passage 
until  they  reached  the  coast  of  Maine,  "'here 
on  August  15  they  were  wrecked  during  a 
great  storm.  Escaping  with  their  lives,  but 
with  the  loss  of  all  their  effects,  they  shortly 
proceeded  i:i  a  bark  commanded  by  Captain 
Gallup  to  Ijiswicb,  Mass.  ;  and  in  October 
John  Cogswell  received  a  grant  of  three  hun- 
dred acres  in  Cheliacco  Parish,  now  Essex, 
then  a  part  of  Ipswich,  in  which  only  two 
families  were  living.  Admitted  a  freeman  on 
March    3,    iC>^6,    he    suiisequently    became    a 


very  prominent  citizen  of  Ipswich,  acquiring 
considerable  wealth  for  those  days  and  being 
greatly  respected  for  his  piety  and  t!.j  worth 
of  his  personal  character.  He  died  November 
29,   1669,  and  his  wife  on  June  2,   1676. 

Their  son,  John  Cogswell,  second,  was  born 
in  VVestbury,  England,  in  1622.  Coming  to 
America  with  his  parents,  he  resided  in 
Ipswich,  ^lass. ,  for  the  rest  of  his  life,  and 
died  .September  27,  1653.  The  name  of  his 
wife  is  not  now  known.  They  had  three  chil- 
dren. 

Samuel,  youngest  child  of  John  Cogswell, 
second,  was  born  in  Ijiswich,  Mass.  He  mar- 
ried October  27,  1668,  Susanna  Hearn. 
They  had  nine  children,  of  whom  Samuel, 
second,  was  the  fourth -born  and  the  second 
son. 

Samuel  Cogswell,  second,  was  born  in  Say- 
brook,  Conn.,  August  3,  1677.  He  married 
Marcii  17,  1701,  Mrs.  Ann  Mason  Dennison, 
daughter  of  Captain  John  Mason,  who  was 
killed  l)y  the  Indians  in  the  Xarragansett 
fight  in  1675.  Their  home  was  at  Lebanon, 
Conn.  They  had  eight  children.  After  the 
death  of  his  lirst  wife  be  married  again,  but 
had  no  more  children.  He  died  March  21, 
1752;  and  his  second  wife,  Aliigiil,  died  on 
January  17,   1753. 

llzekiel  Cogswell,  third  chihl  and  second 
son  of  .Samuel  and  Ann  (  ogswell,  was  born  at 
.Saybrook,  Conn.,  in  170J.  lie  married  Su- 
sanna Hailey,  of  Manstiel  1,  (  onu.,  and  resided 
for  son;e  time  at  llel)ron  ('(unity,  subse- 
quently at  Lebanon,  Conn.,  and  still  later  at 
Cornwailis,  X.S. ,  where  he  took  up  a  tract  of 


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99 


land  and  followed  I'arniiiif;  for  the  rest  of  his 
life,  tljinj;  at  the  i^reat  aj^e  of  ninety-seven 
years.  I  lis  wife  attained  the  advanced  aj^e 
of  ninety.  They  were  the  jjarents  of  eleven 
children,  the  youngest  son  and  fifth  child 
being  Mason,  the  next  in  this  line  of  descent. 
Mason  Cogswell  was  horn  in  Lebanon, 
Conn.,  in  1750.  lie  became  a  farmer,  and, 
accompanying  his  parents  to  \ova  Scotia,  fol- 
lowed agriculture,  spending  the  latter  part  of 
his  life  on  the  parental  homestead  at  the 
Upper  Dyke  Village,  Cornwallis.  He  was  a 
successful  man  and  prominent  citizen,  and  for 
some  time  was  a  Captain  in  the  Cornwallis 
militia.  lie  died  December  12,  1816.  He 
and  his  wife,  Lydia,  who  was  a  daughter  of 
Kzra  Huntington,  had  a  family  of  ten  chil- 
dren, of  whom  the  fourth  child  ant!  third  son 
was  James,  grandfather  of  Alfred  C.  Cogs- 
well, the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

James  Cogswell  was  born  in  Cornwallis, 
N.S.,  June  17,  1779.  He  married  in  1802 
Klizal;eth  IJeckwith,  daughter  of  Dr.  John 
Chipman  IJeckwith,  of  Cornwallis.  She  died 
some  years  later,  having  been  the  mother  of 
eight  children,  none  of  wliom  are  now  living.  | 
James  married  for  his  second  wife  luniice 
flaton,  (kuighter  of  David  I'laton  ;  and  i)y  her 
he  had  one  child,  imw  deceased.  He  died 
September  i.S,   1826. 

Winkworth  Allan  Cogswell,  fourth  child 
and  eldest  son  of  James  and  Mlj/aJjeth  ( Heck- 
with)  Cogswell,  was  burn  in  Cornwallis, 
X.  S,,  June  10,  1809.  He  resided  fur  some 
years  in  early  life  at  the  Ujjper  Dyke  Village, 
Ciiniwallis,    and   sul-sec|uently   moved   to    I'ort 


Medway,  N.  S.,  where,  besides  lieing  engaged 
in  ship-building,  he  carried  on  business  as  a 
lumber  merchant  for  some  fifteen  years,  being 
very  successful.  In  1853  he  removed  to  Port- 
land, Me.,  becoming  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
Sparrow  &  Cogswell,  carpet  dealers.  After- 
ward, selling  out  his  interest  in  this  concern, 
he  spent  a  short  time  in  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Then  he  went  to  Flint,  Mich.,  where  he  pur- 
chased land  and  engaged  in  the  commission 
business,  and  where  he  died  two  years  later, 
October  10,  i860,  in  his  fifty-first  year.  He 
was  a  man  of  high  personal  character  and  a 
professing  Christian. 

His  wife,  Caroline,  a  daughter  of  .Major 
'I'imothy  liarnaby,  of  Cornwallis,  \.S.,  was 
born  in  181 1,  and  died  .September  26,  i86r. 
They  had  eight  chililren,  of  whom  these  are 
now    living;    namely,    Alfred    C,    Isabel    C., 


Alidain    M.      Isabel   C.  is  the 


George  P.,  and 
widow  of  Dr.  J.  Mclnnis  and  a  resident  of 
Chicago,  111.  Gc.irge  P.  is  a  resident  of  De- 
troit, Mich.  Clara  Jane  married  first  Jesse 
Hoyt,  by  whom  she  had  one  child,  Clarence 
C.  Mr.  Hoyt  died,  and  she  married  Ingalls 
Johnson,  who  also  is  deceased.  There  were 
no  children  by  the  latter  union.  Alidain  P. 
married  Mr.  King,  of  Chicago,  111.:  he  died 
in   1899. 

Alfred  C.  Cogswell,  alter  acquiring  his  ele- 
mentary education,  entered  Acadia  College  at 
Wolfville,  .\.S.,  which,  however,  on  account 
of  ill  health,  he  left  at  the  age  of  fifteen, 
without  completing  the  cour.se.  Taking  up 
his  residence  on  his  father's  farm  in  the 
suburbs  of   P,u-tland,   Me.,   he  remained  there 


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three  years,  'le  thc'ii  entered  upon  the  study 
of  dentistry  with  Dr.  luiwin  i'arsnns,  of  I'ort- 
land,  with  whom  he  remained  four  years,  lie 
then  entered  upon  the  worlv  of  his  profession 
in  I'ortland  Me.  and  in  \Val<etield,  Mass.  In 
1859  he  removed  to  Halifax,  X.S.,  and  bei^an 
practice  there  in  [lartnership  with  Dr.  Law- 
rence J''.  Van  Huskirk.  Two  years  later  Dr. 
Van  Hu.skirk  retired,  and  Dr.  Cdi^swell  con- 
tinued the  business  alone  until  iSTi/,  when  he 
formed  a  partnershii)  with  Dr.  J.  1..  MacKay, 
which  lasted  for  two  years.  In  1869  Dr. 
Cogswell  went  to  i'iiiladclphia,  I'a.,  attended 
lectures  at  the  I'hiladelphia  College,  anil  re- 
ceived fror.i  that  instituticui  his  degree  of  Doctor 
of  Dental  Surgery.  Returning  once  more  to 
ilalifa.x,  he  resumed  his  jiractice,  whii-li  he 
has   since  continued  most   successfully. 

He  is  president  of  the  Provincial  Dental 
Hoard  of  Nova  Scotia,  also  president  ol  tiie 
Darmouth  Rink  Company  and  i)resident  ol 
the  Forbes  Manufacturing  Company,  Limited, 
lie  is  also  a  director  of  the  ilalifa.x  Tele- 
phone Company,  president  of  the  Dartmouth 
i'.lectric  Light  Company,  .md  president  of  the 
Society  for  the  Relief  of  the  Poor.  While  a 
resident  of  Dartmouth,  N..S.,  he  served  as 
a  meml)er  of  the  Town  Council,  and  deilined 
to  be  elected  as  ^hlyor  of  the  Town.  lie 
is  an  I'Llder  in  St.  Matthew's  Presbyterian 
Church,  and  in  politics  is  a  ( Unservative. 

Dr.  Cogswell  was  married  ( )ctol)er  S,  i;S5.S, 
to  Miss  .Sarah  .\.  i'arker,  daugb.ter  of  Colonel 
Oliver  and  Sar.di  .\.  Parker  and  a  native  of 
Pangor,  Me..  !)orn  ( Mober  10,  iS;,i).  'i'hey 
have  two  children  :    Alfred    U.,   bm-n    |-'i'hruary 


I,  1.S60,  who  married  iluldah  Oland;  and 
Arthur  W.,  born  January  10,  i86_',  who  mar- 
ried Helen  Littegow,  and  has  one  son, 
.Stewart. 


ON.    WILLLAM    ROSS,  a  prominent 
business  man  and  politician  of  Hali- 
fax, was  born  at  Hoularderie  Island, 
I  Victoria   County,  Cape   Preton,  December  21, 
1825,    son    of   John    and    Robina    (McKenzie) 
{■ioss. 

|ohn  Ross,  the  father,  who  was  a  native  of 
Scotland,  came  to  Xova  Scotia  after  his  mar- 
riage, making  the  voyage  with  his  wife  in  the 
bark  "Aurora"  in  1816.  Settling  at  Pictou, 
he  followed  farming  there  up  to  1821,  in 
which  year  he  removed  to  Cape  Preton,  where 
he  cleared  a  farm  and  remained  until  his 
death.  He  and  his  wite  had  ten  children,  of 
•  whom  five  are  now  living;  namely,  three  sons 
—  William,  Angus,  and  Donald  —  and  two 
daughters  —  Catherine  and  Jessie.  Angus 
Ross  occupies  the  idd  iKHuestead  in  Cape 
Hreton.  He  married  a  Miss  Campbell,  and 
has  three  children  —  John,  .Agnes,  and 
Hughina.  DonaUl  is  a  contractor  and  civil 
engineer  at  Auckland,  New  Zealand,  and  also 
the  owner  of  many  vessels.  The  daughters 
are  in  Cape  Preton.  Catherine,  who  is  now 
in  her  eighty-sixth  year,  is  the  widow  of  Mur- 
i  dock  McDonald.  Jessie  is  the  widow  of  the 
'  Rev.  James  h'raser.  John  Ross  died  Decem- 
I  ber  25,   1857,  ,it  the  age  of  eighty-three.      His 

wife  died  when  sixty-seven  years  old. 
I        William     Ross     in     his     boyhood    attended 
,  school    in    his   native   town,    .and  also   studied 


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under  i)rivatc  tutors  in  Ilalifux,  about  the 
years  1.S42  and  1843.  Then  he  cn-a;,re(l  as 
clerk  for  the  firm  of  Ganiniel  &  Moore,  of 
Cape  lireton,  with  whom  he  remained  two 
years.  Subse(|uently  he  started  a  ,L;eneral 
store  on  his  own  account  at  St.  Ann's,  ('ape 
l$reton,  which  he  conducted  from  i<S4S  to 
I,S.S4,  a  period  of  thirty-six  years,  i)esides  in 
this  time  i)nihlin-  maii\-  vessels,  tn  Decem- 
ber, 1S59,  lie  sent  a  vessel,  the  bark,  "Idlen 
Lewis,"  to  New  /ealand  with  eniij;raiits  tor 
that  colony,  he  at  that  time  beiii-  emi-ration 
a^ent  for  the  New  Zealand  ;;-overnnient. 

In  the  same  year  he  entered  public  life, 
running-  his  first  election  at  Victoria,  (ape 
Hreton,  for  the  House  of  Assemblv,  in  May. 
His  opponent,  whom  he  as  a  Liberal  defeated 
by  a  majority  of  five  hundred  and  si.xtcen,  was 
(  harles  Campbell,  then  a  member  of  the 
Johnston  u'lvernnient.  In  iSrij  he  was  re- 
turned aj;ain  by  a  reduced  majority.  In  1867 
,ind  a.uain  in  187J  he  was  elecjeil  by  acclama- 
lioii  for  the  same  county  to  the  House  of 
('(unnions  at  ( )ttawa.  In  November,  1873,  he 
was  offered  a  sent  in  the  .McKen/ie  ,:;overn- 
nieiit,  which  he  accepted,  and  in  the  Decem- 
ber following  he  ran  his  department  election. 
He  was  opposed  by  Cluules  Campbell,  backed 
by  all  the  Conservative  inlbience  at  Halilax, 
but  was  returned  by  a  lar-e  majority.  He 
was  aj;ain  elected  to  the  House  ot  Commons 
by  acclamation  in  the  general  election  of  Feb- 
ruary, 1874.  In  May  of  that  year  the  Col- 
lector of  Customs  at  the  I'ort  ol  Halifax  died 
very  suddenly,  and  .Mr.  Ross  w.;is  olfered  the 
vacant  position.      'I'his   he   ai'cepted,  .md  sub- 


sequently held  until  January,  1889,  when  he 
was  dismissed  by  the  Con.servative  j;overn- 
ment,  owinj;  to  the  fact  that  he  had  permitted 
a  Jnited  States  fisherman  to  land  and  .ship  to 
Hoston  eighty  five  hundred  pounds  of  halibut 
without  first  obtaininjj  permission  from  the 
Customs  Department  at  Ottawa.  His  ac- 
counts, when  examined  by  expert  accountants, 
were  found  correct  to  the  cent,  for  which  he 
holds  .1  written  certificate.  He  then  ran 
aL;ainst  John  A.  McDonald  at  two  elections 
(one -eneral  and  one  bye-election)  in  Victoria, 
his  natiev  county,  and  was  defeated  at  the 
j^eneral  election  by  fifty-nine  votes,  and  in  the 
bye-election  by  thirty-three  votes,  his  non- 
residence  in  the  county  operating  against  him. 
Since  leaving  the  Custom  House  he  has  been 
eng.iged  in  the  commission  business,  buying 
and  selling  lobsters,  dry  and  pickled  fish, 
etc.;  and  he  is  to-day  doing  business  in  every 
branch  of  the  fishing  industry. 

A  prominent  Freemason,  he  has  held  the 
otlice  of  Grand  Secretary  of  the  Grand  Lodge 
ot  Nova  Scotia  since  1889,  being  annually 
elected  withdiit  opposition. 

Mr.  Ross  was  m.irried  in  1855  to  F^liza 
Moorr,  d.mght.r  of  Ciptain  I'eter  Moore,  of 
Xorth  Sidney,  Cape  Ureton,  his  wife's  father 
h.iviiig  been  a  member  of  the  firm  by  which 
he  was  first  employed.  Mr.  Ross  and  his 
wife  are  the  parents  of  five  chililren,  four  sons 
and  one  daughter:  namely,  I'eter  H.,  Hugh 
Wilson,  Daniel  IL,  James,  and  Annie  H. 
The  first  named.  I'eter  H.  Ross,  married 
Jessie  Lindsey,  of  I.unenbuig,  N.  S. ,  and  has 
two  chililren.      James   Ross    is   now   a   physi- 


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liioriR AriricAi,  rf.vffav 


c'ian,    cnj;a^i'(l   in   tlic   |iraclice  ol    liis   indtfs- 


1" 


:)nm;is   and 


N'aumi  .\i  iidlcl.      1  IlI'   fall 


KT  was 


sion   in    Halifax.      Mr.    Ross   ami    his   family  ;  a  laiinr  by  liaiic.      'i'licy  had   niiR-  ihiUhcn,  nf 


attend  l'"ort  Masscy  Trcsbytcrian  Chnrcii. 


wlioni   seven   reached   maturity,  namely:  Will- 
iam, the  snhj 


bjeet    of    this  sketch,  the  iinl\-  one 
now   livinL!;    Inthani;   Caleb;   Samnel  ;    Xancv ; 


Il.l.IAM    M(CII.T.V,    r..>tnia-ter  <<{      Charle- 


Kic.  bard. 


\em 


ber 


nno,  was  hum    m 
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It   ti'wn, 


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and 


William  McCullv,  the  vnunijer,  dbt 


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tlie   scluMds  (if  'I' 


lined  nis 


iiul   aftei 


Klizabeth     (Arnold)     McCnllv. 
■irandfather  McC'nlh'  tame   to    \ 


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j;reat  • 


.'hoiil   be   became  a    fanner. 


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an  emigrant   shi])   from 


and  lai 
Onslov 


It  llalifa.v, 


Loiulundcrry,  Irelaiul, 
subsecinently  settling  in 


:\Ii-.  McCully's  grandfathei-,  jo>eiih  .Mcfnlly, 


w^as  born  a 


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N.  .s.      1 1 


beca 


a   tailor,    and    f(dlowed    his    trade    for 


several  vears   in   the  citv  of   hi--   Idrtb. 


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X.  S. 


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age   of    thirlv,  or   about    tlu'   time  of    his   mar- 


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uin    at    Triirt 


where  he  resided  subsei|ueiitly  for  some  fifteen 
years,  or  until  bis  appointiiieiit   to  his  inesent 


losdion  as 


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;eneral  .satisfaction 


if  the  townspeople  and  jiostal  authorities.      In 


le  ri'-   1  politics 


lainder  of  his  da\s.      He  li.i 


luc  t'lulilrcn 


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Richard,  William,  Samnel,  Caleb,    and    S.uali. 


William    .McCullv,   Sr. 


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twample,   he  is  an  ardent   and 
Worker    foi-  tin-   lanse   of   temperance 
longs  to    the   leading   temperance   societies   of 
eisiiiiiib   icsnected   liv  the  citizens 


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learned  the  trade  of   blacksmith  at  (  Inslow  ami 


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irking  and   of    >teadv  and   temperate   habits, 
ccessfnl    for   a   man   of 


he  was   not   onlv  verv  su 


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if  Tmro  in  general. 
On    (  Ictober    J(),     iS: 


Mr,    McCullv 


married  to  Margaret  (ira\  Wilson,  daughter 
of  James  Wilson,  a  .Scotchman,  who  emigrated 
from  hi-,  native  land   to   Xo\'a   .Scotia,  and   set- 


tle! 


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bis   calling,    but   was   highly   respected    in   tlie  ;  WiKon   wa 


s  a  nia--on   am 


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was     conspicuous     lui     his 


efforts  to    advance   llie   tempi'raiice   cause,    and 
belr 


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was  iiorii  in 


laughter  of 


erer  ol    nmisiial 
skill  in  his  lalling.      He  designed  miicii  of  the 


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h  inanv  other   impor- 


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Mr.  ami  Mrs.  McCiilly  have  I)Lrn  tlic  |,,iicnts 
of  five  (.liildici).  one  ui   whom,  Annie,   is   now 
(IccLMsud.      The   four    livin-   are:    Charles   Ar- 
nold, I'lorcnee,  J'ili^abeth  Aliee,  and  Louise  11. 
Annie  w.is   tiie  wile  <4    (jeor-e   Ma^'ee,  o|    St. 
John,  N.H.,   and  at   her  death    lelt   .me  child, 
William  (Icor^e  Ma-ee.      Charle.s  .Xrmdd  mar- 
ried   Xellic    ]irittoii,    who    died,     lea\in-    one 
ehiid,  Mar-ery  .\.  U.  MiCulIy.      l'|,,renee,  who 
survives  her  hushand,   Ruhct  (  laiks(,;i,  has  no 
children.       I,ouise    11.    is  a    rresl.yterian    mis- 
sionary now-  stationed  in  China.      .Mr.  MeCully 
and  his  family  are  mend)ers  of  the  rrcshyterian 
church. 


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|i;rHKX  (iKORCK  KKXT,  a  pros- 
perous  business  man  of  Jfalifa.\,  pro- 
■^  prielor  (.f  the  kitchen  furniture  store 
established  by  his  f.nhcr  nearly  b.rty  years 
a<,'o,  was  horn  in  Halifax,  l)eiend)er  j;,  i,S-;, 
son  of  (Jeor-e  and  JJessie  (lloUoway)   Rent. 

His  i)aternal  grandfather,  (ieor^e   Rent,  sec- 
ond, son    of    (ieor-e    Rent,    lir>t,    who   came   to 
Xov.i    .<cotia    fioni    (iennany,    was  a    native   of 
IIali!a\.       He    w.is   a    cabinet-maker,    and    fob 
lowed  the  trade  all  hi-,  active  life  in   that    city, 
dyin^^  when    over    seventy    years   .if   .i^o.       This 
secnd   (;eor,i;e    Rent    marrie.l    Isabclle    Ih.iwii, 
who   was    horn    in    Scotland.      They    were    the 
parents  of  five  children,  ..f  wh..m  biur  ,ire   now 
livinj;;    namely,    Willian).     Tb.im.is,     .Michael, 
■'"'I    •'^^'ini'-'.       In    politics    the   -i.nidf.ither   was 
a    Liberal    and    a    stmn-    supp.irter    of     |.,SL-ph 
Il.iwe.       His   wife   died    at    the    a-e   of    ei-litv 
years.       I  ne\    were    attend, uits    ,,f    the   Chur.h 
of  I'ai"land. 


<ieor.i;e  Rent,  third,   lather  of  the  subject  of 
tbis    sketch,    was    born     in     Halifa.x     In     1844. 
About    i.Sdo,    seeing    a    good    opp.irtunity,    he 
established  in    Halifa.x   a  general    kitchen    fur- 
nishing  St. .re,  the  first  of  its  kind    in   the  city, 
l)iit   f..r   which   a    real    demand   e.xisted.      Com- 
mencing in  a  small    way,  he   was   .soon   obliged 
to   enlarge    his    accmniodat'-ns    with    the    in- 
crease  of    trade;  and    the    business,    which    he- 
carried  .,11  until  his  death,  pr.,ved  very  succe.ss- 
"'!■      Tbougb  a  self-made  man,  he  was  void  of 
ostentati.,,1,    and    w.,n    the    regard    of    all    wh,. 
■  knew  him.      In   politics  a   Liberal,  he   was  at 
,  "lie  time  an    Alderman   ..f    Halifa.v      Jle   was 
I  :i    I'ree    .Mason,  bel.,nging   to  Virgin    Lod^c   of 
Hiihlax.      His  wife,  who  was  l.)..rn    in    Halifa.x 
,   ill  1^4^  was  a  daughter  of  William  ll.dloway, 
;in  laiglishman,  who   settled    in   that   city,  and 
carried   on    business   as   a    merchant    for    s.mie 
years.      (k-.irge   and    JSessie    (Holloway)    Rent 
li;iil     live     children,     f,,ur     ..f     wh.nn     survive; 
namely,  lT,.rence  Ada,  Reuben  (ieorge,  Charles 
W.,  an,l  Winifred  May.      (  harles  married  Lil- 
lian l.own.lcs,  of  Halif.ix. 

Kenbcn  (Jeor-e  Rent,  alter  .attending  school 
111  H.ililax,  entered  the  Lnioii  Hank  as  teller, 
•^'^^^  c.intinued  in  the  emph.y  .,f  that  institution 
for  about  eight  year.s.  fp,,,,  his  father's  death 
be  assumed  the  m,,nagement  of  the  hitter's 
business,  which  be  has  since  carried  on  very 
successfully,  enj,.ying  a  large  patronage.  He 
i.s  one  .if  the  mo.st  thriving  among  the  younger 
merchants  of  the  city;  and,  as  he  has  jdenty 
"f  enterprise,  b.icked  by  .s,,und  judgment,  there 
i'^  little  .l.udit  that  his  pn.sperity  will  increa.se 
with  the    lapse   ol    years.       In    p,,litics   he    is  a 


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Liberal,   as   liis   fathiT   was.      lie   atteiuls   tin;  ■ 
Church  of  Ennl^nd.      He  is  immarrie'l  I 


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HARLES    SMITH,    a   respected    citi- 


l  jr  zen  of  Amherst,  now  retired  from  ac- 
^^^■^^  tive  business  life,  was  born  at 
Parrsboro,  Cumberland  County,  M.S.,  Novem- 
ber;, 1826,  son  of  Matthew  and  Mary  I':iizabeth 
(Holstad)  Smith.  His  paternal  i^randfather 
was  John  Smith,  a  native  of  England,  who 
came  to  Nova  Scotia  and  lived  for  a  while 
at  Falmouth,  out  subsequently  re.-ioved  to  : 
Parrsboro,  and,  .settling  on  one  of  the  orig- 
inal grants  of  land,  followed  farming  and 
served  as  a  local  Methodist  preacher. 

Matthew  Smith  was  born  in  Falmouth, 
N. S.,  from  which  place  he  removed  with  his 
■nrents  to  larrsboro  when  he  was  five  years 
old.  Later  he  went  to  Sussex,  N.H.,  where 
he  was  engaged  in  farming  for  nine  years. 
He  then  returned  to  the  vicinity  of  i'arrsboro, 
and,  settling  at  Fox  River,  there  spent  bis 
last  days,  dying  at  the  advanced  age  of  eighty- 
nine  years.  His  wife,  Mary  !■".,  a  native  of  ' 
Amherst,  N.S.,  died  at  the  Kimparatively 
early  age  of  thirty-five.  Tii^'y  att<'n(le(l  the 
Methodist  thurch  Their  children  were  live 
ill  number,  two  being  now  deceased,  r.amely: 
Han:!ah,  the  eldest,  who  married  William  lll- 
drekin.  of  Apple  River;  and  Cdivi.i,  the  third 
Jiild,  who  ii'UT'ed  Willii'in  Iv  Hulmes,  of 
I'arrsboro,  X.S.  The  three  living  are :  Jane, 
Cf.arles,  and.  l-;ii/.ibetli.  jam-  mariied  John 
K.  Howard,  of  Port  Greville,  >vhom  she  sur- 
vives,      Eli/abeth     is    the    wiie    of     Tliomas  ; 


Blenkhorn,  of  Southampton.  In  politics 
Matthew  SmLh  was  a  Liberal. 

Charles  .Smith  was  educated  at  .Sasse.v, 
N. H.  When  a  young  man  he  accompanietl  his 
father  to  I'ox  River,  where  the  latter  pur- 
chased a  farm,  in  the  cultivation  of  which 
Charles  assisted  until  he  reached  the  age  of 
twenty-one.  He  then  came  into  possession  of 
the  farm,  and,  besides  cultivating  it  on  his 
own  account,  he  built  vessels  and  carried  on 
lumbering,  also  conducted  a  genernl  store 
at  P'ox  I'iiver.  Subsequently  ht;  opened  a 
store  at  Port  Vireville.  In  1.S86,  .after  .suc- 
cessfully carrying  on  a  general  Uicrcantile 
business  for  a  period  of  tiiirty-five  years, 
he  retire'!  from  actixe  (".isiness  life.  In 
1896  be  removed  to  Amherst,  and  built  his 
present  fine  residence.  The  competence  he 
now  enjoys  is  the  fruit  of  his  own  foresight 
and  long-continued  diligent  effort,  and  its  ac- 
(piisition  lias  resulted  in  benefit  to  others  as 
well  ,is  to  liimself.  In  politics  he  is  a  Lib- 
eral. At  one  time  he  ran  for  the  Provincial 
Legislatnre  as  Representative  for  Cumberland 
t^ounty.  but  was  defeated  by  only  eiglit  xctes. 

Mr.  Smith  w.is  married  in  1856  to  .Sarah 
M.  Smith,  a  daughter  "I  Robert  K.  .and  Mary 
(Mitchell)  Smitli.  Phough  having  before 
marriage  the  same  surname,  Mr.s.  .Smith  is  not 
a  blood  relati(m  ol  her  hnsband.  Ti.ey  have 
bad  eleven  children,  nf  whom  three  siir\i\e; 
n.-.melv,  Mary  Lli/abetb,  Alice  V...  and 
Annie.  \'aiy  illi/abeth  is  the  wifi'  ol  {'lar- 
ence  I'ullerton.  nl  P.irrsbiiro,  and  has  I'ne 
children  /Xubr^y  L.,  Panma,  ivay.  Mane, 
and  Carmen.     .Mice  M.  is  niimairiel.      Annie 


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is  the  wife  of  Captain  Stewart  Salter,  of 
I'arrsboro  anrl  the  mother  of  one  child,  Clare. 
Of  those  deceased,  I-Imnia  died  at  the  aye  of 
about  twenty  years;  Jessie  died  at  the  age  of 
about  eighteen;  Reynolds  at  the  age  of  six; 
and  Marry  at  that  of  two  years.  I'our  others 
(besides  Harry)  died  in  infancy.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Smith  attend  the  Methodist  church. 


[Jl^OHl'RT  SARGKNT  KAKINS,  a  suc- 
cessful business  man  of  Varniouth, 
was  born  in  that  city  on  October  31, 
1S40,  his  parents  being  Roljcrt  Sargent,  Sr., 
and  Isabolle  A.  (Fletcher)  Kakins.  Ilisgieat- 
giandfatiier  luikins,  whose  Christian  iranie  is 
not  now  kiioun,  was  a  native  of  Scotland,  from 
which  country  he  removed,  probably  at  an 
early  age,  to  the  north  of  Ireland. 

Thomas   Kakins,   son   of    the    Scottish    emi- 
grant,   was   born    in    the    north    of    Irehnul    in  | 
17-9.     He  was  a  manufacturer  of  tishingtacklc 
and    similar    g<iods    at     Donegal,     Ireland,     in   j 
which  place   he   resided   all    his   life,  living   in  ] 
1S53,    at    the   age   of   seventy-four   years.       lie  [ 
marrieil    f(]r   his   lirst  wife  a  Miss   Snead,  a  na-   ' 
live  of   Ireland  or  of    Irish   descent,  who  died 
in    iHi.'.       They    had,    it    is    believed,    several 
children,    none    of    whom,    howe\'er,    are    now 
living.      I''or  his   second  wife   Thomas    I'.akins 
mairied  a  Miss  'I'honipson,  who  linrc  him  thiee 
children.      Of  these  the  only  survivor  is    .Mr--. 
Sarah  TlKiyer,  a  widow  and  the  motlur  m|   cme 
child. 

kolicit  S.Mgint   K.ikins,  Sr.,  son  ol    I  honi.is 
and  lather  of  the  present    Robert   S.,  was  born 


at  Donegal,  Ireland,  March  17,  18 10.  He  '-as 
ed-'-ated  'n  his  native  land,  and  at  the  age  of 
eighteen  years  came  to  .\ova  Scotia,  settling 
in  Yarmouth,  where  he  became  clerk  for  the 
late  ]-;.  W.  H,  Moody,  with  whom  he  remained 
for  some  years.  Afterward,  for  a  short  time, 
he  was  a  custom-hou.se  officer,  and  later  a 
.Magistrate  and  High  Sheriff,  residing  at  Tus- 
ket,  Yarmouth  County,  where  he  drew  up  wills 
and  deeds  and  other  legal  instruments.  For 
a  while  at  one  period  of  his  life  he  was  en- 
gaged in  teaching  school.  His  last  days  were 
spent  in  ^'armouth,  where  he  died  in  1884. 
His  wife,  Isabelle,  who  was  born  in  Yarmouth 
in  iSiG,  and  who  was  a  daughter  of  Dr.  Rich- 
ard Fletcher,  a  surgeon  in  the  Hritish  army, 
died  in  the  year  iS()8,  preceding  her  husband 
to  the  grave  by  sixteen  years.  They  were  the 
parents  of  nine  children,  of  whom  four  are  now 
living;  namely,  Robert  Sargent,  .Arthur  \V., 
Helen  W. ,  ami  Charles.  Helen  W.  is  the 
wife  of  Joi)  Hatlield,  of  Yarmouth. 

Robert  Sargent  I'lakins,  the  direct  subject  of 
this  sketch,  received  his  education  at  \'ar- 
mouth  .Academy,  the  Hampton  (\.H.)  Acad- 
emy, and  the  rutnam  b'lee  School  at  Newbury- 
port,  .Mass.  .A  '  ••  age  of  twenty  he  became 
clerk  for  a  ship-huilding  tirm  est.dilished  at 
Tusket,  N'.S. ,  with  wiiicb  he  remained  for  five 
years.  He  then  went  to  N'armouth.  where  he 
was  hooK-kcepur  for  a  large  shipping  hou.se 
finm  iSf>5  to  i,S75.  In  the  year  last  named 
was  lormed  the  partiiershi[)  of  Spinn\-,  Ivikins 
vS:  Co.,  gi-itei'.il  hardware  merchants,  which 
lasted  nji  to  1883.  Then  .Mr,  biakins  became 
interested  in  ie,d  estate  and  shipping,  in  which 


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linos  of  enterprise  he  is  now  engaged,  having 
lip  to  the  present  time  been  fairly  successful. 
lie  is  widely  known  and  respected  as  an  honest 
man  and  useful  citizen.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Conservative. 

Mr.  Maiiins  was  first  married  in  icS6y  to 
Jessie  1'.  Hutchinson,  of  Yarmouth,  who  died 
in  November,  1872,  at  the  age  of  twenty-three 
years,  leaving  one  chiki,  Helen  .S.  This 
daughter  was  educated  at  the  Mount  .St.  \'in- 
cent  Convent  near  Halifax,  and  is  now  a  .Sister 
of  Charity  tiiere.  Mr.  ]-]akins  married  for  his 
second  wife  Miss  Lizzie  Locke,  daughter  of 
the  Hon.  Samuel  Locke,  of  Lockpnrt,  N.S. 
Of  this  union  there  are  three  children  —  1-ai- 
genia,  Louise,  and  Isabelle  May.  The  family 
attend  the  Church  of  fjifiland. 


'OX.  WILLIAM  THOMAS  PIPES, 
^^  O. C. ,  a  prominent  barrister  vi  Am- 
herst, was  born  in  that  town,  April 
15,  1.S50,  son  of  Jonathan  li.  and  Caroline 
(l'"(iwler)  Pipes.  He  is  of  Lnglish  ancestr\', 
l)eing  a  great-grandson  of  William  Pipes,  who 
came  to  No\a  St-otia  from  Ln^land,  and  who 
was  one  of  the  earl)'  settlers  cjf  Napjian,  where 
he  cleared  a  farm  and  resided  until  his  death, 
at  an  advanced  age. 

'I'he  next  in  line  of  descent  was  IJrown 
Pipes,  wiio  was  i)orn  at  Napjian  and  who  niai- 
ried  a  Miss  Riplev.  He  had  four  ihildren, 
of  whom  one  is  now  living,  a  son  named 
Kufiis.  In  addition  to  fanr.ing,  which  lie  fol- 
lowed in  his  nati\e  ulace  tdi'  many  \ears, 
Hidwn  Pipes  was  also  engaged  in  ship  building 


on  a  somewhat  extensive  scale,  his  connection 
with  that  line  of  industry  extending  over  a 
number  of  years.      He  died  at  the  age  of  si.xty. 

His  son,  Jonathan  H. ,  father  of  the  subject 
of  this  sketch,  was  born  at  Napjian,  N..S.,  on 
April  19,  iSiS.  Drought  up  to  agricultural 
jjursuits,  he  spent  the  active  years  of  his  life 
in  farming  at  Amherst  Point,  where  he  died, 
at  the  age  of  fifty-six,  in  1874.  In  pcditics 
he  was  a  l-iiieral  and  in  religion  a  Methodist. 
His  wife,  Caroline,  iiorn  in  November,  1 82 1, 
was  a  native  of  Amherst,  her  ])arents  being 
Thomas  and  Irene  (Pliss)  P'owler.  Her  father 
was  born  at  Fowiei's  Hill,  and  was  a  pros- 
perous farmer  and  prominent  citi/en  of  that 
locality.  She  belonged  to  the  Church  of  Lng- 
land.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jonathan  H.  Pipes  were 
the  jiarents  of  six  children,  of  whom  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch  was  the  second  in  order  of 
i)irth.  .\il  are  now  jixing.  The  fidlowing  is 
a  iirief  record  of  the  family:  Lucy  is  the  wife 
of  Cieorge  W.  I'orrest,  of  Amherst  Point. 
Prown,  the  third-born,  who  is  unmarried,  re- 
sides at  Dorchcstei-.  Ileriierl  S.,  the  fourth, 
married  h!li/a  La_\tiin,  of  .\mherst,  where  they 
novv  reside.  Hright  marrii'd  Laura  t'opeland, 
of  .Amherst  Point,  of  which  place  they  also  are 
residents.  Carrie  is  unmarried,  and  lives  at 
Amherst. 

William  T.  Pipes  acquired  his  geneial  I'du- 
cati<in  at  .\mherst  Academy  and  at  .Xcadia 
C(dlege,  Widlville.  X.S.  He  then  began  the 
study  of  law  with  \\ .  I',  l-'ullerton,  <!.('. ,  at 
.Amheist,  and  snbse(|uenlly  loiilinuei!  it  with 
Ulanchard  i^  Mea-her,  of  Halifax.  M.'ing  ad 
milled  to  the  bai'    in    1.87(1,  he   has   since   prac- 


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tised  his  jirofessioii  in  Ainlicrst,  and  Ik.s  l)cen 
very  successful,  having  huilt  up  a  large  cli- 
entage. He  was  appointed  Uueen's  Counsel, 
June  25,  1890.  In  politics  he  is  a  Liberal. 
His  popularity  is  evinced  iiy  the  fact  that  he 
has  several  times  been  called  upon  to  serve  his 
fellow-citizens  in  a  jiublic  capacity.  He  was 
a  member  from  Cumberland  County  of  the 
House  of  Assend)ly  in  18S2,  1883,  1884,  and 
1885,  and  was  leader  of  the  Liberal  govern- 
ment, as  Premier,  from  August,  1S82,  to  1884. 
He  was  appointed  to  the  Legislative  Council 
on  January  25,  1898,  and  a  member  of  the 
Murray  administration,  without  jiortfolio.  In 
these  positions  he  has  shown  fidelity  to  the  in- 
terests of  his  constituents  and  to  tho.se  of  the 
jieople  of  the  Province  in  general,  and  a  degree 
of  efficiency  that  marks  the  capable  politician 
and  man  ol  affairs.  Mr.  -Pipes  is  also  largely 
interested  in  real  estate  and  commercial  enter- 
jiriscs.  He  is  a  direct(n-  of  the  Amherst  Hoot 
and  Shoe  Manufacturing  Coni|)any,  the  busi- 
ness of  which  aggregates  a  half-million  dollars 
yearly.  He  is  a  director  and  secretary  of  the 
Nova  .Scotia  Lumber  Com|)any,  Limited,  and 
•  if  the  I'l.xploits  Lumber  Companv,  which  man- 
ulactnre  deals  and  lumber  amounting  to  more 
than  twenty-tive  million  feet  per  annum. 

In  religion  .Mr.  Pipes  belongs  to  the  Meth- 
odist ihurcb.  He  was  married  .\(ivenii)er  24, 
1876,  to  I'lli/a  Kutli  .Mch:imon,  a  daughter  of 
David  McLlmon,  of  I'ort  Lawrence,  \.  .S. 
.Mrs.  Pipes  died  ]'"ebruary  4,  |8()4,  at  the  age 
of  tliirty  eight  years,  leaving  three  children-- 
h;ileii  Kate,  .Mary  (irace,  and  I'annie  Ruth 
(.handler. 


ohi:rt  i:i)\varu  Harris,  q.c, 

senior  member  of  the  well-known  law 
firm  of  Harris,  Henry  &  Cahan, 
was  born  at  Annapolis,  N.S.,  August  18, 
i860,  son  of  Robert  J.  and  Rebecca  (Ditmars) 
I larris. 

His  first  Harris  ancestor  in  America  was 
Arthur,  a  native  of  Plymouth,  Devonshire, 
luigland,  who  cro.s^ed  the  Atlantic  at  an  early 
day,  and,  joining  the  Plymouth  Colony,  was 
an  inhabitant  of  Du.xbury,  Mass.,  in  1640. 
•Arthur  Harris  subsequently  became  one  c,f 
the  original  proprietors  of  Hridgewater, 
Mass.,  and  was  among  the  first  settlers  in  that 
town,  going  there  about  the  year  1652,  estab- 
lishing his  home  in  what  is  now  West  Hridge- 
water.     He  died  in  Boston  in  1673. 

His  great-grandson  in  line  of  descent  to 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  .Samuel  Harris, 
who,  it  is  thought,  was  born  in  Hridgewater, 
Mas.s.,  and  who  married  in  1755  Mary  Cook, 
daughter  of  Caleb  Cook,  a  descendant  of 
Francis  Cook,  one  of  the  "Mayflower"  Pil- 
grims. Samuel  and  Mary  Harris  were  the 
parents  of  nine  children,  of  whom  the  fifth  in 
onler  of  birth  was  Samuel,  second. 

.Samuel  Harris,  second  of  the  name,  was 
born  in  .Annapolis,  .\.S.,  .April  21,  1763. 
lie  was  brought  uj)  to  agriculture,  which 
during  his  active  period  he  followed  on  a 
farm  near  his  native  place.  He  died  .\oveni- 
lier  II,  1834.  His  wife,  Lli/.abeth  I'.vans 
Jefferson,  to  whom  he  was  married  January  4, 
1798,  was  a  daughter  of  Robert  Jefferson,  of 
.\nnapidis.  They  had  eleven  children,  none 
of  whom  are  now  living. 


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Robert  J.  Harris,  who  was  the  eighth  child, 
was  born  in  Annapolis,  \.S.,  May  18,  1813. 
Besides  carrying  on  his  farm,  which  he  did 
until  within  a  few  years  of  his  death,  he  also 
conducted  a  drug  store  at  Annapolis  for  many 
years.  He  lived  to  be  seventy-six  years  old. 
lie  was  a  Conservative  in  politics,  and  in  re- 
ligion an  adherent  of  the  Church  of  ICngland. 
His  wife  is  still  living,  and  resides  at  Annap- 
olis. She  is  a  native  of  Clements,  X.S. ,  a 
daughter  of  Colonel  Isaac  Ditmars  and  a 
grand-niece  of  Governor  Peter  D.  Vrooni,  of 
New  Jersey.  Of  their  twelve  children  seven 
now  survive  —  John  II..  Augustus,  Isaac  1). , 
\'oorheis  I",.,  Lcmmia,  Alice  R.,  and  Robert 
Kdward.  The  first  named,  John  H..  is  a  prac- 
tising physician  of  Yarmouth,  X.S.  X'oorheis 
1",.  is  a  Church  of  I'^ngland  rector  at  Amherst, 
X.S.  Lemniia  is  the  wife  of  Thomas  M. 
Patton,  of  Annapolis. 

Rol)ert  !•;.  lla'ris  acquired  his  general  edu- 
cation at  .Annapolis  Academy  and  under  the 
mcntorshi[i  of  private  tutors.  He  began  tlie 
study  of  law  with  J.  M.  tJwen,  of  Annapolis, 
and  later  continued  it  with  tlie  firm  o\  Tiiomp- 
son  &  Graham  (the  late  Right  Hon.  Sir  J.  1). 
Thompson  and  Wallace  Graham,  present 
Judge  of  the  -Sui.remo  C(mrt  of  Xova  .Scotia). 
Admitted  to  the  bar  in  1S82,  Mr.  Harris  prac- 
tised for  ten  years  at  \'armouth.  In  iS()2  lie 
removed  to  Halifax,  and  foimed  a  paitnership 
with  the  present  Judge  Henry  and  the  latter"s 
brother,  the  firm  being  known  as  Henry, 
Harris  &  Henry.  This  connection  lasted  for 
one  year,  at  the  end  of  whicii  time  jmlge 
lieniy  was  appointed  ' ')  his  present  position  as 


Judge  of  the  -Supreme  Court.  The  firm  name 
then  became  Harris  &  Henry,  and  later 
Harris,  Henry  &  Cahan,  which  it  is  at  pres- 
ent. Mr.  Harris  was  appointed  Ouecn's 
Counsel  in  1889,  at  the  age  of  twenty-nine 
years,  being  the  youngest  Oueen's  Counsel 
ever  appointed.  He  has  been  a  member  of 
the  Council  of  the  .Nova  Scotia  Marristers" 
Society  for  some  years.  Besides  being  one  of 
the  leading  barristers  in  the  city  he  is  also  a 
directo'-  in  various  business  enterprises,  among 
them  the  ICastern  Trust  Company  and  the 
Acadia  Pulp  and  Paper  Company.  He  attends 
the  Church  of  luigland,  and  in  politics  is  a 
Conservative. 

He  married  on  June  26,  1.SS3,  Miss  Minnie 
L.  Ilorsfall,  daughter  of  James  Horsfall,  of 
Annapolis,   X..S. 


rT^OHERT  I'AUl.IX,  a  respected  citizen 
of  Windsor,  was  iiorn  in  llalifa.v, 
X.S.,  October  26,  1855,  son  of 
Henry  P.  and  Mary  (Kynastou)  I'aulin.  His 
l)aternal  grandfatlier,  Henry  P.  I'aulin,  Sr. , 
was  a  native  of  ICngland.  I-'or  many  years  he 
was  solicitor  for  the  I'last  India  Company  at 
Hengal,  India,  a  jxist  of  considerable  impor- 
tance at  that  time.  The  grandfather  had  two 
cliildri'ii:  Henrv  li.,  his  namesai<e;  and  Katii- 
erine,  l)otli  ol  whom  are  now  deceast'd. 
Katiierine  married  .Sir  George  Harvey,  and 
iiad  one  child,  a  >on.  wiio  is  now  residing  in 
I"'ngland. 

Henry  H.   Paulin,  second,  was  born  in  ICng- 
land  in   iSiq,  and  was  educated    in    iiis   nativi- 


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land.  lie  was  aijpointed  by  tlio  imjierial 
^^overnment  to  a  position  in  tlu'  custom-house 
at  Halifax,  N. S.,  where  he  remained  for  many 
years.  Subsequently  returninj;  to  lui^land, 
he  died  there  in  1.S96,  at  the  aj;e  of  seventy- 
seven.  I  lis  wife,  Mary,  who  was  born  in 
l':n^'land  in  1821,  died  there,  in  1S97,  at  the 
a.ne  of  seventy-six.  They  were  adheren'ts  of 
the  Church  of  lui-land.  They  had  seven 
iliildren,  five  of  whom  are  now  liviu" ; 
namely,  John,  Adelaide  K.,  Kalherinc,  Will- 
iam H. ,  and  Robert. 

Robert  I'aulin  received  his  education  in  the 
city  of    Ifalifax.     After    his   school    days    lie 
went  to   Windsor,    and    in    iSSg   entered    the 
Commercial  Hank  of   Windsor  as  accountant, 
which  position  he  still   holds.      lie  has  a  wide 
circle  of  friends  and   acquaintances,  by  whom 
he  is  personally  esteemed  for  his  qualities  as  a 
man  and  a  citizen.     In  jiolitics  he  is  a  Liberal. 
.Mr.    I'aulin  was   married  in  1879  to    Mmnia 
I'ayzant,  dau-;hter  of   the  late  (lodfrey  1'.   I'ay- 
/ant,    formerly  a    hi^^hly   respected   citi/en   of 
Windsor    and    president    of    the    Commercial 
Hank   of   that   place.      .Mr.    and    Mrs.     I'aulin 
have    two     children:     Xellic     Kynaston,    who 
married  I'.  T.   I  landsomhody,  a  native  of  .Mar- 
low,  lui-land,  now  head  master  of  the  Cdlli;- 
t;inte  School    of    Windsor,    \'.  S.  ;  and    ('.    II. 
Hradshaw.       The  lamily  attend   the  Churcii  of 
I-;n"land. 


son  of  Willian)  and  Catherine  (] 


onj,f)  Ta\lor. 


William  Tavlor,  wh 


was   born    in    Scotland. 


was  educated  in   his  nati 


.e  country,  and  for  a 


while  followed  farmin,i;  there.  Subsequently 
he  came  to  Nova  Scotia,  and  settled  on  a  farm 
about  five  miles  from  Wind.sor.  where  h 
the  rest  of  his  life,  dyin-  at  the  advanced  :v^c 
of    ei.i;hty-si.\-    years.      In    politics    he    was    a 


e  s])ent 


Conservative.      II 


is  wife,  Catherine,  who  was 


a   native  of    l-"almouth,    X.  S. ,    bore  him   n 
children,     of    wh 


ine 


om     four    are     now    living'; 
namely,  Robert,  Mary,  Geor-e,  and  Mar-aret. 
ary  married  for  her  first  husband  John   Red- 


M 


chil- 


don,  of  Windsor,  by  whom   she   had  si.\ 
dren.     She   married    for   her   second    husban( 


Morton  Vautrhn,  of   W 


indsor,  of  which 


union 


there  are  no  children.  GeorLje  married  Han- 
nah Hates,  and  has  three  children  —  Leslie, 
George,  and  Catherine.  M 
of  John  Wilson. 


argaret  is  the  wife 


Robert  Tav 


lor,  after  attend i 


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indsor,    went    to    llalifa.v 


found   cmnl 


l)loymcnt  with    i;.  K.  Hi 


Kind's  Col- 
,  where  he 
own    in   the 


hardware    business.       After    remainini. 
Mr.   Hrown  for  twelve  years,  he  formed  a  part- 
nership with  Richard  Jennett  to  c 
crockery    business,    under    the    f 


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||^|()HI':RT    TAVI.OR,  one  of  the  Icadini; 
business   men   of    Halifax,    niauiifact- 
urer    of    and    dealer    in     boots    and 
shoes,  was   born    in    Windsor,  \.S. ,    in    1S30, 


Jennett  &  Taylor.       They  conducted  a  store 


in 


llalif 


;(x  for  seven  years.      In  1867  Mr.  Taylor 


purchased     the 
dealer   in    boot 


business    of     lulward    Smith, 


s    and    siloes. 


hats 


s,    caps,    and 


other  jr,„„ls  (wholesale   and    retail),  cm    Crr; 
ville   Street,    wliich    he    sti 
1869,  ill  connection  with   t 


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business  also  he  comlucts  at  the  present  time. 
After  buyin^^  out  Mr.  Smith,  he  took  his  son 
into  jjartnership  with  him,  and  he  has  .since 
remainei!  a  member  of  the  firm,  wliicli  lias 
been   very  successful. 

Mr.  Taylor  was  married  in  lSCio  to  Fannie 
L.  Scott,  daui,^hter  of  John  \V.  Scott,  of 
Liverpool,  N.S.  They  have  had  ei.^ht  chil- 
dren, .seven  of  whom  are  now  livinj; — ■  Fannie, 
Maud,  Catherine.  Mary,  Robert  I).,  Margaret, 
and  HIanche.  Fannie  is  the  wife  of  Henry 
Rankine,  of  St.  John,  N.  15.,  and  the  mother 
of  two  children —  Zilla  and  Stanley.  Maud 
is  the  wife  of  llavelock  McC.  Hart,  and  has 
three  children  —  ReginaUi,  Amy,  and  Ruth. 
Catherine  married  W.  h.  Taylor,  of  llalifa.v, 
and  has  two  children  —  lulith  and  b'rank. 
Mary  married  A.  I).  John.son,  of  Halifa.\, 
and  has  three  children  —  Uruce,  Carleton,  and 
Mona.  Robert  D.  married  1^1  la  Urown,  and 
has  one  child,  Arthur.  Margaret  is  the  wife 
of  Clarence  Reddon  and  the  mother  of  a  son, 
llavelock.  .Mr.  and  Mrs.  Taylor  attend  the 
Church  of  ICngland.  In  politics  Mr.  Taylor 
is  a  Liberal. 


JARRV  1MCKI:Y  KKNT,  a  leadin- 
grocer  of  Amherst,  was  born  cm 
Ajiril  20,  1857,  at  Tugwasii,  N.S. 
His  father,  Rufus  b'reeman  Hent,  was  a  grand- 
son of  Jesse  Hent,  a  native  of  Fort  Lawrence. 
N.S.  Jesse  Hent  married  Dorothy  I''reeman, 
of  Amherst,  whose  father,  in  all  prdb.ibility. 
was  a  Loyalist  iinmignuit  from  tlv  revolted 
New  Ln^land  cobmies. 


William  Freeman  Hent,  son  of  Jesse  and 
Dorothy,  born  at  Fort  Lawrence,  became  a 
merchant  in  Amherst  and  a  partner  of  Will- 
iam ][.  l)e  Wolf.  He  married  Abigail  Chap- 
man, daughter  of  the  late  Adjutant  Thomas 
Chapman,  of  Amherst,  and  was  the  father  of 
seven  children,  of  whom  two  are  now  living 
—  I'armelia  and  (ieorge.  I'armelia,  who  sur- 
vives her  husband,  the  late  James  F'erguson, 
of  Amherst,  has  two  children  —  Annie  and 
Charlotte,  both  of  whom  are  married.  .Annie 
\  is  the  wife  of  bred  R.  Hutcher,  of  St.  John, 
I  X.H. ,  and  the  mother  of  three  children: 
^  Jennie,  wife  of  b'rank  Merritt,  of  St.  John, 
N.H.;  Harry:  and  Lillian.  Charlotte  is  the 
wife  of  Lorenzo  Crosby. 
j  Rufus  Freeman  Hent,  son  of  William  and 
his  wife,  Abigail,  was  born  in  Amherst,  N. S., 
December  26,  1826.  He  was  educated  at 
Foit  Lawrence.  After  leaving  scho(d  he  was 
employed  as  a  clerk  in  the  general  store  of 
!  Robert  Whidden  at  I'ugwash.  N.  .S..  and  sub- 
I  secjuently  for  several  years  was  book-keeper 
for  the  late  linn.  H.  (i.  Pineo,  of  the  same 
jjlace.  He  at  length  entered  intu  mercantile 
business  there  on  iiisown  account,  and  besides 
keeping  a  store  was  the  invner  of  a  vessel,  his 
trade  being  largely  with  Prince  JCdward 
Island.  He  also  had  an  interest  in  the  plaster 
(|uarries  at  I'ugwash.  He  was  successful  in 
his  varii)us  undertakings  anil  diii  a  large  busi- 
ness up  to  the  time  of  his  death,  which  oc- 
curred ( )ctober  12,  1878.  His  religious  affili- 
ations were  with  the  Church  of  Fngland,  and 
in  piditi.'s  he  was  a  Ccuiservative.  He  is  sur- 
I  vived    liv  his  wife,    who   nnw   resides   at    Am- 


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liorst.  N.S.      Her  mnidcii  name  was  Mnr:;arct 
i;ilcn   (iarne    Stubs.      She    is    a    dau-hter  of 
IVter  and  .Mary  (Dickey,  Stubs  and   a  native 
ol    St.    Stephen,     N.  H.      Her    mother    was    a 
daughter  of  the  late   Hon.    Robert   McGowan 
Dickey,  formerly  Judge  ..r  the   Inferior  fourt 
and  a  sister  ,.f  the  present  Senator  Dickey,  of 
Amherst.   .N.S.      Her  father,  I'eter  .Stubs,  was 
a  noted  barrister  ot    .St.    John.  N.l!..  born    in 
Live-pool.  Kngland,  a  son  of  I'eter,  Sr. ,  and 
Margaret   ( I'arkin.son)    .Stub.s,    both  natives  of 
Warrington.  ICngland.      He  was  the  eldest  of 
three  children.     This  first    I'eter   Stubs  emi- 
grated from  Juigland  t,)  New   Brunswick,  set- 
tling   in    .St.    Stephen,    where    he    established 
the  Charlotte  Cmnty  Hank,  of  which   he  was 
I-resident  for  many  years,      He  represented  the 
oainty  in  the  Ifouse  of  A.ssembly  for  a  num- 
ber of  years,  and  was  a  very   pr.miinent  citi- 
zen.    The  family  is  of  German  origin.      Four 
children  were  born  to  M,-.  .-„ni   .Mrs.  Rufus  F. 
»ent,  and  two  of  them  are  now  living,  namely: 
Harry    Dickey,    subject    of   this    sketch;    and 
John    Ingli.s.       The    latter    married    Amanda 
Moran.  daughter  of  Henjar.iin    .Moran.  of  Dor- 
chester,   N.H.,    and    has    one    child,    Lionel 
Harcild  Stubs  lient. 

Harry  D.  Kent,  after  atten.ling  school  in  j 
I'ngwash,  at  the  age  of  seventeen  went  to  Am-  ' 
herst,  where  for  five  years  he  was  employed  as  j 
Herk  by  Dunlop  Hrothers,  merchants.  Dur-  | 
i'!g  the  uevt  ten  years  he  was  a  travelling  ' 
salesman  t,,r  W.  H.  Haywo.ul.  of  St.  |,J,n"  | 
N.H.  In  i.S.sV)  he  formed  a  iiartnershij)  with  j 
Albert  .Mosher,  with  whom,  under  the  style  of  j 
Hent   &   Mosher.  he  conducted   a  general  .Gro- 


cery business  at  Amherst  for  three  years. 
They  then  dissolved  partnership,  and  since 
that  time  (1889)  Mr.  Hent  h.as  carried  on  a 
general  grocery  business  on  his  own  account. 
He  has  been  very  successful,  and  is  now  the 
proprietor  of  one  of  the  leading  stores  of  that 
kind  in  the  city.  He  belongs  to  several  Ma- 
sonic  organizations,  being  a  member  of  Acacia 
I-<Hlge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M,  of  which  he  is  a  I'ast 
Deputy  (Iran.l  ALaster;  and  of  the  Royal  Arch 
(-hai.ter.  of  which  he  is  High  Priest  at  the 
present  time. 

^fr.  Hent  w.as  married  in  June,  1.S84,  to 
Agnes  M.  Moffat,  daughter  of  the  late  W.  1'. 
Moffat,  a  native  of  Aberdeen,  Scotland.  Her 
mother,  AFrs.  Rosalind  Mowbrav  Dickey 
Moffat,  was  a  sister  of  the  Hon.  Robert  ]}'. 
Die-key,  of  Amherst.  .Mr.  and  Mrs,  Hent  have 
had  foiu-  children,  of  whom  three  are  now  liv- 
ing—Kthel  M.,  Pirncst  H. ,  and  Mabel  \V. 
Mr.  and  .Mrs.  15ent  attend  the  Church  of 
I'ingland. 


JT'-'-'-^'    "•^I-'':V,    one    of    the    leading 
•^      business   men   of   Windsor,    was   born 
in    Yarmouth.     N.S..    January    3,. 
1844.  .son  of  .Alien,  Sr.,  and   Harriett  (Utiey) 
Haley.      He  is  of   Knglish   ancestry,  the   fam- 
ily having  originally  come  from   Devon,  Kug- 
Innd.      His    progenitors   lor    four  generations 
were  all   master  mariuers,    sailing  from    Var- 
niouth.  \..S.      The  first  of  these  was  Kbenezer 
Haley,    his    great-great-.^randfather,    concern- 
ing whom  little  more   is  known   save  that   he 
had  a  family  of  eight   children,  of  whom   the 


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eldest  and  next  in  line  if  descent  was  named 
Ciimfoit. 

Comfort  Haley  i^r.s  twice  married.  Hy  his 
first  wile,  .\i)iL;ail  Allen,  ho  h;id  seven  chil- 
dren, of  wiiom  the  fifth  was  Jeremian.  His 
second  wife,  wlin  hore  him  nine  children,  was 
Mrs.  Hannah  Tinkhani,  widow  of  Stephen 
Tinkham  an,l  a  daii.i;hter  of  l-'.bene/.er  idlis. 

Jeremiah  ilalev,  son  of  Comfort,  was  liorn 
in  17S4,  October  2O.  He  married  Mary 
.Shurtlcff,  and  they  had  ten  children,  thj 
sixth  bein-  .\llcn.  .Sr. ,  fathei  of  the  snbject 
of  this  sketcii.  Allen  Haley,  Sr.,  was  mar- 
ried to  Harriett  Utley,  dau.:.diter  of  Nathan 
Utley,  of  N'armouth,  X.S.,  on  January  19, 
1843.  'i'lieir  only  child  was  .\llen  Haley,  of 
Windsor,  whose  ]HTson;'i  history  is  <;iven 
below. 

.\llen  Haley  was  educated  at  Varmoiu!- 
.\cademv  and  at  jirivate  schools.  Snbse- 
(|uently  he  applied  himself  to  the  study  of 
medicine  and  dentistry,  and  in  iS^f)  grad- 
uated from  the  Dental  Cidle;;e  of  I'hiladel- 
phi.i,  I'a.  Later  ho  enj;a-ed  in  the  insurance 
business  at  Windsor,  of  which  place  he  has 
since  remained  a  resident.  He  is  secretary  of 
tlie  Siiip-owners'  and  M.irinc  Iiisur.iiue  Coin- 
jiany  of  Windsor,  director  of  the  Xov.i  Scotia 
Telephone  (^imp.tny,  also  a  director  of  the 
Halifax  Tram  Company,  and  of  ni.my  other 
local  and  Provincial  enter|irises,  besides  lieinj; 
the  owner  .md  mana,:;cr  <if  many  vessels. 

He  has  taken  a  |)rnminent  pirt  in  pulilic 
life,  first  entering  tiu'  political  tield  in  iHSj 
,is  a  memoiT  of  the  Xova  Scotia  .\ssembly,  to 
which  po.siiion  he  was  re-elected    in    iSSd  .ind 


I 


aj;ain  in  1.S90.  He  resi,i;ned  his  seat  in  1S91, 
and  stood  for  the  Hoi.se  of  Commons,  but  was 
defeated.  In  ! 896,  a-ain  contestin;;- the  seat, 
he  was  elected  as  a  supporter  of  the  present 
administration  .\t  one  time  he  served  as 
Registrar  of  i'robate  for  ilants  County,  ard 
also  as  Town  Councillor  and  Warden  of 
Windsor.  He  is  in  earnest  believer  in  the 
future  of  Canada  and  Canadian  institutions  as 
an  intei;ral  portion  of  the  Hritisli  l']ni[)ire,  and 
is  opiiosed  to  all  schemes  for  absolute  inde- 
pcnd.ence.  He  is  a  ineini)er  of  the  Liberal 
party.  .\  prominent  i'Vee  Mason,  Mr.  Haley 
belon,i;s  to  Welsford  Lod-e  of  Windsor,  Hiram 
Chajiter  of  Windsor,  ami  to  the  He  .Molay 
Conimandery  of  Kni.^hts  Templar  at  St. 
John,    X.H. 

Mr.  iialey  was  married  May  2f),  1869,  to 
.\nnie  M..  daughter  of  Mennett  Smith,  of 
Windsor,  X.S.  Slie  died  m  1S80,  leavini; 
three  children  Maud,  .\nnie  I'earl.  and 
Rachel  Mav.  .M.iud  is  the  wife  01  i''.d\vard 
Hill,  of  Shelbunie,  and  the  mother  of  two 
children  .\nnie  and  Maml.  Mr.  Iialey  at- 
tends the  Methodist  church.  As  a  man  ot 
sound  jud-ment  and  loni;  experience,  both  in 
business  ,nid  political  atf.iirs,  he  exerts  a 
wholesome  intlueuce  in  beh.ill  <il  :;ood  local 
;;overnment.  .md  is  both  widelv  known  and  ,is 
widely  respected. 


J*RAX('I^  1)AVIM)\,  .\lavor  ol  Uridj;e- 
w.iter.  X.."^  .  .ind  a  Icidini;  business 
m.in  m|  thit  pi. ice.  w.is  burn  .it  Mill  V'.ilK'V. 
I  iiieens    County.     X.S.,     in     iS.pS,    beiiiL;    the 


RIOGRAr'HrCAI,   RKXIV 


\v 


I3t 


son  of  KilwanI  D.  and  Dcsiah  (  AFack 
His  father  was  the  son  of  Henry  1); 
a  f,'ran<l.son   of    .Samiiel    Davison,    o 


N.  S.  ;  and  Samuel    Davis( 


m's  fathe 


of  tl'-ee  hrotiiers  from  Connecticut 
to    Xova    Scotia    after    tlie    cxpulsi 
J'rench  iniiahitants  some  time  hefon 
oliitionary  War,  and  received  grants  df  land  at 
Horton,  where  they  settled. 


)  Davison. 

and 

avison  and 

mei 

f    Horton, 

1 

r  was  one 

.Mil 

who  came 

I'-.li 

"U    of    the 

a    1 

e  the  Kev- 

mot 

wa 


s  greatly  esteemed  by  his  fellow-t 


owns- 


is    wile,    Desiah   Mack 


who  was  born   at 


ill     V 


'llage     in    1820,    was    a    daughter    of 


isha   M;i 


Henry  Davison,  son   of 


Samuel   and  grand- 


father of 


•rancis,    was   a    native   of    Horto 


'\ing;.    (.'onnt\',     .\,.S. ,    ai 


i>\'    occupation    a 


laruier. 


Hi 


died    at    a    comparati vel\ 


II 


is  wife,  ICIeanor  Dor, 


rly 


It    that  [dace,  her  lather  be 


lumb' 


erman    and    farmer. 


Sh 


ing 
e     was     the 


ler  (if  ten  chile 


ren,  si.x  of  whom  a 


Cath 


erine,  who 


re  now 
eanor   D. ,    lul- 
rancis,   and   Amelia   1''. 
is  the  widow  of  John  Struther, 


living;   namely,   Catherine,    K 
ward    ])..  Mary    D.,    I- 


has  two  children       Aust 


nor  D.  is  ;h 


in  anil 
e  wife   of    H.  C.   R 


I 


ena. 


HI 
of   \' 


ar- 


m,  was 


native 


of  Mill  Village,  N..S.  They  had  three  chil- 
dren, of  whom  the  only  one  to  attain  maturity 
was  l':dwar(l  D. ,  .Mavm-  Davison's  father. 


Ivlward     1),      Da 


visoii    was     born    at     .Mill 


Village,  N..S, 


in  f.SKj.      Left 


mouth,    and    the    mother    of     t 


wo    children 


d  D. 


and 


Lewis  R.     lulwanl  D.  Davi 


second,  married  Alma  M.    Hickm 


an,  of  D 


01- 


:hest 


er, 


N.  H. 


d 


md   died    leaving  one    chil 


I'.llen  M.      Mary  D 
Cable    Tarker.    and 


is  tl 


le   wife  of  the   Rev. 


has   two  c 


an  orphan  when 


hild 


ren  —  l-"red- 


|uite  young,  he  was  broui 


ht 


>i|i  bv  an 


unit  (a 


sister  of  his  mothei  )  who  resided  at  Mill  ViH- 
At    tl 


where  he  spent  most  of  his  vouthf 


111  days. 


age   ol    nineteen    he    b 


at    mill    building,    and    lu 


egaii    to    work 
was    siibsequentlv 


.■ngaged    in   lumbering 


md   milling  at   I. 


uiieii- 


hiifL 


l)eing  vcrv  successful 


n  isr.. 


I)  he   set- 


tled at  Hridi 
in  limiluring 
ihere.  lie  foi 
the    rest   of   h 


;ewater  ai 


id   engaged   extnisivelv 


erick   and    .Matt 


le. 


./vine 


lia    ]'.,  M 


rs.   H 


rown- 


!• 


who  is  a  widov 


rancis  1); 


las  no  cl 


,1( 


ivisini  was  educated  at  the  acad- 
emy in  Ibuton,  \.S.  Upim  comjdeting  his 
studies   he  entered   the   employ  of   his   father. 


and 


^^l)se(|ue^t!y    becam 
firm,  the  business  being 
name   of    Davi.son    &    Se 


c    a   memlier 


>\    tl 


le 


coiulueted   under  tlu 


On  the   fat  hi. 


death     it     w.is 


incorporated,    Mr.     Dav 


also     erectiiiL 


I  son  s 


si'veral 


lowed  the 
s   active 


se  occnpation.s 


mills 


during 


great    success.      IK 
lSi).|,  at  the  a-e  of 


meeting   with 
liridgewater    in 


brother  being  president  of  tl 
hiinsell  becoming  th 


le  company,  and  he 


e  president  upon  the  deatl 


of  the  brother.      I 


I  sides  holding  that 


at  tlu 


position 


present   time. 


he   IS   active 


si'vents'-foiir. 


n    politics      in    other   bus 


ly  int 


Liberal,  he  servnl  due  term  in  the  House  of 
V^seinbly,  representing  (Hieeiis  C(Minty. 
•aiterprising  and    public-spirited,  he   w.is   one 

f    Hridjjewatur, 


mess    enterprises,      II 


ereL.tod 


e   was   the 


<ngaiu/er    and    i;- 


iresident     of     the     Coastal 


.'^teaiii 


acket      Ciimi 


ninnini. 


between 


iridgewater 


ot    the    most    uselul    eit 


Hal  if; 


;ind 


IS  also    inter- 


\/\'\\>    o 


Sled 


111  gold  miniiiL 


pro|)erty  in  vari(uis  part.^ 


122 


BIOGRAPHICAL    REVIEW 


of  the  Province.  He  is  a  leading  spirit  in  the 
affairs  of  the  town,  and  has  done  much  to  pro- 
mote its  best  interests.  A  Liberal  in  poli- 
tics, he  was  elected  the  first  Mayor  of  Hridge- 
water  on  its  incorporation  as  a  town  in  1899 
(the  year  not  yet  ended),  and  has  thus  far  dis- 
charged his  official  duties  in  an  en-inently  sat- 
isfactory manner. 

Mr.  Davison  was  married  in  1S79  to  IClla 
M.  Fraser.  daughter  of  Peter  C.  l-'raser,  of 
Hridgewater,  X.S.  Five  children  have  been 
born  of  this  union,  and  three  are  now  living 
—  Louise  S.,  Alma  M.,  and  Reginald  V. 


'  A  X  I)  !•  OR  1)      II  A  R  R  I  \  C,  T  O  \  , 
Pl-ILTOX.      '.'.C,      of     Yarmouth,   ' 
X.S.,  was  born  in    Xew  York  City,   ; 
September   2S,     1845,    son   nf    Milo    Sandford 
and  Louisa   Maria  (Harrington)  i'elton.      Ills 
first  prt)genit(>r  in   America  was  Jolin   I'elton, 
who  was  born  about  1616,  and  who  came  from 
England   and    settled    in    Hostnn,    .Mass.,    be- 
tween   1630   and    i'')33.      This   John    and    his 
wife,  Susanna,  wiiom  he  married   about    \C'4^, 
had   four  chiltUen.  of   whom   .Samuel   was  the 
second  in  order  of  birth. 

Samuel  Pelton,  above  mentioned,  was  born 
at  Dorchestei'.  M.iss.,  about  1^)47,  and  dicil 
thereabout  171;,.  On  May  \C\  1673,  he  m.ir- 
ried  Mary  SmitI),  daughter  of  John  Smith,  a 
t|uartermaster  in  the  Hritisli  navy  at  Dorclies- 
ter.  They  had  eight  eliihlren,  the  second  son 
being  John,  named  for  his  grandfather. 

John  Pelton,  the  third,  son  ol  Samuel,  a 
carpenter  and  bn.lder   by  trade,  was   burn    in 


Dorchester,  Mass.,  January  9,  1682.  He 
died  at  the  age  of  fifty-two  years,  July  15, 
1735.  By  his  wife,  Jemima,  whom  he  mar- 
ried in  1705,  he  had  eleven  children. 

John  Pelton,  fourth,  eldest  son  of  John, 
third,  was  born  in  Canterbury,  Windham 
County,  C(mn.,  February  29,  1708,  and  died 
January  J9,  1786.  lie  married  first  l^liza- 
iieth  Champion  at  Saybrook,  Conn.,  and  they 
had  eleven  children,  the  fifth-born  being 
named  Ithamar.  l'"or  his  second  wife  he  mar- 
ried Martha  Shipman,  daughter  of  John  Ship- 
man,  of  Chester,  Conn.,  and  by  her  also  he 
had  eleven  children. 

Ithamar  i'elton,  son  of  John  and  Fli/abeth, 
was  born  at  S;iybrook,  Conn,  (now  ICsse.x), 
Xovember  22,  1740.  lie  was  a  fine  mechanic 
and  builder,  erecting  many  churches,  mills, 
and  other  buildings  in  his  native  State. 
I*"rom  .Saybrook  he  subse(|uently  removed  to 
Middletield,  Comi.,  where  he  died  .March  16, 
[826.  His  wife,  Asenath  Pr.itt,  of  lladdam. 
Conn.,  bore  him  nine  children,  Joel  being  the 
sixth  son. 

Joel  Pelton,  son  of  Ithamar  and  grandfather 
of  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  born  at  I^ast 
Windhnm,  Conn.,  .August  19,  177').  lie  wasai\ 
agriculturalist  in  his  n.itive  Sl.ite  all  his  lile, 
and  besides  being  a  i)romiuent  f.irmer  w.ts  a 
Justice  ol  the  I'c.ice  .ind  Sheriff.  lie  died 
March  jd,  iSij.  liv  his  lirsi  wife,  Ruth 
iMcld,  daughter  ol  I  )e,u  on  /.uhariali  iMeld, 
he  had  eleven  children,  the  sixth  bi'ing  Milo 
.Sandford.  Ills  second  wife,  in  maidenhood 
Rosett.i  I'.dw.irds.  w.is  the  mother  of  thirteen 
children. 


II 


^ AMiI'Mvli    II.    I'l   I ,|i)\,   II, 


^  Jife 


ij 


lilOGRAPHICAL    REVIEW 


I2S 


Milo  Sanilfcird  Pclton  was  born  at  Micklle- 
fiekl,  Conn.,  February  [4,  1815.  From  1842 
to  1847  he  resided  in  New  Vorii  City,  wlierc 
he  was  eiij;ageii  in  business  as  a  wholesale  sta- 
tioner and  [japer  deab.'r.  In  1847  he  removed 
to  Ware,  Mass.,  and  engaged  in  the  idothing 
business;  and  his  last  days  were  spent  in  that 
town,  his  death  oecurring  May  12,  1849.  Ills 
wife,  Louisa  Maria,  was  a  daughter  of  Daniel 
ami  Anna  Fli/a  ineWolf)  llarrington,  of 
AiUigonislv,  \.S.  Siic  was  born  June  10, 
1S14,  and  died  April  3,  1897,  at  the  ago  of 
eighty-three,  having  been  the  mother  of  three 
children  namely,  Sandford  Harrington, 
George  Mcl'".lwain,  and  Mary  Louisa  the  first 
named  being  the  only  survivor  of  the  three. 

On  the  death  of  his  father  .Sandford  Har- 
rington I'elton  removed  with  his  mother 
to  Nova  .Scotia,  and  received  his  elementary 
education  in  tlu'  grammar  school  at  An- 
tigonish,  X.S. ,  and  was  instructed  in  the 
higher  branches  of  learning,  including  the 
classics,  by  the  Rev.  R.  I'".  Hrine,  a  Church  of 
Lngland  clergyman  of  Cape  Hretnu.  lie  suh- 
se(|ucntly  eng.iged  lit  the  study  of  law  with 
his  uncle,  Charles  \'.  iiairingtini,  who  was  a 
member  of  the  I'rovinci.il  .Assembly  from  Cape 
Hreton  for  some  years.  Upon  the  death  of 
Mr.  llarrington,  which  occurred  in  1864,  Mr. 
I'l'lton  went  to  .Xntigduisli  ,ind  completed  his 
legal  studies  under  llie  mentorship  of  the  1  Ion. 
D.oi  M.icdoii.ild  1 .1  cousin  I,  wiio  was  at  cmc 
time  Attorney  (iener.il  ol  N'dVa  .Si-oti.i. 

Heing  admitted  to  the  b.ir  October  .!_', 
1867,  Mr.  I'eltun  be-an  pr.uiice  in  V'armoutli, 
whore  he  h.is  since    resiiled.       lie  was   ma<le   a 


Queen's  Coun.sel  in  1876.  In  1895  he  was 
appointed  Stipendiary  Magistrate  for  the  town 
of  Yarmouth,  and  in  1898  was  appointed 
Stipendiary  Magistrate  of  the  municipality  of 
Yarmouth,  both  of  which  offices  he  still  holds. 
He  has  also  served  on  the  Hoard  of  School 
Commissioners  ever  since  the  incorporation  of 
the  town  of  \'armouth.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Liberal.  Mr.  i'elton  is  a  jjrominent  Free 
Mason,  bebmging  to  Scotia  Lodge,  Xo.  31,  of 
Yarmouth,  of  which  he  ;s  a  ^'ist  Master.  He 
is  a  Royal  ,\rcii  Mason  and  a  I'ast  (irand  War- 
den of  the  ("rrand  Lodge  of  Nova  Scotia.  He 
is  also  a  member  of  the  Temple  of  Honor  and 
of  the  Milton  Division,  Sons  of  Temperance. 
I'or  many  years  he  has  been  Crown  Prosecutor 
of  the  county  of  Yarmouth,  and  he  is  also 
Solicitor  for  the  municipality  of  ^'armouth 
and  for  the  neighboring  municipality  of  Har- 
rington. 

Mr.  I'elton  was  married  November  16,  1869, 
to  Mary  Ci.  Darby,  who  was  born  in  Halifax, 
N.  S.,  January  19,  1S49,  daughter  of  Cajjtain 
Joseph  W.  E.  and  Caroline  .\.  (Kelly) 
Darby.  Her  maternal  grandfather,  Captain 
Robert  Kelly,  was  a  pmminent  West  India 
merchant  of  Yarmouth  in  his  day.  1  ler  f.ither. 
Captain  Darby,  al.si)  a  prominent  man,  com- 
manded the  Hritish  revenue  cutter   "Daring." 

Mr.  ,111(1  Mrs.  I'elton  have  been  bereft  of 
four  childrc'i.  and  they  have  eight  now  liv- 
ing. The  following  is  a  brief  record  of  the 
family:  Charles  Sandford,  born  April  30, 
1871;  I'.v.i  St.  Clair,  born  Decembers,  1872; 
Sithiey  DeWolf.  born  June  11,  1S74;  Arthur 
Ivlw.ird  W.ildem.ir,  horn   April    ii'i,    187(1.  who 


!  i 


iM 


S    i  ! 


\B' 


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i^; 


f  ii 


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126 


niOGRAl'HKAL    REVIEW 


HI  ;'!' 


Ml 


died    January    10,     1885;    William     i'dward, 
bnru    January    iJ,    i8;9,    who    ilicd    I'obr,,  -y 
9,     1S79;     AlcxandLT    Ki>y    Sutherland,    horn  > 
June    3,    1880,    who   died    January    3,     1885; 
Rej;ina!d    Victor,     born    October    24,     1881  ;1 
Clive    Milo,    born    .\ui;ust   24,    18S3:    Lionel 
Keith,  born   April    i,    1886,  died   Au-ust    16,   ^ 
1899;    Guy    Cathcart,    born    April   26,    1S87; 
Gerald    N'incent,    born    May    n.     18SS:     and 
Grace    Macnab,    born    March    2,     1892.      The 
family  attend   St.  John's  Tresbyterian   Church 
at    Yarmouth,  ol    which    Mr.   I'ellon   has   been 
one  of  the  trustees  lor  many  years. 


rOHN  KI'-ITII,  a  prominent  b'.isiness  \ 
,^|  man  of  Windsor,  was  bom  in  Halifax, 
N.S. ,  in  18,1''',  s"ii  "'  John,  Sr. ,  and 
Christina  (Sutherland)  Keith.  His  paternal 
o-randfather  was  Donald  Keith,  a  native  and 
lifelon- resident  of  Scotland,  by  occupation  a 
farmer.  Donald  Keith  died  at  the  a,i^c  of  about 
eiL;htv  years.  Tiic  maiden  name  of  hi'^  wile 
was  Christina  Hrims.  They  were  the  parents 
,,f  four  children,  of  whom  two  namely,  Alex- 
ander Keith,  late  of  Halifax,  and  J.ihn,  Sr.-- 
came  to  .\,.i'.Tica.  The  others  remained  in 
.Scotland. 

I.ihn  Keith,  the  yoini^cst  son  of  Donald, 
was  born  in  Scotland.  In  his  early  manhood 
he  learned  the  trade  ,,f  brewer;  and  after  iiis 
marria^'c,  in  1834,  he  came  to  Nova  Scot'a, 
settling'  in  Halifax,  where  be  found  employ- 
ment in  a  small  brewery.  Subsei|Uently  be- 
cnmin<;tbe  pniprielor  ■>!  tin-  concern,  he  built 
up  a  large  business,  whicli  he  carried    on    until 


his  death,  at  the  a-;e  of  sixty-seven  years.  l?y 
his  wife  Christina,  who  was  a  dau,!;hter  of  Don- 
ald Sutherland,  of  Caithnessshire,  Scotland, 
he  had  seven  children,  of  whom  four  arc  now 
livinfi;  namely,  Donald,  John,  Christina  Jane, 
and  I'.liz.ibeth.  A  brief  account  of  them  may 
be  found  in  the  sketch  of  Donald  Keith, 
brother  of  the  subject  ot  .this  sketch,  which  is 

published    on   another    pa<,a-    of    the    Ki-.viKW. 

The     mother     died     at     the    a,-e     of     eighty 

years. 

lohn   Keith,    the   subject  of  this  sketch,  re- 
ceived  his   etlucalion    in   his  native  city,    and 
later    in    his    youth    he    si)ent    sonic    time    in 
the    United    States.      In    1S55    he    began    the 
manufacture  of  furniture   in  Windsor,  in   com- 
pany with  his  biolhe'Donald,  to  whom  he  sub- 
sequently .sold  out  his   interest.      He  then  en- 
j^aj^cd    in   the   (luarrying   of  gypsum  at  Went- 
w(Utii,    N.S. ,    forming   a   comjiany   called    the 
Wenlworth     (iyiisum    Piaster    Conijiany,    with 
which     he    was    connected     for    fifteen    years. 
Selling  out    bis    interest,    he  then  engaged    in 
ship-building;   and   from   that   time  up  to  the 
present  has  been  more  or  less  interested  in  ves- 
sels.     Among  others,  he  built  the  largest  ves- 
.sel  ever  launched  at  Windsor,  the  f.mr-masted 
JKirkcntine,  "  l''.nseneda, "  of  one  thousand  tons 
registered  tonnage,  which  is  still  afloat,  and  is 
owne.l  by  him.      Mr    Keith  is  a  direct.ir  of  the 
Wind-'Oi   I'urniturc  Company  and  of  the  Wind- 
Mir  Insurance   Comiiany,  and   vice  i)resident   ol 
the     Commercial    Hank    ol     Windsor.      He    is 
widely  respected,  not  only  as  a  >ucccs-.ful  busi- 
ness  m.m,  biU    also  as  ,1  loy.il   and   uselul   citi- 
zen.     He  was  a  member  of  the  Town   Commit 


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127 


tec  for  HKiiiy  }-cai-s,  ami  lias  hucn  .several  times 
ur^^ctl  to  accept  the  nomination  t'oi- IVIa\-or,  hut 
(IcclinciJ.  Ill  polities  he  is  a  ('onservative. 
A  Free  Mason,  lie  is  connected  hy  membership 
with  Wellsford  Lo(l<j,e  ot  Windsor. 

Mr.  Keith  was  married  in  i.S5S,  to  Barbara 
Hell,  daughter  of  William  Hell,  of  Kichibiicto, 
\.15.  She  died  in  April,  1894,  leaving  si.\ 
children  —  Alexander,  Christina,  I'"lizabeth, 
Isabelle,  John,  and  (;eoii;e.  .\le\aiuler  mar- 
ried, for  his  second  wife,  Oritta  Little,  of 
I'ictou,  .\..S.  Of  this  union  there  are  four 
children  —  Katheline,  John  b'ait,  Arthur  R., 
and  Alexander  I  hi,i;li  11.  Christiana  is  the 
wife  of  A.  W.  Redden,  of  Halifax,  and  the 
mother  of  one  child,  John  K.  Redden.  I■'.li,^. 
aheth  is  the  wife  of  Howard  .Shaw,  ot  Windsor, 
N..S.  Isabelle  is  the  wife  of  J.  Wesley  Dim- 
ock,  of  Windsor,  and  the  mother  of  four  chil- 
dren. Mr.  Keith  attends  the  rresbvterian 
church. 


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HARi,i;s   (  I'kKii':  (iki-c.oRV.  of 

Anti-diiish,  w.is  born  at    I'rederictoii, 


N.  H.,  son  of  Jcihn  (ire,-()r\'  and 
Mary  ((irosvemn',  (Ire-ory.  He  is  a  ,i;randson 
of  Thomas  (Irej;ory,  of  I',diiibur-li,  .Scotland, 
whose  pro,L,'enitors  went  to  that  cit\-  from 
Aberdeen,  bein-  of  the  (Ire-orv  family  which 
^ave  so  many  jirofessors  of  nuithematics  and 
kindred  sciences  to  the  Universities  of  Abei-- 
deen  and  ICdiiibnr-h. 

The  family  trait  of  .iptitnde  for  m.Uhem.it  ic.s 
w.is  stron_i;U  developed  in  the  subject  of  this 
sketidl  at  an  early  ai,'e.  He  i.irried  olf  the 
hi,:;hest    pii/es    lor    ni.ithem.it  ics    in    the    \-e,irs 


1.S54   and     1S55     in   the   C(dle-iate    School    of 
iM-edericton,  which  had  Ineii    rendered   famous 
as    an    institution    of    learn in,LC,    l"'th     in    the 
classics  and   mathematics,    under   Dr.    (ieorjje 
Roberts,    its   principal,  and   his   predecessors. 
S.I    -reat    was    the    facility    and    rapidity   with 
which     Mr.     (irej,M)ry    accpiired    mathematical 
knowled.tje  that,    before   reachini;-    the    a!,'e    of 
fourteen,  he  had  j^one   throu}>;h   the   full    scope 
ol  the  most  advanced  mathematical  curriculum 
of   the  school ;   and,  upon    the   princiiml  repre- 
sciitiii--  to  him  that  the   teachers   did    not    feel 
bound     to    extend     the     mathematical    course 
specially  for  his  benctit,  it  was  arranf,^'d  that, 
in    consider.ition    of    his    taking    part    in    the 
teachir.--  of  the  other  mathematical  classes,  he 
shoukl  be  given   a   special    cour.se    in    applied 
mathematics,  with    the  view  to   his  education 
for   the    profession    of   a   civil    engineer.       In 
1S55    Mr,   C.rcgory,  having   taken,  besiiles    the 
highest     m.itheniatical     prize,      the      Douglas 
inedal  for   highest   proliciency  in   classics,  and 
liaving  also  won    the   competitive   scholarshii), 
entered  the  Ifiii versity  of  New  ]?runs»vick,  for- 
merly   King's   College,  at    I'Vederieton,  where 
he  continued   his   mathematical    and    classical 
studies. 

In  1857,  through  the  influence  of  his 
cousin.  Thoni.is  Ciirrie  (iregorv,  who  w.is  the 
resident  engineer  in  charge  of  the  construc- 
tion of  the  Sariiia  liianeh  of  the  Creat  Western 
Railway  of  (  an.ida,  he  obtained  a  position 
upon  the  enL,ineeiiiig  staff  of  that  railway. 
In  ih.il  emploMiient  lor  two  ye.irs.  under 
Mr.  C.eorge  I. owe  Keiil,  M.I.C.b;,,  and  two 
years     subsei|uent   cniplovnient    upon    the   en- 


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ginecring  staff  of  the  Now  Hnmswick   govern- 
ment,   under    Mv.    Alexander    I.iiders    I.iglH, 
M.I.C'.l^.,  upon  the   luuope  and   North  Amer- 
ican Railway,  he  actiuired  professional   train- 
ing and  experiencj.      He  continued  to  pursue 
the  profession  of  a  civil   engineer,  being  en- 
gaged as  the   engineer   in   the   charge   of  the 
construction    of    the    railway   from    St.    John, 
N.H.,  to  Mattawamkeag  in  Maine,  which   now 
forms  part  of  the  Canada  I'acitic  Railway,  also 
of    the    Fredericton    Hranch,    the    Prince    ICd- 
w.ard    Island    Railway,    and    the    Halifax    and 
(.ape  Breton    Railway  in    Nova  Scotia,    now  a 
part    of    the    Intercolonial    Railway,    besides 
making   numerous   surveys   and    reports    upon 
other  lines  of  railway. 

In  the  year  1S79  his  ]iursuit  of  the   profes- 
sion of  civil  engineering  was  interrupted  tor  a 
time  because  of  his  becoming  involved  in  pro- 
longed litigation  with   the    Halifax  and   I'ape 
Breton    Railway   and   Coal   Company  and   the 
government  of  Nova  Scotia,  instituted  hy  him 
for  the   purpose   ot   having  determined   by  the 
courts  the  legal  effect  which  the  pledging  and 
subsequent  transfer  of  tlie   company's   line  of 
railway    to    tiiat    government    iiad     upon    the 
heavy  pecuniary  interest  which  he  had    in   the 
property.     While  sucii  litigation  was  proceed- 
ing, Mr.    Ciregory  entered   upmi   the   study   ol 
law,    and    was   admitted    to   the    bar   of    Nova 
Seotia    in    1.SS4     and    to    the    Ontario    liar    in 
l.Siji.      Since  his  entrv  into   tlu-   legal    protes- 
>ion  he  has   been   emidoyed    in   numeioiis   im- 
portant engineering  cases,  chietly  as   an   arbi- 
trator or  as  a  referee,  the  jirincipal   one   being 
the  famous  case  between  the  Cana<lian    I'acitic 


1  Railway    Comiiany    and     the    government    of 
'  (.'anada    with    regard    to    the    construction    of 
the    railway    through    British    Cohnubia,    the 
j  heaviest  case  of  railway  litigation  upon  record, 
j  and  in  which  he  was  the  arbitrator  appointed 
j  by  the  government  of  Canada. 
!       Mr.  Gregory  was  married    in    1864  to  Sara 
;  Ann,  a  daughter  of  the  late  John  Doherty,  of 
I  St.    John,  N.B.     They  have  one  son,  Charles 
I  I'.rnest    (Jregory,    barrister    at     law,    of     An- 
1  tiiionish. 


^.'\TliANIb;i,     CURRY,     president    of 
the   firm    of    Rhodes,    Curry    &    Co., 
Ltd..  manufacturers  and  builders  of 
I  Amherst,    N.S. ,    and  a  tormer  Mayor  of   the 
!  citv,     was    born     at     I'ort    Williams,     Kings 
County,    N.S.,    in    1S51,    son   of   Charles  and 
I  lumice    (Davison)    Curry.      'I'he   early  ances- 
!  tors  of  the   family  were   Scotch    Highlanders. 
''  Mr.  Curry's   grandfather,    Charles   C\irry,  Sr., 
j  was  the  son  of  a  Scotch  Presbyterian  minister. 
'   He    was    born    at    Falmouth,    Hants    County, 
I  N.S.,  where  he  was  occupied    in   farming  dur- 
I  ing  the  active  period   .if   his  life.      In  religion 
he   was  a    i'resbyterian.      He   married   a   Miss 
■   Loonier,  a  n.itive    of    Kings    County.       They 
:  had  nine  children,  eight  sons  and  one  daugh- 
I  ter,  none  of  whom  are  now  living. 

Ciiarles  Curry,  son  of  (.harles,  Sr.,  was 
born  at  Falmouth,  N.  S. ,  in  i.Sji.  Hrou-ht 
up  on  his  father's  farm,  he  followed  agriculture 
as  his  occupation  lor  some  time,  but  suiise- 
quently  engaged  in  the  coasting  trade,  .ind 
was  the  owner  ol  a  small  schooner.  He  at- 
tended the  Baptist  church,  ami  in  politics  was 


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a  IJbcral.      II  is  death  took  place  when  lie  was  ; 

sixty-nine  years  iilii.      I  lis  wife,   luinice,  was 

a  (laiij;hter  of  Nathaniel  and  Sarah  (Lawrence)  i 

l)avison,  her  parents  l)ein^-  farminj^  people  of  i 

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l'"almouth.      She  was  horn  in  Falmouth,  N.  S.,   ! 

ill  iS2^,  and  died  in  1870,  at  the  aj^e  of  forty-  ' 

seven,  having  been  the  mother  of  eleven  chil-  j 

dren,    seven    sons    and    four    danjjhters.       Of  1 

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these   the   following    named    are   now    livin};': 

Loren/o;  Sarah  1).;  Nathaniel,  subject  of  the 
present  sketch;  Mark;  IClias;  Hessie;  and 
Alfred.  Lorenzo  married  Prudence  llaton,  of  j 
i'ort  Williams,  N.S.  Sarah  1).  is  the  wife  of 
Nelson  A.  Rhodes,  of  Amherst  (a  sketch  of 
whom  may  be  found  on  another  paj^^e  of  this 
volume),  and  has  one  child  livinj;,  i".d;;ar  Nel- 
son, Mark  married  Annie  Lowe,  of  Amherst. 
IMias  married  ildith  Widden,  of  South  Fram- 
innham,  Mass.,  and  has  two  children.  Scott 
Vernon  and  ICunice.  Alfred  married  Nettie 
Fairbanks,  and  has  one  child,  Lawrence. 

Nathaniel  C  iirry  was   educatetl    in   the   pub- 
lic schools  of  Hortdu  and  I'ort  Williams.      At 
tlie  a^e  of  sixteen  he  bei,',in  an  ai5prenticeshi[> 
to    the    carpenter's    trade,    which    lasted   four 
years.      He  then  went  to  lioston,   Mass.,  where 
for   about    eis^htcen    months    he    followed    his 
trade.      At  the  end  of  that  time   he   journeyed 
westward     as     far    as     \'irj;iiiia     C  ity,     Nev.,   ; 
where  he  worked   as  a   millwright   among  the  ; 
mines  for  abinil   a  year.       Thence   he   went   to 
(arson    City,    and    found    i-niployment    in   the 
railway  car  shops.      After  remaining  there  for  [ 
three  years  and  a  half  he  returned   in    1876  to 
.Nova  Scotia,  and  settled  in  .Xmherst.      In  the 
sjiriug  of  the  following  year  he  formed  a  part-  j 


nership  with  his  brother-in-law,  Nelson  A. 
Rhodes,  under  the  firm  name  of  Rhodes  & 
furry,  and  established  his  |)resent  business, 
one  of  the  most  extensive  aiul  flo  'rishing  of 
its  kind  in  the  Province.  It  had  scarcely 
been  operated  a  year  when  their  works  were 
burneil ;  but,  purchasing  land,  they  rebuilt 
their  factory  and  workshojis  on  a  larger  scale, 
a  wise  measure,  though  they  could  scarcely 
then  have  foreseen  the  large  pro])ortions  the 
business  was  destined  finally  to  assume.  In 
1893  the  extensive  car  works  establishment  of 
J.  Harris  &  Co.,  .St.  John,  was  actpiircd;  and 
the  business  was  incoriiorated  with  Mr.  Curry 
as  the  |)resident  and  Mr.  Rhodes  as  vice-jiresi- 
dcnt,  which  ollicial  persf^nnel  has  been  contin- 
ued up  to  the  present  time.  Their  operations 
are  of  a  most  diversified  nature,  and  include 
the  operation  of  planing-mills,  iath-mills,  saw- 
mills, shingle-mills,  brick  works,  car  works, 
machine  sliojis,  and  foundries.  They  are  also 
general  contractors  and  builders.  .\n  iilea 
of  the  extent  of  the  business  may  be  gained 
from  the  fact  that  it  gives  employment  to 
about  three  hundred  men  in  the  .\mherst 
works  and  to  an  equal  number  scattered 
throughout  thi'  Province.  The  output  from 
the  car  simps  alone  is  half  a  million  dol- 
lars per  year.  <  )ne  of  the  most  important 
industries  of  .Xmherst,  it  reflects  credit  upon 
the  town,  and  adds  much  to  its  jirosperity ;  and 
its  proprietors  are  highly  respected  as  enter- 
[irising  and  sagacious  business  men  and  pub- 
lic-spirited citizens. 

.Mr.  Curry  has  held  various  public  otfices  of 
responsibility    and    tiiist.       liefore    the    incor- 


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poration  cl  the  t..wn  he  was  chairman  of  the  ' 
Fire  Wards  Committee,  served  at  one  time  as 
Town  Counsellor,  and  was  Mayur  of  Amherst 
in  1896  and  1S97.  In  politics  he  is  a  Con- 
servative, lleheloiiiis  to  the  Mas.-nic  order, 
bein.n  a  member  of  Acacia  Lod-e  of  Amherst, 
of  which  he  is  a  Past  Master.  He  is  also  a 
member  of  the  Kni-hts  of  Pythias,  lie  is  a 
stockholder  and  director  in  the  l.Nphdts  Lum- 
ber Company  of    Newfoundland,   ol    the   Sheet 

llarlior    Lumber   Company   of    -Sheet    ilarh..r, 
and    of    the    Xewville    Lumber    Company    of 

Parrshoro,  N.S. 

Mr.    Curry   was  married    in    i.'^.Si    to    M.iry 

Hall,  a  dau-hter  of  Da'  id  Hall,  of  Annapolis. 

N.S.      lie   has   live  eliildren,    namely:  Victor 

G.,a  student  at  the  Royal  Military  Collt-e  at 

Kingston,  Ont.  :    i;ric  ^^  :   Leon  11.;  (  .Ivan; 

and  N.  Rennie.      With   his  family  he  attends 

the    Haptist   church. 


fOllX  l'l'(;iL  a  well-known  citi/en  <it 
Halifax,  was  boin  in  Kin-stown,  ire- 
land,  in  I'S-'i.  Kin-ston  wa>  also  the 
native  place  ot  his  parents,  Thomas  ,nul  Ann 
(Hums,  Pu-h.  and  his  father  wa.  there  en- 
naj^ed  in  business  durin-  all  his  active  life  as 
a  sdioe  dealer,  'rhomas  Pu-h  and  hi,  wilr. 
Ann,  liatl  three  children,  two  hnys  and  a  -irl. 
Of  these  children  John,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch,  was  the  eldest-born,  an.l  is  llie  only 
one  now  livin,^.  Jnbn  I'u-h  at  the  a-e  of 
eleven  years  left  hnnie  and  went  to  sea, 
servin-  his  time  as  aiipreiitice  lor  live  years. 
His   lust    Ion-   voya-e   was   from    i'ln-lan.l    to 


Trinidad.      After    becoming    an    able    seaman 
he    m.ide    many    voyages    between     Halifax, 
N.S.,    and    various    foreign    ports,    in    course 
of    time    being  promoted    to    the    position    of 
mate.      In    1S44    he     became    the    master    ol 
a  ship  called   the   "Idlen,"  owned   by  the  hate 
firm  of  Ceorge  P.  Oxley  &  Co,,  of  Halifax,  in 
which    ills    tirst    trip   was    to   Jamaica.      Snb- 
seipiently     he     became     master    of     the     brig 
"Loyalist,"    Delonging    to    the    late    lirm     of 
(leorge    !'.    .Mitchell    &    Co.,   in    which   during 
seven  years   he   maile   thirty-four  voyages   be- 
tween I  hilifax  an<l  Jamaica.      Later  he  became 
commander  ot   the  brig  "I'-awn,"  built  by  him 
in  Dartmouth,  N.S  ,  in  company  with  George 
P.   Mitchell    &  Co.,  the  building  having  been 
superintended  by  him>elf.      In   this   vessel    he 
continued  to  follnw  the  sea  as  commander  and 
part  owner  until    1S57,  when   ho  retired.      He 
then  engaged  in   business  ashore  as  a   whole- 
sale  dealer    in    groceries,    licpior,    and    wine, 
'  which  he  carried   on    successfully  for   fourteen 
years,  ,it  the  end   ol    tluit   time   giving   up   the 
-nicerv  trade  and   continuing  as  an   im|)orter 
ni  and  wholesale  dealer  in   wines  and   liepiors. 
l-.ventually   he   took    hi>  son    into   partnership 
with  him,  but.  the  son  dying    -.hortly  after,  he 
continued  the  liusiness  .done  until  the  present 
time  (  1899). 

.Mr.  Pugli  is  chairman  <il  the  iSoard  ol  Pilot 
(  ninmissioners  i<\  Halif.ix.  .At  onetime,  dur- 
ing Sir  (  h.irles  I'upper'^  regime,  he  was  a 
mcMuberof  the  P.n.ird  n|  Works.  He  has  also 
.scivcmI  a^  Representativr  lr(Mn  Halif.ix  County 
to  the  Legislature.  In  ixditics  he  is  a  Con- 
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'33 


Mr.  I'u^^h  was  married  in  1S44  to  Miss 
Alice  Saunders,  a  daii^diter  of  William  Saun- 
ders, of  Ha'  fax,  N.S.  Six  children  were 
born  of  this  union,  and  four  of  them  are  now 
living;;  namely,  Henry  J.,  Alice.  Minnie, 
and  Marjiaret.  Henry  J.  I'ugh  is  now  man- 
ager of  a  branch  of  the  Union  Mank  at  Mt)r- 
daunt,  near  Winnipeg.  He  married  a  Miss 
Nelson,  and  has  three  children.  Alice  is  the 
wile  of  Herbert  Kingsford,  nf  IVru,  South 
America,  and  has  three  eiiildren.  The 
mother,  Mrs.  Alice  S.  I'ugh,  died  in  1893,  at 
the  age  of  si.vty-six.  Mr.  I'ugh  began  with 
nothing,  and  has  risen  to  his  present  position 
among  the  substantial  citizens  of  Halil.ix 
.solely  by  his  own  exertions.  He  has  many 
friends  in  Halifax  and  the  vicinity. 


I^Jl'lNRY  II.  M.CURDV,  who  keeps  a 
large  general  store  in  Antigonish, 
and  is  one  of  the  leading  merchants 
in  that  part  of  the  Province,  was  born  in 
Onsliiw,  Colche^tiT  County,  N.S..  l'\"hruarv 
JO,  iS4,S.  He  is  a  son  i.t  tlie  Hon.  David 
McCurdy  and  great-grand.son  of  Alexander 
MeCurdy,  a  native  of  Londonderry,  Ireland, 
born  in  i/jv 

Alexander  MeCurdy  came  tu  Nova  .Seotia  in 
I7f')0,  an<l  settled  at  I.ondondi-rrv,  Colehester 
County,  later  removing  to  (Jnslow.  He  was 
elected  an  Mlder  in  tiie  i'resbyterian  ehureli  at 
Truro.  He  died  in  iSoS.  at  the  age  ol 
seventy-five.  His  wife,  whose  m.iiden  name 
was  J.met  (iuthrie.  was  born  at  Withstr.iw, 
Ireland,   in   1738,  anti  died  in  1  Sou,  at  the  age 


of  sixty-two.      They  were  the  parents  of  eight 
children. 

The  next  in  line  of  descent  and  grandfather 
of  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  James  Mc- 
Curdy, who  was  born  at  Londonderry,  N.  S., 
in  1766,  and  died  in  1854,  at  the  age  of 
eighty-eight.  He  was  a  farmer  by  occupa- 
tion. He  married  Agnes  Archibald,  a  native 
of  Truro,  N,  S.,  born  in  1770.  She  died  in 
1S51,  having  been  the  mother  of  fourteen 
children.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Matthew  and 
Janet  (I'isher;  Archibald.  Her  father  was 
born  in  Londonderry,  Ireland,  in  1745,  ^"'1 
died  in  Onslow,  at  the  age  of  seventy-five. 
Her  motiier,  wiio  was  a  native  of  New  Hamp- 
shire, born  in  1750,  died  at  the  advanced  age 
of  ninety-three.  Mattliew  Archibald  came  to 
Nova  Scotia  in  1762.  He  was  cpiite  a  promi- 
nent citi/en,  antl  represented  Truro  in  Parlia- 
ment for  fourteen  years.  He  had  twelve  chil- 
dren. 

The  H.in.  David  McCurdy.  son  of  James 
and  father  of  Henry  II..  was  born  at  Onslow, 
X.S.,  July  JO.  iSio.  He  followed  farming 
on  the  idd  homestead  for  fortv  vears,  :ind 
Liter  engaged  in  mercantile  business  at  liad- 
ileck,  C.I).,  which  he  conducted  up  to  I.S.S5, 
when  he  retired,  having  acquired  a  compe- 
tence. He  is  a  much  respected  citi/.en.  Li 
politics  he  is  a  l.ibenil.  He  was  a  successful 
candidate  inv  the  House  of  Assembly  in  \'ic- 
toria  County,  Cjie  lireton,  in  1.S73.  and  in 
1S74  was  appointed  a  member  of  the  Legisla- 
tive Council,  which  position  he  still  holds. 
In  1S51  he  was  elected  an  lOlder  in  the  I'res- 
byterian   church.      He   w.is   married    h'ebruary 


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20,  1832,  to  ^[;lry  Archibald,  wlio  was  horn  at 
Sherbrooke,  N.  S.,  in  1812,  a  daughter  of 
David  and  Hannah  (Hlanciianl)  Archibald. 
Her  father,  a  farmer  by  occupation,  was  a  na- 
tive of  Londonderry,  N.H.,  born  in  1758. 
He  died  at  the  aj^o  of  sixty-five.  Her  mother 
was  born  in  New  Hampshire  in  1774.  and  died 
at  the  a<,re  nf  tifty-six.  David  Archibald  for 
some  time  was  enga,i;ed  in  business  in  Truro, 
N.S.  He  subsequently  remnved  to  .St.  Mary"s 
(now  Sherbrooke).  where  he  died,  having  been 
for  a  number  of  years  jirevious  to  bis  death  the 
leading  business  man  in  that  [lart  of  the  coun- 
try. David  and  Mary  (.Archibald)  .McCurdy 
hail  seven  children,  namely:  John,  who  is  now 
deceased:  Hannah,  who  is  the  wife  of  W.  H. 
]51anchard.  of  Windsor,  N.S.  ;  (ieorgina,  who 
is  unmarried:  l-Ldward  W'.,  who  married  ICli/a 
Hart,  of  Haddeck,  C.  H.  ;  William  I".,  wiio 
married  Klizabeth  Kandick,  of  Halifa.\, 
N.S.  :  Henry  H,.  the  subject  of  this  sketch; 
and  Arthur  W.,  whose  wife,  Lucy  O'lirien,  of 
Windsor.  N.S.,  is  deceased.  Mrs.  .Mary 
Archibald  McCurdy  died  in  1SS4.  David 
McCurdv  is  now  the  only  survi\,ir  ol  his 
father's  family.  His  brothers  M,d  sisters 
each  lived  to  the  age  of  about  ninety  years. 

Henrv  11.  .McCurdy  obtaineil  his  element- 
ary education  at  Onslow,  and  subse(|uently  at- 
tended the  model  and  normal  schools  at  'i'ruro. 
After  completing  his  studies  he  was  eiig.iged 
in  business  with  his  f.ilher  at  H.iddeck.  i  H,, 
from  isr/)  to  i86(i.  In  tlic  year  l.ist  n.nned 
he  went  to  .\ntigonish  .ind  opened  a  general 
store,  beginning  in  a  snudl  way.  He  h,is 
since   built    up    the    leading    business    in    the 


e.istein  part  of  the  Province.  In  1S96,  in 
connection  with  Mr.  .Arthur  I'orbes,  he  opened 
a  branch  stfire  at  .Sydney,  C.li.,  under  the  firm 
name  of  McCurdy  X-  Co.,  which  enterprise 
also  has  been  very  successful.  In  juilitics  he 
is  a  Liberal. 

He  w.is  married  in  1S75  to  Sarah  Mc- 
Millan, daughter  of  John  and  Isabelle  (Chis- 
hidm)  McMillan,  of  yXntigonisb,  N.S.  .Mr. 
and  .Mrs.  MeCnnly  are  the  parents  of  seven 
children  —  David,  John,  Harry.  Mary  Isa- 
bella, Margaret,  C.irnot,  and  .Anisley.  David 
is  a  l.iw  student  at  Dalhousie  College.  John 
and  Harry,  who  both  purpose  following  the 
mercmtile  profession,  are  clei'ks  in  their 
f,ither"s  store  at  Antignnish.  Mie  family 
attend  the  I'resbyteri.m  church.  They  are 
widelv  esteenied  and  respected  as  useful  citi- 
zens and  good  neighbors. 


ki;d     wdodhurv     ^i'ic.xdm.w, 


ii  |iroprieloi'  o!  ,1  fine  stock  l.irm  at  Kent- 
ville,  N'..S. ,  was  boin  in  lioston,  M.iss.,  .Sep- 
tembiT  J I ,  i8'ii,  son  ol  luioch  and  .\bbie  I.. 
(Woodhurvi  Ste.iihnaii.  lie  is  a  descendant 
of  John  .Steadnian,  who  w.is  ,1  resident  at  one 
time  of  North  Kingstiui,   R,  I. 

It  is  not  unlikelyth.it  th's  John  Steadman 
was  ,1  native  u\  Rhode  Lkind,  though  no 
delinite  iiitoiin.il  ion  is  .i\Mil,ible  on  th.it 
point.  Iletheie  111  111  ie. I  his  fust  wile,  I'.il- 
theni.i  (ii,ic\-,  who  came  lioiii  Shrewsi>ury, 
Monmouth  County,  N.J.  lie  iemo\'ed  from 
place  to  place  in  New  Lngland  until,  in  i  7''iO, 
he   came    to    Nnva    >coti.i,    settling    in    ("0111- 


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wallis,  where,  as  he  was  a  surveyor,  he  pn)h- 
ahly  assisted  in  laying  out  tlic  town.  lie  had 
two  children  by  his  first  wile  and  three  by  his 
second,  whose  maiden  name  was  Frances 
Con^don.  or  the  latter  union  was  born 
iMioch,  who  was  next  in  the  ancestral  line 
now  being  traced. 

Ivnoch  Steadman,  a  native  of  Cornwallis, 
N.S.,  married  Kllison  Cogswell,  daughter  of 
.\aron  Cogswell.  They  had  eight  ciiildren, 
of  whom  the  second-born  was  lien  jam  in, 
grandfather  of  b'red  Woodbury. 

IJenjamin  .Steavlman  was  born  at  Cornwallis, 
August  2,  i;86.  He  married  Mary  .Ann 
l':aton,  daughter  of  James  and  Xaney  (Man- 
ning) I':aton,  the  ceremony  being  performed 
by  the  Rev.  Robert  Norris.  lie  died  in 
iSOf,  and  was  buried  at  Billtown,  \..S. 
His  wife,  who  was  born  May  3,  1796,  sur- 
vived him  fourteen  years,  dying  September 
7,  i«79-  They  had  eight  children,  of  whom 
three    -Ruth,  Harriett,  and  IMward  .M.mning 

-are  now  living.  Ruth  is  the  wife  of  Will-  ! 
ian)  Harrington,  ol  Kentville;  and  Harriett  is 
the  wife  of  Robert  Harrington,  brother  of 
William.  bMward  Manning  .Steadman  has 
been  twice  married.  The  maiden  name  of  his 
lir.st  wife  was  .Sarah  J.me  R,d)inMm,  and  ol 
his  present  wife,  i:ii/.abeth  M.   Noilli. 

I'uoch  Steadman,  sun  of  Menjamin  ,ind  M.uy 
.\nn  Sti'adman,  was  bmn  in  Cornw.illis,  \.S., 
in  i«-'i).  In  his  ymilh  he  went  to  lioston.  ' 
Mass.,  and  lor  s(nne  time  w.is  engaged  in  | 
farming  in  the  vicinity  ol  that  city.  l.aler 
he  went  into  the  trucking  business,  becoming 
a    mendic'-  of   the   lirm   of    Ibdt,    Steadman   & 


Co.,  and  was  so  successful  that  he  was  able  to 
retire  about  twenty  years  before  his  death, 
which  occurred  in  1895.  This  period  was 
spent  in  comfort  and  ease  in  the  city  of  Bos- 
ton, of  which  he  was  a  well-known  and  re- 
spected resident.  He  had  become  a  natural- 
ized citizen  of  the  United  States  in  1864. 
His  wife,  Abbie,  was  a  native  of  Ijiswich, 
Mass.  They  had  two  children,  namely: 
Frank  K.,  who  died  in  1865;  and  Fred  Wood- 
bury, whose  ;iame  begins  this  sketch. 

b'red  Woodbury  Steadman  was  educated  in 
the  jiublic  schools  of  Boston,  his  native  city. 
He  then  followed  the  sea  for  several  years, 
subsequently  becoming  a  brakeman  on  the 
Old  Colony  Railroad  and  afterward  a  baggage- 
master  and  conductcu-  on  the  same  road,  re- 
maining in  its  employ  (ov  ten  vears.  In 
1S93,  coming  to  Nova  Scotia,  he  purchased 
bis  [jresent  stock  farm  at  Kentville,  where  he 
now  resides,  extensively  engaged  in  stock- 
raising  and  making  a  specialty  of  horses.  He 
was  married  November  31,  1894,  to  h" ranees 
W.  Cox,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  ICunice  Cox, 
"f  Kentville,  and  has  lour  children  -  I'ilmer 
\\'-,  I'rieda,  Lucille,  and  l'"red  C. 


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.^^y.TFR  SHAW  HURNHAM,  who 
'^  has  been  I'ostmaster  of  Windsor  for 
the  last  forty-live  years,  was  born  in 
I'almouth,  N.S.,  May  i;,  ,,Sj,,  |,is  parents 
being  J.icob  and  b' ranees  (Smith)  Hundiam. 
His  paternal  grandparents  were  natives  of 
Yarmouth,  bjigLmd,  but  little  is  now  known 
ol  them,  nor  can  anything  mure  be  learned,  a. 


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BIOGRATHICAL   REVIEW 


all  their  chikli-en   have  passed  away,  and  there 
are  few  or  no  family  records. 

Their  son,  Jacob  Burnham,  was  born  at 
Newport.  N.S.,  September  i,  1779.  He  was 
a  blacksmith  by  trade,  hard  working  and  hon- 
est and  religious,  being  an  earnest  Meth- 
odist. His  death  occurred  April  4,  1S41.  and 
that  of  his  wife  on  March  18,  1847.  .She  was 
born  in  Newjwrt,  May  29,  1780.  They  were 
married  on  October  31,  1805,  and  had  nine 
children,  seven  sons  and  two  daughters. 

I'eter  Shaw  lUirnham,  after  his  school  days 
were  over,  worked  for  some  time  in  l-'almouth 
on  a  farm.  He  then  spent  a  short  time  in  the 
city  of  New  York.  Returning  subsequently 
to  Nova  Scotia,  he  settled  in  Windsor  and 
opened  a  grocery  store.  He  was  appointed 
Postmaster  in  1854,  and  has  since  held  the 
office  continuously,  a  sufficient  jiroof  that  he 
has  ])roved  himself  thoroughly  capable  ai'd 
trustworthy.  At  first  he  conducted  tiie  post- 
office  in  connection  with  his  grocery  store,  in 
which  it  was  located,  but  with  the  growth  of 
the  place  his  duties  as  |-ostmaster  beramo 
more  onerous,  so  as  finally  to  demand  his  en- 
tire attention,  and  iie  accordingly  gave  up  his 
store.  He  is  now  the  (ddest  citi/en  in  piildic 
life  in  Windsor,  and  is  greatly  respected  and 
esteemed,  his  friends  and  acquaintances  in- 
cluding practically  the  entire  community. 

On  November  2C>.  184'!,  Mr.  lUirnhani  was 
married  to  Miss  Catherine  Lawrence,  a  na- 
tive of  Upi)er  i'"alinouth,  \.S.,  born  October 
22.  1824,  and  a  daughter  of  l'"raiicis  and  (  ath- 
erine  Lawrence.  I-'our  children  were  born  ot 
this    union.      Tiie    only   one   now   living    is   a 


daughter,  lilla,  who  is  unmarried.  Mrs. 
Burnham  died  April  9.  ^^H-  ^he  was  a 
member  of  the  Methodist  church. 

/?)*K()RGK  H.  ROBERT.SON,  superin- 
\^T  tendent  of  the  Yarmouth  Water 
Works,  was  born  in  Yarmouth,  N.  S  ,  in  1845, 
son  of  William  an<l  Nancy  (Dodge)  Robert- 
son. 

His  father,  William  Robertson,  was  born 
in  Yarmouth,  N.S.,  in  181 1.  In  youth  he 
learned  the  trade  of  blacksmith,  which  he  fol- 
lowed until  reaching  the  age  of  twenty-one, 
when  he  became  a  .sailor.  brom  the  humblest 
position  on  the  forward  deck  he  rose  to  that  of 
master  mariner,  wliich  he  held  for  many  years, 
making  numerous  voyages.  Finally  retiring 
from  the  sea,  he  settled  in  Milton  village, 
Yarmouth,  where  he  resided  for  the  rest  of  his 
life,  a  much  respected  citizen,  and  died  at  the 
age  of  eighty  years.  Hy  his  wife,  Nancy, 
who  was  a  native  of  C'ornwallis,  he  had  lour 
children,  all  of  whom  are  now  living,  namely: 
I'.ineline,  wife  of  James  R.  Hart,  of  Hridge- 
town,  N.S.  ;  William  D.;  (ieorge  IL:  and 
Charles  V.. 

Ceorge  II  Robertson,  after  obtaining  his 
education  in  schools  at  Milton  village,  Yar- 
mouth, served  an  apprent iceshi|)  to  the  trade 
of  pum|i  and  block  making,  wliich  he  subse- 
(piently  followed  for  some  years,  four  years 
l)eing  spent  in  Huston,  Mass.  In  1882  he 
was  appointed  to  his  present  position  ol  super- 
intendent of  the  N'arnioiith  W.iter  Wnrks,  the 
duties    of    which    lie    has    since    very    capably 


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141 


performed.  He  is  mucli  respected  as  a  trust- 
worthy public  official  and  a  man  of  upright 
character.  In  politics  he  is  a  Liberal  Con- 
servative. 


§OII\  I'l.I.IS  lU'TI.I'R,  Harbor  Master 
of  the  port  of  Halifax,  was  born  in  that 
city,  Ajiril  37,  1S34,  son  of  Ivtiward  and 
J'^izabeth  (De  W'oll)  JUitler.  lie  is  a  j^raml- 
son  of  lulmnnd  lUitlcr,  a  native  of  (  onnty 
Tippcrary,  Ireland,  who  came  to  Halifax  in 
early  life,  and  who  was  for  man)-  vears  a  la- 
borer in  the  Queen's  dockyard.  lulniund 
Sutler  was  favorably  known  as  an  honest  n)an, 
a  steady  workman,  and  a  ,i;dod  citi/en.  The 
niaitlen  n.une  of  his  wife  was  Rhunt.  They 
had  six  children,  three  sons  and  three  daui^ii- 
ters,  none  of  whom  are  now  livinj;. 

Kdward  Ihitler,  who  was  his  parents'  second 
eldest  son,  was  born  in  Halifax  in  the  year 
iSoo.  He  served  his  time  in  the  (  iiieen's 
dockyards  as  a  ship-tai  pcnter,  and  continued 
in  tJK-  sci\ice  of  the  (juccn  for  man\-  wars. 
His  death  occurred  in  \Si<~.  His  wife,  who 
was  horn  in  iSo,^,  died  in  i,S-j.  They  were 
Roman  Catholics  in  religion,  (inod,  conunon- 
sensc  people,  ol  kindl\'  disposit  inn,  they  were 
respected  by  all  their  neighlK)rs.  I'hcv  had 
eij;ht  children,  lour  sons  and  four  dau,i;hters, 
of  whom  four  are  now  livin;;;  namelv,  John 
)';ilis,   lulward,   Ka'.hjrine,  and  M.ii  ia. 

John  i'lllis  Mutler  in  his  bo\hood,  aftci' 
j,'(dnj;  to  sehiMil  for  some  time  in  Halifax, 
wmkeil  fur  one  yeai-  in  a  dr_\-i;(iods  store  in 
that    city.       He    then    again    attended    schoid. 


When  fourteen  years  of  a,;,^^  he  began  an  aji- 
prenticeshii)  f"  the  trade  of  spar-making  in 
Halifax,  and  subsequently  followed  that  occu- 
pation for  forty-six  years,  during  twenty-six  of 
which  be  was  in  business  lor  himself.  A  part 
of  this  time  he  spent  in  the  United  States. 
In  i8()3  he  was  appointed  to  bis  present  posi- 
tion as  Harbor  Master  of  the  jjort  of  Halifa.x, 
the  duties  of  whieb  he  has  capably  performed 
for  the  last  six  years. 

Mr.  lUitler  was  married  in  1864  to  .Mary  A. 
I'eerrer,  daughter  of  Philip  S.  Peerrer,  of  Hali- 
fa.x. They  have  had  eight  children,  of  whom 
six  are  now  living;  nainely,  Charles  C,  lul- 
mund,  Philip,  Mark.  I'li/abetb,  and  Certrude. 
Mr.  I^utler  is  a  widely  known  and  much  re- 
spected citizen.  He  and  his  family  are  mem- 
bers of  the  Roman  Catholic  church.  In  politics 
he  votes  for  the  candidate  whom  he  considers 
best  (pialified  for  office.  He  has  been  a  .School 
Commissioner  and  for  the  last  twenty-Hve 
years  a  member  of  the  Royal  Nova  Scotia 
N'acht  Squadron,  of  which  he  has  served  as 
Rear  Commodure  for  the  jxist  ten  vears,  ami 
has  been  elected  Commodore  for  the  present 
year,  1900.  He  has  designed  and  built  many 
of  the  fastest  yachts  in  the  squadron  and  has 
been  the  wimier  of  m.uty  prizes  with  them. 


fWy- 


y.OlU.K  PHII.I.IP  XIT.SON,  Collec- 
Vf^J.  tin- iif  Custnnis  for  .he  jxirt  of  'I'ruro 
and  ,1  prominent  citi/en  of  that  town,  was 
burn  at  Onshiw,  N.S.,  Seiitend)ei  11,  1  ,s'4 1 , 
son  (if  Samuel  Scill  and  Olivia  (Dickson) 
.Nelson.        He    comes    nf     l,ii\alist     aiuestrv'. 


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lilOGRAril  ICAL    REVI KAV 


ln'ing  a  groat  graiidsdi)  nf  Samuel  Xclsmi.  lirst,       Dicksmi,  was  hum  at  ()nslii\v  in  1S13,  and  was 
a  native  ot  Riioclc  Islam!,  who  settled   at  ('lies-      a  (laii.!;htei-  <>{  James  Dieksim,  a  farmer  of  that 


tcr,   N.S. ,  at  the  ti 


if  the  Amerieaii  Revo 


plaee. 


Iiition. 
native 


t; 


fat  Ik 


if    th 


is    aiieestoi'    was    a      drcii 


She  ( 
A I 


lied 


in  1.S7J 


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ley  liail  six  ciiil 


Sarah    I  J.,  Co 


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iiiiip,  Ro 


if    .Manchester,  I'".iii;l;i 


at    least,   I  land    .M.,    Samuel    Scott,    Jr.,    and    Mary    W. 


to  .\ 


nieiica    troll)    tliere. 


Ik 


settled    in 


nnie  is  the  wile  o 


f  J.  W.  J 


oniison,  o 


f  'J'l 


and,  where  he  died. 


.'ind  the   mother  of   se\  en   children.      Of    these 


Saimiel  Nelson,  second,  son  of  .Samuel  Nel-      the  two  now  livinirare:  Clara,  wife  of  C'haiies 


son,    first,    was    Ikh-ii    at    (Chester, 
Halifax  he   learned   the  trade  of 


N..S. 


At      M 


unroe,    o 


f   I'ort   VAiiln,    N.H. 


1' 


•M. 


married     essie 


J^ 


W 


ler,  and  has 


sul)se(|uently,    after 


working    some    time   as   a      ihildren 


Mi 


Olivi 


and 


liurti 


tiirec 

.Sani- 


jouriie\iiian,  he  became  the  [iroprietoi'  of  a  sad 


■1  Scott 


rried    lane   M.  Calfrev,  of    Ti 


dleiy  .slio])  of  his  ov 
lied  thus  engaj;cd  f 
days   weic   spent   at    Oiisl 


,11   at    1  lalifax,  and 


mtin- 


has   three   ehildren        IIarr\-,  (ieorj 


or   manv   \eai> 


His    la.st  ,   I'rcd  .M. 


M; 


W. 


IS  the  wi 


and 
fe   of   (i,   ().   Hu- 


\..S. 


where   he      chaiian,  of  Hiitish  Coliimhia,  and  the  mother  of 


dieil,  at    tl 


le  advanced  aije 


of   niiu'tv-one. 


In     t 


Wo  (hi  idren 


hh 


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elsoii  and 


I  th 
.eopold 


uditics  he  was  a  (.'onservat ive,  and  with  his 
vifc  he  attended  the  Methodist  church.  Mrs. 
hood   was  a    M  iss  W'il- 


(Icoi'l;!.'  r.   Nelson,  the  direct  s'lhject  of  this 


skett 


in  his  hovhood  attended  school   s 


ucce^ 


Nel 


.son,  wno  111   maiden 


sivelv  at  ( )iislow  and  in  'I'l 


.\fter  U 


son,  died   a 


t    thi 


aiie    of    se\eiitv. 


T 


lev    liad 


hool 


he  enteretl   at   once    into 


I  ill 


seven    children,  two    sons   and    t\w   daii.^hters,      lieiiii;  taken  into  jiartnei  ship  h)'  his   father,  the 
of  whom   two  are  now   liviiii;,  iiamel\' 


.M.i 


ife  of  \\'illiam   Jiooner,  of  .Sariiia,  Out.;  ai 


St  vie  ( 


f   tl 


le   tirni    hein 


Ni 


on    vS;    .Sdii. 


.M:i 


his    connection    was   cintiniied    up   to    iSSo, 
ida,  who    survives  her    husband,   William      when    he    went    to    Winnipeg,  wheii.'    for    four 

yeais    he    was    in    the    emjilov     ol     the    t'entral 

per.      In    i.S.S.i   he 


Hlackhurn,  and  resiiles  at  ( )iislow 


N.S, 


.Samuel  .Scott  Nelson 


11  ol  .Saiiiuc 


second 


'acilic    Kailroiid 


ston 


was  1)0 


rn  at  Halifax  in  i.S  1 


aiK 


1  di 


iiarv,   1S81,  at  the  a^e  of  .si.xtv-six. 


h 


was   enga-ec 
constructioi)    woii 


I    bv    R.   R.  -MeC 


,111    oil    ceitain 


hut    alter    remainin:;    with 


iiianhnod  he  followed  the  trades  of  tanner   and      him  for  a  short  time  he  ri'turiied  to   T 


ind 


shoemaker   at    Halifax.      .Subse(|uentl)'    he    re-      on    M.iv   1,    i.SS;,    was  appoinied   custom  lloll^e 
moved  to  (  )iislow,  wlieie  he   eii;;ai;ed    in    faiiii-      ollicer  of  tlud  prnt,  wliicli  position  he  has  since 


It  Mast  Mountain.      Still    later   he   became 


bch 


to 


.\.   I'.  .^ 


a  merchant  at  'rrun 


.md  so  re 


maineil  until  his      .\.   M.,    No.  41,  uf  which  he  is  a   I'ast    Masit 


<leatl 


.\    .Methodist 


religion,    he    took 


a      111  politics  he  IS  a  C  oiiservativi 


a   pulilic 


pidiiiinen 
he     was 


t  part  in   chinch   affair' 


In    politics      olhcial    be    has    proved    very    c.ipable    and    has 


(/oiiserv.it  ivc 


II 


is     wile.     ()liua  I  given   m'lieial    •'at  isfacl  inn,  and   as  ,1   man    and 


■nitraiwi"! 


TUOORAPrilCAI,    REVIEW 


'43 


'H 


citizen   111'   is  wuK'lv 
nily. 

1  li'  \v;is  niairicil  ii 
d.niulitei-  "I    Dr.    X; 


V  rcs|n'itc(l    in    tin;   ciniimii- 

ci-lily-cij^lit, 

in    iMSj 

loiirtcci)  thil 

(lien,  ol 

11    I'S;!)   tl)   I'llllL'lUC  TllllIRT, 

in.^-       Jane, 

Ivli/ahet 

iIkih     I'lipiJcr,  nt   .\mliLTsl, 

<L'H.,     lleiu} 

I 'line, 

•  They  had  a  fainily  of 
wliom  ei^ht  are  now  liv- 
h,    Caroline,     Janu's     A. 


Joseph     I'.     C,     Kicha 


1^1 


,.  (     i! 


m 


"I  1^ 


;   I 


•44 


niOGRArillCAI,    KKVIKW 


])r.  C'ovi;   \v:is   married   Oi'loljor    3,   1H67,  to 
I'.nniKi  A.  S1i;m|),  (laiij;htcr  of  tlic  late  William 
Sharp,  of  Amherst,  and  his  wife,  Maria  Ulaek.    1 
Mrs.  CiA-e's  mother  was  the  daiigliter  <if  Will- 
iam   and     Mary     (l^cnt)     IMaek,     and    ,i;rand- 
daughter  of  John  l!ent,  one  of  the  early  settlers 
,,l    Amherst.      Dr.  and  Mrs.  Cove  arc  the  par-  1 
ents  of  nine  children,  of  whom   hut   three  arc  j 
now   living-- Winona    Iv,    John    LcKoy,    and 
Auhrey  James. 


"HjUWIN    DAX'II)    KINCi,  aC,  a  member 
JQ  ,,f  ihe  law  fnm  of  King  &  Harss,  of 

Halifax,  was  horn  in  Colchester  County,  N.  S. , 
in  December,  1S41,  son  of  John  and  .Sarah 
Ann  (Mar.slers)  K^'g.  lie  is  a  grandson  of 
James  King,  a  native  ot  :'  otland  and  a  farmer, 
who  after  his  marriage  came  to  Nova  Scotia, 
and,  .settling  at  Onslow,  there  resided  for  the 
rest  of  his  days,  engaged  in  farming.  James 
King  married  Janet  Henderson,  also  a  native 
of  Scotland.  'I'hey  had'  nine  children,  of 
whom  two  are  mAv  living  —  David  ai>tl  Lavina, 
tlie  last  named  being  tiic  wife  of  Robert 
L'pham.  James  Ring  met  his  death  by  an 
accident,  falling  from  a  loaded  wag(ni  on  the 
street  near  'Irnro. 

[nhn  King,  father  of  l-xlwin  D.,  was  born  in 
Scotland  in  1.^05,  being  the  second  son  ol 
James  and  Janet  King.  He  accompaniol  his 
parents  to  Nova  Scotia  when  a  child,  and  on 
attaining  matinity  resided  for  many  years  at 
v)nslow,  where  he  became  a  snciessiid  farmer 
and  a  leading  Justice  of  the  I'eace.  Later  he 
removed    to    Truro,     -N.S. ,    where    he    became 


a  prominent  citi/cn  and  held  the  office  of 
Stii)eridiary  Magistrate  until  a  few  years  be- 
fore his  death,  which  occurred  when  ho  had 
attained  the  advanced  age  of  eighty-four  years, 
in  politics  he  was  a  Liberal  Conservative. 
His  wife,  Sarah  Ann,  daughter  of  Nathaniel 
and  Susan  (Lyons)  Marsters,  was  horn  in 
Onslow,  N.S. ,  in  1811.  She  survived  her 
husband  but  a  short  time,  dying  at  the  same 
age,  eighty-four.  They  had  a  large  family  of 
children,  fifteen  in  number.  The  ten  surviv- 
ing children  are  as  iollows:  Nathaniel  M. , 
Marv  Jane,  James  J.,  Thomas  M.,  Annie  S., 
I'rancis  L. ,  I'.dwin  D.,  Richard  M.,  Charles  R., 
and  Willard  P.  Hoth  parents  were  members 
of  the  Haptist  church. 

l'".('win    D.    King    in    his    boyhood    atl-nded 
school  at  'I'ruro,  and  later  became  a  student  at 
Acadia  College,  W(dfville,  where  he  graduated 
in  1X63,  and  three  years  later  took   the  degree 
of  ^Lister  of  Arts.      .After  s'uidying  law  with 
the  l..te  j  inies  Royer  Smith,  O.C.,  of  llalifa.v, 
he  was    admitted    to   the    bar   in    I.S67,  and   at 
once   began    the   practice   of    his   profession    in 
Halifax,    where    he    has   since    remained.      He 
became    connected    with    his    |)resent    partner, 
Mr.  William    I..   Harss,    in    \Hjh.       !'!uy   have 
worked    up  a  large   clientage   together,  and  are 
nund)ercd  among  tlu-  successful   lawyers  ol   the 
city.       ?*Ir.   King  was  ajiiiointed  (Jneen's  Coun- 
sel   ii.    iSS.p      Since   that    year,    also,    he   has 
I  '>"ei'  one  o|  the  governors  of  Acadia  University 
I  at  Wolfville  and  for  the  last  ten  years  has  been 
chairni.ut  of  its  Committee  <if  Investmenis.      in 

! 

lolitics  he  is  a  Lilieral  C"onservative. 
Mr.  King  was  m.nried  in  I  S69  to  .\me!ia  S. 


!i 


1!^ 


.  i  if    :] 


'[ 


iv 


n  '"■  H 


'I  I 


•I  I 


H^ 


jAMi.s  u.  i;n;  1.1.1  lu. 


!-l 

1 

.      J 

1      1 

f      ^ 

'  :l 

1 

r  \      I 

pi' 


HIOCKAI'IIK  AI,    REVIEW 


'47 


iiiirss,  (l.iii^littT  <if  1.  W.  li;iiss,  (ii  WdlI'villc. 
With  his  wile  he  .ittciul.s  the  iMist  liaptist 
t'hiirch,  ut  which  lie  w;is  iJein.oii  |,i|-  twenty- 
two  years.  He  was  also  at  niie  time  i>ie>i(lent 
(il  tile  Ha|)tist  C'onventiiiii  of  the  Maritime 
I'liiviiK'es.  He  is  interested  in  Sundav-seJinnl 
wink,  ill  wiiieh  he  is  a  recognized  leader,  l)eing 
now  president  of  the  Nova  Scotia  Sunday- 
school  Association  and  one  of  the  vice-|)iesi- 
(lents  of  the  International  Sunday-school  Con- 
vention of  .America.  A  '^iuk\  citizen  in  all 
that  the  woiil  implies,  lie  can  alwavs  lie  de- 
jiended  upon  to  lend  his  aid  and  influence  in 
hehall  of  any  cause  or  measure  conducive  to 
the  moral  nr  jihysical  hetterment  of  the  com- 
niunitv. 


some  years;  and  he  was  a  Kejiresentative  in 
the  Ceneral  Court  in  i  jo.S,  1709,  and  1710. 
He    was    marrie<l   ..11    June   3,    1674,    t.)    .Marv 


I' 


,',  tlaiif/hter  of  Th 


omas   ; 


uid    Mary   J''lagg. 


§AMi;S     WILLIAM     JUtJKLOW,    a 
wealthy  and  esteemed  citizen  of  Wolf- 
ville,  of  whicli  city  he  has  heen  Mayor. 
was    horn    at    Cajie    Canso,    X.S.,    (  )ctober   2. 
1S34,  .son  <if  William  J.  and   Sarali   M.    (Whit- 
man)  liigelow.      He  is  a   representative  of  the 
eighth   generation   of   his    family    in    Au..rica. 
The  first  liigelow  (jf  whom,  so  far  as  we  know, 
tlicre    i-   any  authentic    record    was   Jnhn,  wlio 
resided   in   Massachu.setts,  where  he  settled  at 
an  early  jieriod   in   the   history  <<(   tiiat    colonv, 
and  who  w.is,  without   doubt,  a  nati\e  of   haig- 
laiul.      J.ilin     Hi-lu,    as    the    name    was     then 
spelled,  married    M,ir\   Warren,  wlm   l,,.re    him 
thirteen  children,  the   MIth   hcin-  Samuel,  who 
is  the  next  in  line  nf  desci'iit. 

Samuel  liigelow  (or  liij;l(j)  was  Imrn  Octii- 
her  j,S,  165;,.  lie-  was'  a  promint'ul  nian  in 
Watertown,  .Ma>s. .  wliere   he   kept   an    inn    for 


'i'hey  had  ten  children,  of  whom  the  ninth  wa.s 
Isaac. 

Isaac  Higelow--or,  as  hv  was  better  Known, 
Sergeant  Isaac  Higelow  was  born  in  Water- 
town,  Mass.,  :\Iarcb  19,  iGcji.  ()„  December 
:!'}.  1709.  he  married  Mary  Hond.  daughter  of 
James  lioral.  of  Watertown,  Mass.  They  suh- 
seipiently  removed  to  Colchester,  Conn.,  where 
he.licd  Sejitember  11,  1751,  and  his  wife  July 
9.  '775-  He  was  actively  interested  in  mili- 
tary affairs,  and  was  commissioned  Sergeant  by 
the  Covernor  of  Connecticut  in  1744.  He  and 
his  wife  had  eleven  children,  of  whom  the 
second-born  ami  eldest  son  was  Isaac,  the  ne.xt 
in  line  of  descent. 

Isaac  Kigelnw,  second,  was  b.irn  in  Colches- 
I  tcr.  Conn.,  May  4.  1713.  He  married  Abigail 
^  Skiiuierof  that  place,  and  in  1762,  with  s.mie 
<'thers,  removed  from  Coiniecticut  to  Corn- 
wallis.  N.S.  Suh.scHpiently,  however,  they  left 
N'ova  Scotia,  and  went  to  Wmiont.  They  had 
a  good  old-fasiiioned  family  of  thirteen  chil- 
dren, of  whom  .\masa,  great-grandfather  of  the 
subject  of  this  sketch,  was  tlie  twelfth. 

Amasa  Higelow  was  born  in  Colchester, 
Conn.,  I'ebruary  i,  1755,  and  was  about  seven 
years  old  when  his  j.arcnts  removed  to  Corn- 
,  wallis,  X.  S.,  where  he  remained  a  resident. 
j  He  was  a  ship-builder,  ,ind  was  killed  in  1790 
I  while  al  wurk  .m  a  vessel.  Hi.  wile's  maiden 
I  name  w,i>  k,,xan,i  Cone.  They  had  eleven 
I  children,  the  third  nf  whom  was  Daniel. 


, 


;:  Ii 


ii  Hi 


>^ 


^    .# 


148 


lUOGRArilKAl,    RF.VIEW 


Daniel     Hii^elow    was    l)iirn    in    C'cirnwa 


His 


.■ntcruil  intci  nicican 


tik'  business  at  Canso,  and 


N.S. ,  in    17.S0.      lie    was  a 


West    India    nier- 


ilso   iiecanie  connected  witli   the   shipp 


.■Irant   and   sliip-buildcr  and   a   very    sncce^ 


sful      tcrests.      These  enterprises  he   carried   on   snc- 


man   m 


Wolfvilie,   \.S.       lie  snl)se<inently  re-  ,  ce- 


slull\ 


ibont    I'nniteen    vears.      In    US69 


nio\eil  wi 


th  his  family  to  Wisconsin,  bnt  some 


lie   removed   to  Wollville,  where  he   jiurchased 


I'ears 


later  returned  to  Nova  Sc.itia,  and  settled  !  a    farm,  and   went    into   the    industry 


)f   fruit- 


at  Cape  Canso,  w 


here  he  tiled,  at  the  advanced      ^t,'rowin;;-  upon  a  lai' 


■  e  scale.      He  became 


a  life 


if   ei-hty-si\-   vears.      lie   married    Mmma      member  (j 


[■  the   I'ruit-sirowcrs'    Association   o 


f 


lohnson. 


Wolfvilie,  X.  S.  ;    and  they  li; 


ul  si.\ 


\ther  of  J; 


childivn,  ol  whom  W  illia,n  J.,  la 
William  l!i,-elow,  was  the  younj^cst. 
William     |.   Hi,L;clow    was    bom    in 


imes      tie 


Nova  Scotia   in  1S75,  and   has  been    its  presi- 

rs.      l''rom   these 


lit    foi-    the    last    seven    yea 


i  varied    enterpiiscs,    which    be    has    prosecuted 
llorlon,      with   inlelli-ence,  biresi-lu,  and   vi.i;or,  he  has 


X..S. ,  October  J.:;,    I 


Sof).      IK 


d  on  busi        reali/ed  handsome   1 


etui  lis,  and    is  now  one  of 


ness 


in    Wolfvilie    as    a    nicrcban 


t    and    ship-      the  wealthy  and  leadin.i;-  ci 


tizens  of  Wolfvilie. 


builder     for     some     years,     but     Mibsc(|uen 


removei 


1   to  CaiiMi,  where   for   thirty   years   he- 


tlv      lie  was  Mayor  of  the   cily  in   1  S(/)   and    1897, 

hiiihlv  creditable  and 


and  jiave 


tl 


le   cili/.eas   a 


fore    the    coiifcilerat ion    o 


f    the    Provinces,    lie      satisfactory  ai 


ministration.      .Since  tlie  a,y;e  1 


held  the  po~l  > 


f  Collc'lor  of  l,i,i;ht-lious 


1)1 


t\\ent\  one  he   has  liccn  ,1 


Notarv  I'nblic  ;  aiu 


and    .Sci/ini;   OlTiccr. 


.\ftcr  confederation   he      In-   was    M.ij;istrate   for   (inysboro. 


t'ollcctor  of   Customs  a 


t    Canso   for   manv      Kin,L;s    Counties    for   some   year^ 


.Sidney,  and 
In    politics 


veai>.  holdin,;;'  tli.it   position    u] 


ip    to   his   death,       he   is   a    l.iln 


il.       lie    is   a 


Iso  a    l''iee    Mason, 


which   occuncc 


of  seventvfoiir.      In 


1  when    h<'    had    1  cached    the   a-e      bcin-  a  member  .11 


d  l'a>t  M.ister  of  St.  (ieori;e  s 


|iolitics  he  w.is  a  i  onser\a- 


tive. 


1 1  ^  w  I 


fe,  Sarah,  who  was  a  t 


lan-htei    of 


l.od,L;e,  of  \Voll\ille. 

Mr.    Hi"clo\v  wa--  married 


in    |S;7   to   Sarah 


.\braliam  Wliilniaii,  was  born  at  Can-o. 
had  live  cbildren,  a 


'1  liev      I'av/ant,  daiii;liter  of  iamc-  ,iiu 


if  whom   are   now  livin;. 


r 


It,    o!     Wnlh 


N.S.  II 


1  l.ois  (NichoNl 
id   bis  wifi 


■Iv;    lames    William,   the    suhject    of    this      ha\e    fne   children        J. 


tch  ;    lanma.   w 


bo  is  the  wife  o|    'I'homas 


].-.       r.mudia,    l'l\s,cs    C.iaiil,    and    llor.u 


1;.,   1. 

llo 


,k;    ramelia,   who    is    tlie    wife   of   the    Kcv.        The    lir-t    11, lined,    James 


•ph  Kemplon,  of  Wolfvilie;    Abiabaii! 


,bo       .\i 


lii- 


,1     New    Mi 


14ij;elo\v,    111.11  lied 
i>.    N.  S.       l.ois  E. 


d    Kale  IMes,  and   who   resides    in  C.ipe      mairie 


Canso;    Sadie,    who    is   the   wife   of    the    Kc\. 


N.S. 


I    1).   (Il, ill, nil    W  hidden,  ot    .\iit i,L;oiii'-b, 
In  11        1 1  ild.i    Irene, 


iiid    li.i--    nine    1  hill 


W.   M.iimiii' 


,1  St.   lobii,  N.n. 


(  haile- 


janii. 


W 


illiim    I'l.L^elow    ,iti|iiiiei 


1     hi- 


w 

M 


illi.im. 


\-ie.l,i      i;-telle,     Walh^ 


( .r.iliam,   .\l,ii  v  hi^ciow.    h 


hn  t  isboi  ne,   iaiiiice 


iiientary  cdui.itioi;  in  t 

place.      On  rcichiii.L;  the  ,it;c  o|    t went)   on. • 


he  -chooK  of   his   ii.itivt'      Sar.ib.    bums    j-.il-ai,     nu 


I    ll.iniet    Whitman. 


he   ,    l.e.ih   I'aincli.i  i->  the  wile   ol    1,.    Wbiddcn,  and 


;*i.M 


! 

I 


1 


'ii 


,M! 


F  t 


th. 

iKl 


\\\     ! 


It    I' 


!     I 


>^ 


at( 


I 


so 


in 


w 


TL 


Al.l.XANDl.K    J.    ll<   Ol). 


DKIGRAPHICAI,    RF.VIEW 


151 


the  mother  of  six  children:  (iladys  l^vel}!!; 
iMiinia  luinice;  IFaiohi  liiu'ehnv;  Chinles  C.ia- 
ham;  I.eah  lii^elnw  ,  and  Ilniaee,  wlio  is  a 
suecessfiil  dentist  of  Halifax,  \.S.  Ulysses  (i. 
is  mana^-er  of  a  lar.i;e  hardware  eonipany  in 
Hoston,  Mass.  Mi'.  lii,;j,eliiw  and  his  immedi- 
ate family  attend  the  liaptist  ehureh. 


^9 


[73>TA1^KY    H.    SHORT,    one  of  the   lead- 
ing merchants  of   l)i,L;by,  was  horn  at 
Ik'ar     River,     Se|itemher     I,     I S64, 
son  of  William  and  Maria  (Clark)  Short. 

William  Short,  the  father,  who  was  a  native 
of  Kngland,  eame  to  .N'ova  Scotia  at  the  age  of 
sixteen  and  settled  at  He.ir  River,  where  for 
some  time  he  followed  the  occnpalivin  of  gen- 
eral merchant.  Later,  removing  to  St.  John. 
N.Ii,,  he  went  into  the  Inmher  husiness  as  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  Short  iK:  I'stey,  and  car- 
ried on  extensive  operations  in  that  line  until 
within  ;i  few  vt'ars  l)ef(n-e  his  death,  when  he 
retired,  iiaving  been  veiy  sueci'sslul.  1  he 
last  years  of  his  life  were  s|)ent  partly  at  Hear 
River  and  partly  at  Digby,  in  which  latter 
place  he  died  in  iSi'iS,  at  the  age  of  sixty- 
eight.  In  iK'litics  he  was  a  Conserv.itive.  A 
member  of  the  Masonic  order,  lie  belonged  to 
St.  John  Lodge  at  St.  John,  \.l!.,  and  to 
Keith  Lodge  at  Hear  River.  His  wile, 
M.iria,  who  w.is  a  d,ui.i;hter  of  Willi. im  Clark, 
w.is  liorn  at  Hear  l>;iver  in  iSjS,  ,ind  dii'd  at 
Digby,  September  i.s',  i,Si)5.  Thcv  li.id  three 
children,  two  of  whom  are  now  living-- 
Annie  M.  and  Harry  H.  I  lu'  f.nnily  n,nne  of 
Willi.un  (dark's  wife  was  Dunn. 


Harry  B.  Short  in  his  boyhood  attended  the 
public  schools  of  13igby.  After  his  school 
day.s  were  over,  he  entered  the  employ  of  the 
Nova  Scotia  .Steamship  Company,  whose  boats 
ran  between  Digby  and  St.  John,  as  agent  at 
Digby,  which  position  he  held  for  fifteen 
years.  In  i.Sg^  he  began  business  for  himself 
in  Digby  as  a  boot  and  shoe  dealer,  and  has 
since  built  up  a  good  trade.  I"or  some  years 
he  served  as  a  member  of  the  'I'own  Council. 
In  ]iolitics  he  is  a  Cimservative.  He  attends 
the  Haptist  church,  and  is  a  member  of  King 
Solomon  Lodge,  1'".  &  A.  M.,  of  Digby. 

Mr.  .Short  was  married  in  1891  to  Mora  K. 
Robinson,  a  daughter  of  Andrew  and  Margaret 
(Messinger)  Robinson,  of  Hantsport,   N.  S. 


L1:\.\XDI':R     JOIIX     hood,    the 


vctenin  Postmaster  ef  Yarmouth,  was 
burn  in  \Vevn)outh,  N..'-^. ,  Novem- 
ber V'.  I'^^.vt.  ^iin  of  John  and  Jcniphir  (S.m- 
derson )  Hood.  His  f.ither  and  his  paternal 
grandfatlu'r.  S.miuel  Hood,  were  natives  .)f 
i'.ngl.nid;  and  his  mother,  who  w.is  a  native 
of  the  Scilly  Isl.mds  in  the  ICnglish  (Channel, 
was  ol  Luglish  parentage. 

.Samuel  Hood  w.is  a  lifelong  resident  of 
I'lngland  \'"V  UMuyviars  he  was  emp.loved 
in  the  goveinment  dock  yards  at  Devonport. 
Hv  his  wile,  .sus.m.  whose  in.iidi'u  surname  is 
not  now  known,  he  had  ten  idiildren  who 
att, lined  ni.ilurily.  se\ci\  sons  and  three 
d.iughters. 

John  Hood  W.IS  born  in  tlie  ve.u'  1  ,S  i  i .  In 
i,Sv|.  at  the  age  ol   twenty-three,  he  came   to 


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Nova  Scotia,  settling  at  \Ve)moutli,  where  for 
some  time  lie  was  eiigajj;eci  in  teaciiini;  .seliool, 
a  jirofessioii  that  he  hail  previously  t'ol lowed 
in  his  native  land.  Siibsctiuently  and  lor  the 
rest  of  his  active  period  he  carried  on  busi- 
ness in  Weymouth  as  a  general  merchant, 
lie  lived  to  be  eighty-four  years  of  age.  In 
politics  he  was  a  t'onservativc.  A  man  of 
fair  education  and  sound  judgment,  he  served 
for  a  number  of  years  as  magistrate.  His 
wife,  who  was  a  daughter  of  Richard  and 
Jeniphir  (Potter)  .Sanderson,  of  Cornwall,  | 
luigland,  died  at  the  age  of  seventy-five  ; 
years.  They  iiail  ten  chililren,  seven  of  whom 
are  now  living  —  .\le.\ander  John,  .\rthur, 
.Alfred,  Samuel  C,  Henry  .\.,  Mabel,  and  ' 
Kate.  The  parents  attended  the  Church  of 
l-lngland. 

Alexander    John    Hood    at   the    ,ige  of    ten 
years    began    industrial    life   as    clerk    in    his  ' 
father's  store.      After  being   for  a  time   thus 
employed,   he   went   to   Massachusetts,  ITnited  : 
States  of  America,  an<l  learned  the  tinsmith's  | 
trade,    which    he    followed    there    tor  a    short  j 
time.      I'teturning  to    Nova    Scotia  he  settled 
in    Varmmith   ami    taught    school    for  a  year; 
then    entered    the    em|)loy    (as    clerk  and    ac- 
countant)    of    'J'homas    Allen,    a    large    ship- 
builder and   owner,  which   situation    he    held  ] 
until     appiiinted     .Smveyor    (;f    Shippin-    and 
Warehouse    Keeper  in   II.  .M.   (  ustoins.       This 
latter  oi'fice   he   held   aboul    two   and   one-half  ' 
years,  resigning  it   to   enter   into   business  as  I 
a  tinsmith  and  de.iler  in  sto\es  .uid   hardware. 
In    liS('i3    he   recei\'e(l    the   appnintment   to   his  ' 
present  |)osition  ol    rostmaster  of    \',irni(iuth,   | 


which  he  has  held  continuously  since,  a  period 
of  thirly-si.N  years.  During  this  time  he  has 
greatly  enlarged  the  facilities  of  the  otlfice, 
and  introduced  many  improvements,  in  order 
to  keep  pace  with  the  growth  of  the  town. 

When  he  first  assumed  charge  of  this  de- 
partment of  the  public  service,  it  occupied  but 
a  single  small  room;  and  the  work  w.as  no 
more  than  sufficient  to  keep  one  man  em- 
ployed. Now  the  ofTice  is  located  on  the  first 
floor  of  a  handsome  brick  block,  built  in 
kSiS6,  the  rooms  being  large  and  si)aci(His  and 
handsomely  decorated,  and  the  structvre  sub- 
stantially built  and  of  tasteful  exterior  ap- 
pearance. Five  clerks  are  now  requireil  to  do 
the  work,  and  Mr.  Hood  pays  four  times  as 
much  for  his  assistants'  salaries  as  he  for- 
merly received  for  his  own.  .\t  the  begin- 
ning of  his  incumbency  the  sale  of  stamjjs 
brought  in  only  fifteen  hundred  dollars  per 
year,  while  now  ten  thousand  dollars'  woith 
are  sold.  i'ostal  rates  then  were  high,  sc.'ven- 
teen  cMits  per  one-(iuarter  ounce  to  {''ranee, 
fifteen  cents  to  California,  and  twelvi'  and  a 
half  cents  to  h'.ngland.  Now  the  rates  are 
two  cents  to  California  and  two  cents  to  Eng- 
land. Then  an  (inlinary-sized  portmanteau 
would  hidd  a  day's  mail.  \ow  over  a  ton  is 
handled  daily.  Then  it  took  three  days  for 
the  mail  tn  come  from  Halifax.  Mr.  Hood 
himself  brought  the  first  mail  that  ever  can;e 
from  there  in  mie  day.  This  was  when  the 
railruad  w.is  first  opened.  I'reviously  it  had 
been  brought  by  stage,  one  arriving  daiU',  on 
Mondays,  Wednesdays,  ami  b'rid.iys  coming 
by    way    of     Slielburne,     and     (Ui     'I'uesdays, 


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Thursdays,   and   Saturdays,  l)y  way  of  Annap- 
olis. 

Mr.  I  looiFs  administration  of  tiic  JKisincss 
of  the  office  has  jjcen  characterized  by  efifi- 
ciency  and  ])roi;rcssivcness  and  the  strict  at- 
tention that  he  has  j;iven  to  his  duties,  he  not 
having  been  absent  from  tiie  office  for  tliree 
months  duriuf,' the  thirty-si.\  years  of  his  in- 
cumlienc)',  l)elievin,L;  ])unctuality  to  Ik'  a  car- 
dinal virtue.  lie  has  never  missed  opening  it 
at  eight  o'clocl<  but  once,  and  that  was  owing 
to  extremely  bad  weatlier,  causing,  three  weeks' 
detention  of  mails,  which  cm  arrival  were  all 
opened  at  one  time,  causing  delay  of  only 
one-half  hour.  He  was  the  first  I'ostmaster 
to  introduce  lock  boxes  into  the  Araritime 
Provinces,  a  fact  that  shows  him  to  have 
been  on  the  alert  to  promote  the  intei-ests 
of  the  public.  It  is  little  womler  that  the 
people  of  \'armouth  should  be  jiroud  of  their 
post-office,  which  is  the  finest  in  the  I'nivinci' 
outsiile  the  capital  city,  and  that  Mi'.  I  loud, 
ever  assiduous  and  cmirteous,  shoidd  be  popu- 
lar with  the  citi/.ens  nf  the  town  generally. 
l'"or  the  past  thirty-four  ye.irs,  or  ever  since 
its  establishment,  in  1864,  Mr.  I  lood  bas  .ilso 
held  the  office  of  Deputy  Issuer  1  '  M.irri.ige 
Licenses. 

Ilewasmariied  in  1S57  to  .S.irah  Killam, 
daughter  of  lienjamin  and  Ijlitb  i('(U-ningi 
Killam,  of  \'aiinoutb,  N',.S.  Mi-,  and  .Mrs. 
I  lood  have  one  child.  Alice,  who  has  been 
twice  married  Iter  lirst  husbanil  was  b!d- 
niund  Littler,  by  whom  she  h.id  one  cliild,  ,1 
son,  Ldmmid.  .^he  is  now  the  wife  n\  >.  (  . 
Iharters,    of    New    Ibunswick,    by    whom    she 


has  two  children  —  Alexander  C.  and  Alice 
Joy.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hood  attend  the  Church 
of  Mnuland. 


/  ^ijE(.)]iC,i:  HARVI-A  ,  one  of  the  oldest, 
\mJ_  most  prosperous,  and  most  respected 
citi/.ens  of  Wolfville,  Kings  County,  N.S., 
was  born  at  Omagh,  County  Tyrone,  in  the 
north  of  Ireland,  May  i,  1810,  son  of  Thomas 
and  Mary  (Landrani)  ILarvey. 

I  lis  paternal  grandfather  was  Robert  Har- 
vey, a  native  of  the  same  place,  who  followed 
the  combined  occu[)ations  of  farmer  and  linen 
weaver,  conducting  business  on  his  own  ac- 
count and  being  very  successful  and  well-to- 
do.  The  maiden  name  of  Robert  Harv(>y's 
wife  is  not  now  known.  They  were  the  par- 
j  cuts  of  live  children,  of  whom  Thomas,  father 
ol  the  sidiject  of  this  sketch,  was  the  eldest. 

I       Thomas  Harvey  was  born  at  Oniagh,  County 
i 
Tyrone,    Ireland.      He   came   to    Nova   Scotia 

with  his  wife  and  five   children    in    1816   on   a 
sailing-vessel.      Meeting  with  a  severe  storm, 
the  shi])  w.is  disabled   and   put    in  at   Halifax. 
Here  the    Harveys   met  with   friends,  who   ad- 
vised    them     to     go     In     (irand      I're,      Kings 
I  County,  which  tliey  did.      I'urchasing  a  large 
tract   (if   land   there,    Tbiunas    Harvey  ajiplied 
himself  to   farming,    ami    became  (uie   of    the 
I  sulistanli.d  and  respected  citizens  of  the  place. 
Hy  his   wile,  !\Lu'y,  who   ,ilso  w.is   a   native  of 
j  ( lin,i,.;h,   in  Irel.md,  he  had  eleven  children,  of 
I  whnm     there    ,ire     tn-day    three     survivors  — 
i  (lcMrL;e,   Is.dielle,    and    Lli/.dieth.      Isabelle   is 
the  widow  of    lames    llainilt"n,  ,uid  b^lizabeth 


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the  wife  of  (icor<;e  Kini;sm;in.      Hotli  parents 
lived  til  tlie  a^'c  of  cigJity-eiKht  years. 

("leorgc  Harvey  in  his  boyhood  attended 
school  at  Grand  Pre.  Subsequently  he  ^Mve 
his  attention  to  farming  on  the  old  homestead, 
where  he  resided  for  seventy-six  years,  ami 
where  h:s  son  Robert  is  now  living.  Hv 
means  of  industry  and  frugality  he  acquired  a 
fair  competence  for  his  declining  years. 

In  politics  he  is  a  Liberal.  He  has  served 
as  a  magistrate  for  the  last  fifty  years,  being 
at  present  .Stipendiary  Magistrate  for  the 
county  of  Kings.  I-'or  thirty  years  he  was  on 
the  Board  of  Commissioners  of  .Sewers  and 
Dykes,  and  for  thirteen  years  he  was  Town 
Collector  for  the  township  of  llorton.  Me 
was  at  one  time  interested  in  shijiping,  and, 
in  company  with  others,  built  many  ves.sels. 
His  success  has  beci  deserved,  as  it  was  ac- 
quired through  his  own  efforts.  Though  now 
in  his  ninetieth  year,  he  is  still  hale  and 
hearty,  and  takes  an  intelligent  interest  in 
town  and  county  affairs,  ready  to  aid  with  his 
influence  the  promotion  of  any  gnod  cause  for 
the  moral  or  ])hysical  betterment  n|  the  com- 
munity. He  is  widel)-  known  and  respected 
both  by  the  [jresent  and  by  surviving  citizens 
of  former  generations. 

Mr.  Harvey  was  married  in  \H^f,  to  Mary 
Ann  Johnson,  of  New  York,  who  was  born  in 
1830,  and  who  died  at  the  age  of  si\ty-seven  i 
years.  She  was  the  mother  of  eight  children  i 
—  Annie,  .Margaret,  Robert,  Thomas,  Will- 
iam, George,  Jr.,  Mary,  and  l-'rederick. 
Annie  is  the  wife  of  I'Mwin  (diase.  .Margaret 
is  unmarrietl.      Robert  married   Mary  Ciraham, 


of  Grand  Pre,  \,S.,  anil  they  reside  at  the  old 
Harvey  homestead  in  that  place.  Thomas 
married  Susan  Sherwood,  and  has  one  child. 
William  married  Kmeline  Morse,  of  Annap- 
olis, N..S.,  and  has  two  children  —  Marion 
and  Gertrude.  George  Harvey,  Jr.,  married 
Mary  Curry,  of  Horton  Landing,  N.  S.,  and 
has  three  children  —  Leslie,  I'red,  and 
George.  Mary  is  the  wife  of  William  Hamil- 
ton, of  Grand  Pre.  I'Vederick  is  practising 
medicine  in  Waterville,  N.S. 


OR1':NZO  SPKNCHR,  of  Tmro,  mem- 
ler  of  the  firm  of  Spencer,  Turner  & 
Logan,  dealers  in  house  furnish- 
ings, trimmings,  and  builders'  materials,  was 
born  at  Great  Village,  C(dchester  County, 
N.  S.,  August  27,  1853,  son  of  Samuel  George 
and  .Mary  (.McNutt)  Spencer.  His  paternal 
grandfather,  William  Spencer,  was  born  iu 
Londonderry,  .\.S.,  and  was  a  seafaring  man 
most  of  his  life.  I-'or  many  years  before  his 
death  he  was  a  master  mariner,  sailing  be- 
tween Nova  Scotia  and  different  .Atlantic  ports 
of  the  United  States.  He  tiled  it  the  age  of 
seventy  years.  His  wife,  whose  maiden  name 
was  i'letcher,  was  also  a  native  of  London- 
derry. They  were  Presbyterians  in  religion. 
They  had  eight  children,  of  whom  seven  are 
now  living;  namely,  Norman,  l.oupheniy, 
Ameii.i,  .M.irgaret  Ann,  I'Mward,  Alfred,  and 
Albert,  The  eldest,  now  deceased,  was  Sam- 
uel (ieorgi'. 

Samuel    G.    S|>encer   was   born    in    London- 
derry, N..S.,   in    1825.      He   learned   the  trade 


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of  ;i  carpenter  in   his   native  town,  and   subse- 
quently   followeil    it    there    for    many    years. 
Later   he   niovetl   to   Truro,    where   tiie    latter 
part  of  his  life  was  spent,  his  death  occurring 
when  he   was  tifty-eight  years  old.      In   [joli- 
tics  he  was  a  Liberal  and  in  religion  a  I'rcsby- 
terian,    his    wife    being    of    the    same    faith. 
Four  children  were  born  to  them,    and  there 
are  now  three  survivors — Lorenzo,  John   W., 
and  Mary  HeJle.     John  \V.  married  Ada  lUir- 
rill,  of  Truro,  and   has  four  children  —  Greta, 
lUirrill,    ICclna,   anil   Thomas.      Mary   Helle   is 
the  wife  of  Thomas  Notting,  of  Halifax,  N.S. , 
and   the    mother  of  three   children  —  Harold, 
Joseph,    and    Gordon.       Mrs.     Mary    McNutt 
Spencer   is  still    living,   and    is  a  resident   of 
Truro.       She    was    born    in    Londonderry    in 
1H2C,,    being   a  daughter  of    John    and    Mary 
(llastman)     .McXutt,    both     of     Londonderry, 
N.  S.,    where    Mr.    McNutt    was    engaged    in 
farming. 

Lorenzo  .'ipencer  was  educated  in  the 
schools  of  Londonderry,  N.S.  lie  learned  the 
carpenter's  trade  under  his  father,  and  worked 
at  it  for  some  time,  Sul)se(|uently  for  several 
years  he  was  eu.ployed  in  a  furniture  factory 
in  Truro,  operated  by  the  Trum  Furniture 
Company.  In  1.SS4  he  established  his  pres- 
ent business,  in  coniiiany  with  his  lirother 
John  and  David  luriier,  under  the  style  of 
Spencer  Hmthers  vS:  Turner.  They  engaged 
in  the  manufacture  of  all  kinds  of  house  fur- 
nishings and  trimmings,  also  building  m.iterial 
of  every  description.  In  1S.15  Mr.  William  i'.. 
Logan  was  t,d<eii  into  partnership,  and  since 
then  the  linn  name  has   been    Spencer,    Turner 


6v'  Logan.  They  have  been  very  successful, 
and  are  one  rf  the  leading  firms  in  their  line 
in  Truro.  In  politics  Mr.  .Spencer  is  a 
Liberal,  ;ind  he  is  very  popular  in  his  town. 
He  is  a  promini'Ut  member  of  Truro  Lodge, 
A.  b".  &  A.  M.  Mr.  Spencer  was  married  in 
1876  to  Adeline  Hlanchard,  daughter  of  lul- 
ward  S.  and  Margaret  d^iidc)  Hlanchard,  of 
Truro,  N.S.  He  has  one  child,  Arthur  G. 
Mr.  Spencer  and  his  family  attend  the  Presby- 
terian church. 


\CA^/ IvNTWORTIl  i;.\T()N  ROSCOI', 
M.A.,  (}.('.,  Wanlen  of  Kings 
('ounty,  is  a  prominent  citizen  of  Kentville. 
lie  was  born  on  August  Ji,  1849,  at  Centre- 
ville,  Kings  County,  son  of  Jacob  Miner  and 
I'rudence  Jane  (Rockwell)  Roscoe. 

lie  is  a  great-gr.uidson  of  William  Roscoe, 
a  native  of  Liverjiool,  Lngland,  who  came  to 
Nova  .Scotia,  anil,  settling  at  C'entreville,  fol- 
lowed his  trade  of  stone  mason.  William 
Roscoe  is  the  common  ancestor  ol  all  the 
Roscocs  nowrcsidi'nt  in  the  i!astern  Provinces 
After  coming  to  this  country  he  married  a 
.Miss  Miner.  The  locality  at  which  he  settled 
was  for  many  years  called  Roscoe's  I  orner. 

William  Roscoe,  seciuid,  son  of  the  Will- 
iam above  mentioned,  was  born  at  l.'ent;eville, 
in  (.'oriiwallis  township.  Kings  CountVi  N.  .S., 
in  171)".  lie  was  a  blacksmith,  and  worked 
at  his  trade  a  number  of  years,  but  later  pur- 
chased ,1  farm  in  (  entreville,  wlu're  he  resided 
inilil  Ins  dcith,  which  occurred  in  1860,  at 
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Cornwall  is,  in  maidcnliDoil  I'.unioo  i'nrtcr, 
died  at  the  age  of  thirty-five.  They  IkuI  three 
children,  of  whom  one  is  now  living,  William 
Henry,  who  married  luinice  t'ox. 

Jacob  Miner  Roscoe,  elilest  son  of  William 
anil  luinice  Roscoe,  was  horn  at  ivoscoe's 
Corner,  March  14,  iSjj.  lie  leanuil  the 
trade  of  blacksmith  with  his  father,  and  sub- 
sequently, like  him,  became  a  farmer.  One  of 
his  sons  still  resides  there.  Jacob  ^[.  Roscoe 
was  a  Liberal  in  politics  and  a  strong  supporter 
of  Joseph  Howe,  lie  served  as  magistrate  for 
many  years  was  Commissioner  of  Schools  for 
Kings  County,  apd  represented  Ward  ThrcL  in 
the  Municipal  Coiuv  il  for  a  number  of  term.^. 
lie  was  a  Haptist  in  religion  ;.nd  a  much  re- 
spected citizen.  I  lis  wife,  I'rudence  Jane, 
was  a  native  of  Hilltown,  born  in  i,Sj5. 
They  had  si.\-  chililreu  wlio  attained  maturitv, 
and  of  whom  five  are  no'/  living  —  namely, 
Wentworth  V..,  Henry  S.  I'rudence  Mnima, 
Lavina  Jane,  and  Clarence  Miner  I!veii.'tt 
W.  being  the  one  decepsrd.  I  lenry  S.  married 
Mrs.  Lli/.abeth  I'alinentcr  1  burn  Simpson),  but 
has  no  children.  I'rudence  I!nim,i  is  the  wife 
of  Watson  I'arker  and  the  nintheref  one  child, 
Roscoe.  Clarence  .Minei-  married  Maininie 
Morton,  and  has  two  children  ilarold  and 
Muriel.  llverett  W,  Roscne  'carried  Marv 
West,  who  bore  niiii  four  c'Mldre'n,  all  now 
living:  namely  I'.itiih',  .  iar\',  I'.dna,  and 
ICverett. 

Wentworth  I!.  Ros,  oe  wa.^  educated  in  Ilor- 
ton  Academy  :it  Wolfville  and  at  Dalhousie 
College,  llalifa.x.  N.  S.  He  Mien  taught 
schonl   for  seven  years   in    Kings  Comity,  and  \ 


became  widely  known  as  a  very  successful 
teacher.  Later  he  studied  law  in  the  office  of 
I).  H.  Woodworth,  M.I'.I".  (afterward  M.R ), 
at  Kentville.  Being  admitted  to  the  b^r 
September  19,  1876,  he  was  at  once  taken 
into  partnership  by  A[r.  Woodworth ;  and  in 
August,  1S7S,  he  began  practice  in  K'.'nt\'ille 
on  his  own  account.  Thorough  in  all  his 
undertakings,  he  has  achieved  a  marked  success 
as  a  lawyer,  and  has  had  charge  of  some  very 
important  cases.  To  his  present  official  posi- 
tion as  Warden  of  Kings  County  he  has 
been  tiuir  times  elected,  in  1.S91,  1893,  1896, 
and  1899.  lie  served  previously  as  County 
Coinicillor  for  two  years.  In  1889  he  was  aji- 
peinted  Commissioner  of  .Schools.  Lver  since 
that  year  he  has  lejjresented  Ward  Three  in 
the  Municipal  Council.  In  1896  he  was  made 
a  (jueen's  Counsel,  and  in  the  following  vear 
received  the  degree  of  Master  of  Arts  from 
.\cadian  Hniversity  at  Wollville.  He  is 
lecturer  (ui  contracts  in  the  affiliated  law 
course  at  that  institution.  Mr.  Roscoe  is  also 
vice-president  of  the  Kings  County  Hoard  of 
Trade.  .\  public-spirited  citizen,  he  has 
faitlilully  and  cijiably  discharged  the  duties  ot 
every  olfiee  intrusted  to  him,  and  is  held  in 
high  esteoii.  .\siile  Ironi  his  other  varied 
interests,  he  is  engaged  to  a  large  e.\tent  in 
.itock-raising,  having  a  fine  stock  farm  just 
outside  ol    Kentville. 

Ill  1S7.'  he  jninril  the  Sixty-eighth  liat- 
talioii  ol  militia  as  a  private,  was  subse- 
(pieiitly  Second  Lieutenant,  and  later  b'ir.'--: 
Lieutenant,  becoming  Cajitain  in  i8.Sj  and 
Major  in   I.S(;,S'.  which  rank  he  still  retains. 


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Major  Kdscoo  niairied  mi  December  28, 
1878,  Miss  Annie  I:.  Martin,  daughter  of 
Robert  Martin,  of  Centreville,  \.S.  He  has 
four  children  -  Harry  Wentvvorth,  Kthel 
Annie,  Lulu  ICvelyn,  and  Murray  I'laton. 


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AN  W.  U.  RICID,  a  prosperous  con- 
tractor and  builder,  is  one  of  the 
jeailin};  citizens  of  Musquodobit, 
his  native  place.  He  was  born  in  1843,  son 
of  John  and  Ahi^.iil  (Hentley)  Reid. 

Mr.  Reid's  paternal  grandfather,  whose 
name  was  James,  was  a  native  of  Aberdeen, 
Scotland.  He  emigrated  at  the  age  of  eigh- 
teen, and,  settling  at  Musquodobit,  followed 
farming  until  liis  death,  which  occurred  at  the 
age  of  seventy  years.  In  his  day  James  Reid 
was  one  of  the  le.iding  agriculturists  of  his 
section.  He  was  a  much  respected  citizen 
and  an  IClder  in  the  l'resbyteri;'n  church.  He 
m.urljd  Jane  Whidden,  of  New  ICngland,  and 
they  had  twelve  children ;  namely,  John, 
Kliza,  Simeon,  James.  Hugh,  William,  Kliza 
(second),  Robert,  Alexantler,  Mary,  George, 
and  Harriet.  Hugh,  who  resides  in  Mus- 
quodobit, married  .Margaret  Guild,  and  has 
.seven  children  —  I'"li/.d)eth,  Matthew,  Addie, 
Lillian,  Lorenzo  R  ,  Annie,  and  .Sidney. 
Robert,  also  a  resident  of  Mus(|uodobit,  mar- 
ried Mary  Ann  Archihald,  who  died  leaving 
seven  children  —  .Alexander  D.,  VAhi  Jane, 
James  William,  Henry,  Laura,  Ldward,  and 
Nancy.  M.iry  is  the  wife  of  William  Hay 
and  the  mother  of  nine  children — Lyda, 
William,      Nettie,     Sus.iii,     Robert,     Alfred, 


Walter,    Harry,    and    Wyman.      George    mar- 
ried   Martha   Murphy,    ami   resides  at    Union, 
N.S.      Harriet  is  the  wife  of   Campbell   John- 
.son,  of  Greenfield,  N.S.      The  others  —  John, 
Kliza  (first),  .Si.neon,   James,    William,    Kliza 
(secoiul),   and   Alexander  —  are   all   deceased. 
James  Reid   wis  a   Liberal    in   politics  and  a 
strong  supporter  of  Joseph   Howe.      His  wife 
died  at  th"  venerable  age  of  ninety-three  years. 
John  Reid,  sou  of  James  and   father  of  the 
subject  of   this  sketch,  was  born  at  Musijuodo- 
bit,  N.S.,  in  1818.      He  carried   on   a  farm  in 
the  vicinity  of  the  old  homestead,  where  he 
resided    al'    his    life.      He    met    a    premature 
death,  being  drowned  at  Ship  Harbor  Lake  in 
1851,  when  he  was  but  thirty-three  years  old. 
He  was  a    Liberal    in   politics  and  a   Presby- 
terian   in   religion.      His  wife,    Abigail,    who 
was  born  in  18 jo,  and  who  was  a  daughter  of 
Dan   and    Kleanor  (Whidden)  Hentley,  of  Col- 
chester County,  Nova  Scotia,  died  in  Septem- 
1  ber,  1867.      They  had   four  children,  three  of 
I  whom  are  now  li\ing  —  Dan  W.  H.,  John   G. . 
,  Margaret  Jane.    John  G.  married  Libbie  Creel- 
maTi,  ami  has  seven  chiKlren.      .Margaret  Jane 
is    the    wife    of    William    .McCurdy    and    the 
mother   of    two    children  —  Roy   and    lulward 
Grant. 

I.an  W.  H.  Reid.  after  attending  school  in 
hi>  native  i)l.ice.  learned  the  blacksmith's 
trade  and  also  carriage-building,  and  followed 
these  callings  for  many  years  in  Musiiuodobit. 
Subse<|uently,  however,  he  fountl  a  more 
lirotital)le  and  congenial  field  of  endeavor  as  a 
contractor  and  builder,  which  busine^-s  he  has 
lollowed  for  the    hist    fifteen    vears   with   great 


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success.      lie  liiis  excciiteil  sdiiic  larj;e  aiul  im- 
portant contracts,  inchulinj:;  public  jjuililinfjs, 
private     residences,     bridges,     wharves,     and 
other  structures,  the  work  on  which  has  been 
done  ill  such  :i  manner  as  to  establish  liis  rep- 
utation as  a  tluirnui;hly  relial)le  and  competent 
master  builder.      Anion;;-  the  structures  erected 
by    him    may    be    mentioned    the    Kxposition 
Huilding  at    Halifax    in    iNo;,    the   church   at 
Stewiacke.    the    Riverside     Church    at     Mus- 
fjuodobit,    the    breakwater    in    Digbv   Countv, 
the    iMirna  s    Whittey    Steamship    Company's 
wharf  at   Ilalilax,  William  Muir,  Son^tCo.'s 
whan     and     mill     in     Dartmouth,    the     I'lant 
Steamship   Company's  Wharf   at    Halifax,  and 
numerous     bridges     in     Inverness,     Cuvsboro, 
Antigonish,      Cidchester      and       Cumberland 
Counties,  and   Cape  i^reton        in  fact,  all  over 
the    Maritime    IVovinces.      Mr.    Reid    is  also 
one   ol    the    must    extensive   farmers    in    Nova 
Scotia,   carrying  on    a    large    farm    at     .^[lls- 
quodobit,    where    he    has    a    fruit    orchard    of 
over  two  hundred   trees. 

In  p(ditics  a  Liberal,  .Mr.  Reid  has  had 
some  experience  'if  the  jiiddic  service,  having 
been  ajiiiointed  in  1S87  Insjjector  of  Licenses 
for  the  county  of  H.ilifax,  which  office,  Imw- 
ever,  he  resigned  twelve  years  later.  lie  is  a 
memlier  ni  the  .Sons  of  'remperaiice,  in  which 
he  was  drand  Worthv  i'atri.ireli,  and  ,dso  be- 
longs to  the  I'ree  Masons. 

.Mr.  i^eid  was  m.irried  in  i.Sr,^  to  Miss 
.Susan  McKeen,  daughter  of  David  ami  Sus.in 
illiggins)  .McKeen,  of  .Muscpi.Mldbit.  'i'liry 
have  five  children  li\-iMg:  [(iliii  W. .  wlin  mar- 
ried   liessie   Cunn.able,  ol    .AFustpiiidnbit :   Abi- 


gail H.  ;  David  .McKeen;  Sarah;  and  Mar- 
garet. The  f.imily  attend  the  I'resbyterian 
church. 


^DW.\kD    JAMi;S    MORSIC,   one  of  the 
leading  attorneys   of    Windsor,  was 
!  born  in  .Annapolis  County,  Nova  Scotia,  Feb- 
;  ni.iry    5,    i,S54,    son   of    Samuel    Julward    and 
I  Sarah   Ann  (i:iliott|  AForse.      He   is  a  grand- 
son of  Jiinathan  Morse,  who  also  was   born    in 
.Annapolis  County,   and    who    married   a  Miss 
I  Longley.     Jonathan    .Moise   was   a   farmer   by 
i  occupation,  and  all   his   life   remained   a   resi- 
dent of  his  native  county.      lie  died  at  the  age 
I  ot  seventy  years,  and  w.is   buried    in   the   same 
grave  as  his  wife,  whose  death  occurred  within 
three  days  of  his  own.       I'hey  were  Methodksts 
in  religion  and   honest,  conscientious   jieople, 
who  strove  each   day  to   do   their   full   duty  to 
God  and  m.iiikind,  and  ineulc.ited  in  the  minds 
ol    their   children    the    principles   of    moralitv 
and  religion, 

.S.imiiel  Ldward  Mcirse  s|)eiil  his  life  in 
.Ann.ipoiis  County,  where  he  was  born  in 
I. So  I.  I'or  m.iiiy  years  he  was  engaged 
in  schoiil  teaching,  but  he  passed  his  last  davs 
on  a  l.irm.  lie  was  a  man  of  considerable  at- 
tainiiients  in  matheniat its,  especially  algebr.i 
and  geometry,  upon  which  subjects  he  pre- 
jiared  a  treatise,  wliiidi  alter  his  death  was 
louiid  in  nianiiscripl  form,  apparently  intended 
lor  |uiblie,ition,  but  which  was  destroyed  by 
lire  in  Windsor  in  1  Sij;.  lie  died  in  1.S54. 
lie  W.IS  a  (.'oiiservative  in  politics  ami,  like 
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Morse  is  still  living,  and  makes  her  home  in 
Paradise,  N.S.  They  were  the  parents  of 
three  children,  of  whum  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  is  the  only  survivor. 

Edward  J.  Morse,  alter  attending  school  in 
Paradise,  became  a  student  at  Acadia  College, 
Wolfville,  where  he  was  graduated  in  1.S80.  . 
lie  then  studied  law  with  J.  G.  II.  Parker,  of 
Bridgetown,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
January,  1891.  Since  then  he  has  been  en- 
gaged in  the  i)ractice  of  his  profession  in 
Windsor,  and  has  shown  himself  to  he  a  thor- 
ough and  resourceful  lawyer. 

lie  was  marrieil  in  1S81  to  Miss  Jessie  A. 
Parsers,  daughter  of  Henry  I'arsons,  of  Annap- 
olis County,  Nova  Scotia,  and  has  three  chil- 
dren —  firaham  Par.'^ons,  Lucille  l^irest,  and 
Kmerson    llibhert. 

The  family  attend  the  Baptist  church.  In 
politics  Mr.   Morse  is  a  Conservative. 


''RKDl'.RU'Is:  CURRY,  Registra.  of 
Probate  for  Hants  County,  was  born  in 
Avondale,  that  county,  November  22,  iS^ri, 
son  of  I'Vederick,  Sr. ,  and  Sarah  (Mosheri 
Curry.  His  paternal  granilfather,  Thomas 
Curry,  was  a  native  of  Windsoi-,  N.S. ,  and 
f(dlowed  farmin,i,at  Windscw  during;  the  whole 
of  his  active  life.  'I'he  father  of  Thom.is 
c.ime  from  Irel.md.  and  on  arriving;  in  .Nova 
Scoti.i  settled  in  the  vicinity  of  Wimlsor. 
Thomas  Curry  married  a  Miss  (  hurch.  I'hey 
had  einht  children,  mine  of  wiiom,  howeviT, 
pre  now  I i vinj;', 

I'l-rderick   Cuirv,  Sr. ,    son   of    rhon\,is,  was 


born    in   Windsor  in    18 13.      Going  to  sea  at 
an  early  age,  he  eventually  became  a  shij)  cap- 
tain, and  .s]icnt  forty-five  years  of  his  life  on 
the  ocean,  being  very  fortunate  and   success- 
ful.      He   also    owned    many    vessels    sailing 
from     Avondale     and     Windsor     to     various 
foreign    ports.      Having    accumulated   a   good 
property,    he   retired   a   few   years   before   his 
death,  which  occurred    in    1887,  when   he  was 
seventy-tive  years  old.      In  politics  he  was  a 
Liberal,      b'ew   men    were   more   esteemed   or 
resjiected  in  the  places  where   he  was  known. 
Hi.s  wife,  Sarah,  was  born   in  Avondale  in  the 
year  1818,  and  was  a  daughter  of  Nicholas  and 
Nancy  (MaiLoni)  Mosher.      They  had  six  chil- 
dren, of  whom  there  are  now  three  survivors: 
Mary    A.,    who    is    the    wife    of    Charles    M. 
Tyler,    of    Yarmouth,    N.S.  ;    P'rederick,    Jr., 
whose  personal   history   is   given    below;    and 
Rufus,  who  is  the  present  Mayor  of  Windsor. 
P'rederick  e'uiry,  the  direct  subject  of  this 
sketch,  was  educated   at   schools   in   Avondale 
and    at    Mount    Allison    Academy,    .Sackville, 
N.  P.      After  leaving  .school  he  went  to  .sea  in 
one  of  his   father's   vessels,  aixl   subsequently 
was   employed    in    his    father's    ship-yards    at 
.'\vondale.      Later  on  for  a  short  time  he  con- 
ducted a  general  store  in  his  native  town.      In 
i8()5    he  was   made    Registrar  of    Probate  for 
Hants    County,    which    position,    as    already 
j  st.ited,    he   still    holds.      He    is    a    Liberal    in 
politics. 

Mr.  Curry  and   Miss   Ada   Lockhart,  daugh- 
ter of  t'.iptain  Llea/.er  Lockhart,  of  Avondale. 
I  N.S.,  were  married  in    188,^     They  have  (me 
I  child,  .1  son,   Ilenrv  L.  Cun-y. 


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'l^ANCIS  W.  W.  DOANi:,  City  Kn- 
i;inccrof  Halifax,  was  born  in  Harring- 
ton, Shelhurne  County,  N.S.,  May  31,  1S63, 
liis  parLMKs  bein,;;  Ilarvoy  and  Sarah  W.  (Cun- 
ningham) Doane.  I  lis  paternal  grandfathc-r, 
Harvoy  Doano,  Sr. ,  was  a  native  ..I  Harring- 
ton, N.S.  ;  and  his  grandmother  Doane,  whose 
maiden  name  was  Sarah  RIcGray,  was  a  native 
of  Cape  Sable  Island.  Harvey  Doane,  Sr. , 
removed  to  Cape  Sable,  where  he  was  light- 
house keeper  for  many  years,  and  wiiere  he 
spent  the  latter  part  of  hi.s  life. 

Harvey  Doane,  father  of   I-'rancis,  was  liorn 
in    Harrington,    N.S.,    in    iMjr,.      Choosing    a 
sailor's  life  at   an   early  age,  he   followed   the 
sea   lor  fifty-tw.i  years,  during   forty  of   which 
he  was  master.      Hesidcs  making  many  foreign 
voyages,  he  spent  a  considerable  part   of  this 
time,  especially  during  his  latter  years,  in  the 
coasting  service,  and  was   the  pioneer  captain 
of   the    Varniouth   Steamship    I. in..'.      He   was 
also     the    pioneer    captain    of    the     I'ishwich 
Steamship    Line,    between    llalita.x    and    Var- 
"iMuth,  this  previnusly  to  his   connection  with  ! 
the   Varmouth   line.      Since  his   r-tirement  he  | 
has  resided  in  Harrington,  wlieie  he  is  a  much  ' 
respected  citizen.      In  politics  he  is  a  I.il)eral.    i 
He    is  a    Free    Mason,    having   been    initiated  I 
into    I'hil.iilcliihi.i   Lodge  at    H.urington.      His! 
wile,  .Sarah,  a  daughter  ol    William    Cunning-  ' 
ham,  was  born  on  Cape  .S,d)le  Island  in    iS'v 
Ot  the  live  chihlren  born  ol  their  union,  three  ; 
are  now  living,  namely:   .Sarah  M.,  who  is  the 
wile.il  (.illicit   H.   Shepard  ;ind  the   mother  n| 
two  children   ^Harvey  W,    I),  .,n,l   Jnsephiiu'; 
Francis   W.    \V. ,    the   subject   m    this   skelcli:  I 


and  Josephine  Mary,  wile  of  James  C.  Darby, 
of  Jacksonville,  I'la.,  and   the  mother  of  two 
children       D.irothy  .S,    and  James  Harrington. 
Francis   \V.   W.  Doane  obtained   his  element- 
ary  education    in    the    scho.ds    of    his    native 
town,   and    later  attended   the   high   school   at 
llalifa.v.       Then    entering    the    office    of    the 
I'rovincial  Government  iMigiiieer,  he  was  As- 
sistant I'lngineer  from    18S3   to    1891.      In  the 
latter  year  he  was  ajipointed  to  his  present  po- 
sition of  City  I-ngineer  of   llalifa.v,  the  duties 
of  which  he  has  since  performed    in   a  cai)able 
manner.       In    politics    he    is    a    Liberal.       A 
F'ree  .Mason,  he  belongs  to  Acadia  Lodge,  No. 
14.  ol  Halifa.\.     He  is  a  member  of  the  Cana- 
>lian    .Society    of    Civil     Fngineers    and    vice- 
president  ol    the  Institute  of   Science  at    Hal- 
ifax. 

Mr.  Doane  was  married  December  18,  1890, 
to  .Mice  1;.  Fisher,  daughter  of  Fid  ward  K. 
I'isher,  ,,f  St.  Juhn,  \.  H.  He  has  two  chil- 
dren-- Harvey  William  L.  and  William  Ld- 
ward  !•:.  The  family  attend  the  I'resbyterian 
church. 


\\C\)f\\AAA\]  OHRIbl.N,  Collector  of 
(^uslnins  for  the  piu't  ol  Windsor, 
was  born  in  Windsor,  .\.S.,  .March  .',  i,S4r), 
son  ol  Pidw.ird  ,nid  Ann  (Leonard)  O'Hrien. 
lie  is  a  descend, nit  ,,1  William  O'Hrien,  who 
emigrated  from  Lcuidonderry,  In  land,  his  11,1- 
tive  place,  to  No\a  Scti.i,  in  the  eighteenth 
century,  and  becam.'  on,.  ,,l  the  e.irlv  settler.s 
ol    Wiudsnr,      Willi.iin    O'Hiien,    lirsl,    was  a 

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whom  he  married  at    Halifax,  was   in   maiden- 
hood a  Miss  Harris. 

Timothy  ()'15rien,  son  of  the  William  just 
mentioned  and  f,'randfather  of  the  subject  of 
this  sketch,  was  born  in  Windsor,  N.S.  He 
learned  the  trade  of  carpenter  in  Windsor,  and 
followed  it  subsequently  during  his  life, 
which  closed  at  the  age  of  sixty-six  years.  He 
married  Jane  Jenkins,  a  native  of  Windsor, 
and  they  had  ten  children,  of  whom  lulward 
was  the  youngest.  The  only  one  now  living 
is  Jane,  the  widow  of  John  Mclieffey. 

lulward  O'Brien,  son  of  Timothy,  was  born 
in  Windsor,  N..S.,  in  1815.  He  was  an  auc- 
tioneer and  merchant,  and  he  also  served  as 
Collector  of  Customs  in  Windsor  for  many 
years,  retiring  from  active  business  a  tew 
years  previous  to  his  death.  He  attained 
much  local  prominence,  and  was  one  of  the 
most  respected  citizens  of  the  town.  \W  his 
wife,  Ann,  who  was  a  daughter  of  John  and 
Kate  (McDonald)  Leonard,  of  Windsor,  he 
had  three  children,  of  whom  there  are  now 
two  survivors:  Kate;  and  William,  the  pres- 
ent Collector  of  Customs. 

WiUi.im  O'Hrien,  after  receiving  his  eilu- 
cation  at  schoids  in  Windsor  and  at  the  Spring 
Garden  Academy  in  Halifax,  followed  the  sea 
for  many  years,  being  engaged  in  the  North 
.Atlantic  trade  up  t..  1S74.  He  then  settled 
in  Windsor,  and,  i)esides  being  his  father's  as- 
sistant, full.iwed  fanning  to  some  extent,  and 
WIS  also  interested  in  shipping,  being  ([uite 
successful  in  these  various  avocations.  He 
was  appointed  to  his  present  position  ot  Col- 
K'Ctur  of  C'ustoni'^  l..r   thei)oit()f   Windsor   in 


February,  1899.  A  man  of  high  jiersonal 
character  and  public-spirited  as  a  citizen,  he 
enjoys  in  large  measure  the  respect  accorded 
to  his  father,  l^esides  performing  the  duties 
of  his  official  position,  he  is  a  director  in  the 
I":iectric  Light  Company  of  Windsor.  In  pol- 
itics he  is  neutral. 

Mr.  O'Hrien  was  married  January  2,  1878, 
to  Margaret  T.  Wiggins,  who  was  born  in  St. 
John,  N.H.,  and  who  is  a  daughter  of  the  late 
George  C.  Wiggins,  now  deceased.  Four 
children  have  been  born  to  .Mr.  and  Mrs. 
O'Hrien,  and  three  of  them  are  now  living: 
namely,  Margaret,  Charles,  and  Alice.  The 
other,  Kdward  T.,  was  killed  June  20,  1898, 
on  the  Stikine  River,  in  British  Columbia. 


RTHUR  DRYSDAFJ-:,  (J.C.,  M.l'.l'.. 
of  the  well-known  law  firm  of  Drys- 
dale  &  Melnnes,  Halitax,  was  born 
at  Now  Annan,  Colchestor  County.  N.S.,  Sep- 
tendier  5,  1857,  son  of  George  and  Margaret 
(Shearer)  Drysdale.  He  is  a  grandson  of 
James  Drysilale,  a  native  of  Seot'.and,  who 
came  to  Nova  Scotia  previous  to  his  marriage. 

James  Drysdale  settled  in  Colchester 
County,  where  he  followed  fanning  for  many 
years,  anil  where  also  he  [lassed  his  declining 
days,  dying  at  an  advanced  age.  He  and  Ifis 
wife  wt're  the  parents  nf  nine  chiblren,  six 
boys  and  three  gills. 

George  Drysdale,  third  son  of  James,  was 
hoiii  in  ('(dehester  (.ounty.  Biought  up  to 
agricultuial  work,  he  was  actively  engaged  in 
tillin--    the    soil     tioni    his    earliest    ii.;'.nhood 


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until  his  death,  at   the  a-e  of  fifty  years,  his 
larni    adjoining  that   of    his  parents.      In   re- 
ligion he  was  a  I'resbyterian.      A   Lil,e,al   in  ' 
polities,  he  was  strongly  in  favor  of  the  eon-  | 
fedciation  of  the  IVovinces.     Geor-e  Drysdale  { 
and  his  wife,  Margaret,  reared    nine   ehildren,    ' 
eight  of  whom  are  still   living  — James,  A]- 
bert,    Daniel,    Arthur,     Gordon,    (ieorge,    Jr.,   I 
Helle,    and   Annie.      Mrs.    Margaret    Drysdale  ^ 
now  resides  in    Windsor,  X.S.      She    is   a   na- 
tive of  Colchester  County.  j 
Arthur  Drysdale,  after  attending  the  public  ' 
schools  of  his  native  town,  studied    law  with  i 
the    firm     of     W.    H.    &    A.     Hlanchard,     of  : 
Windsor.      Admitted   to   the   bar    in    iSSj,  he 
l)egan   practice   shortly  afterwanl    in    Halifax 
as  junior    member    of    the    firm   of    Meagher, 
fhisholni  &  Drysdale.      Owing  to  the  ek-va- 
tion  of  one  to  the  bench  and  the   retirement  of 
an.ither  member,  the  firm  has  undergone  vari- 
ous   changes.      It   now  consists   of    Mr.    Dry.s- 
•lale,    llect(,r    Mclnnes.    W.    II.    iM.ltnn,    an.I 
J.  H.   Kenny,  and  has  grown  since  its  original 
«>rgani/ation  to  be  one  of  the  lea.ling  firms  in 
the   profession.      Mr.   Drysdale  was  ajipninted 
(Jueen-s    (  oun.sel    in    i.S<i5.       ||e    |,as    taken 
•some  part   in   public    life,  repre.-enting   Hants 
'ounty  in  the  I'mvincial  Legislature  for  three 
terms.       Me    beh.ngs    to    the    .Mas.mie-    „rder. 
and  is  a  man  ol  large  ac.|uaintance  and  widely 
respected. 

lie  was  married  on  .September  5,  i,S\S;.  td 
Miss  (arrie  .Mitchell,  .laughter  of  the  late 
(ieorge  P.  Mil.  ■■.11,  of  Halifax.  He  has  one 
child.  K.itie.  -rhe  lamily  ..tteud  burt  Mas.sy 
l'resb\teriau  Church. 


il   ii    J 
't   it 


VtrX     Andierst,  was  Iwrn   at   Westmoreland 
I'oint,  X.H.,  in  1857,  .s„n  of  the  Rev.  Donald 
McQueen  and  Sarah  Hill  (Stewart)  Hliss.      Ho 
is  a  lineal  descendant  of  Jonathan  Uli.ss,  a  grad- 
uate  of    Harcu-d    College.    ij6:„    who,    being 
a  Loyalist,  removed  to  New  Brunswick  at  the 
time  of  the   Revolutionary  War.      Settling    in 
■St.  John.  Jonathan   Bliss  became  a   prominent 
,   lawyer    and    eventually    Chief   Justice    of    the 
I  I'nuiuce.      He  dieil   at    I'-rcderiefm    in    1.S22. 
His  wife,  according  to  Sabine,  historian  of  the 
:   Loyali-ts,  was  a  sister  of  the  wile  of   Msher 
,  -Allies.      That   eminent    I'Vderalist,    it   may   be 
a.lded,  married  a  daughter  of  John  Worthing. 
ton,   i:s,|.,  ,,f  S]iringfield,  Mass, 
j        Murray    Bliss,   son   of   Chief    Justice    Hhss, 
was   born   i,,    St.  John,  \.  B.      Like   his   father 
he  adopted  ibc  leg.d    profession,  and   he  subse- 
quently became  Judge  of  the  Supreme  Court  .,f 
\ew  Brunswick.      He  married  .S,,phia  Murrav-, 
'l.Highter  of  Judge  Murray,  ,,f  St.  John.      They 
liad  tliiee  children,  ,,f  wh,,m   the  unly  >,.„  was 
George,  gr.iudfatlier  of  Dr.    Bljs-.. 

(icu-e  Bliss  was  b.irn    in  I'-rederietcin,   \.  B. 

lie  held  thenllieenf    Receiver-General  of  Xew 

1^-unswick.      He    m.irried    .Sarah    W,.tm,.re,    a 

native. if  b'rc.lerict.iu  and  a  .l.iughter  of   .\tt.,r- 

nev-Gencral    \\ctm.,re,     of     .\ew     Brunswick, 

They  were    the    parents   ,■!    ..Jeven    children.  ,.f 

:  «li..m  b.urareu.iw  living;  namely,  D.mald  M., 

.Ic.ui,    l-;mm,,.  an.l    Henry.       |;,„„,a    is   the   wile 

"I     the    Rev.    G.    (i.     K,,i„.,,,,    „,     |,-,,,,|„,i^,,„„^ 

^'■li-.  an.l   t!ie   m..ther  ..f   f,„ir   s,,ns       Charles 

'■     !'■.    Willi, im,    Thc.i.l.ire,    an.l    Wvuv.      of 

I  llH'    ab,,ve    uame.l,    Ch.n  les    is    n.iw    Professor 


BIOGRAPFICAI-    RF.VIKW 


,69 


Charles  (i.  I).  Roberts,  the  well-known  nuthor. 
'I'he  Kev.  Donald  MeUueen  Bliss  was  born 
in  I'retlericton,  N.  H.  I  le  j;railuate(l  Master  of 
of  Arts  at  Kint;'s  Collei;c,  l-'redericton,  \.B., 
and  latei'  was  oidained  priest  in  the  blpiseopal 
ciinrch,  He  has  been  reetor  of  the  parish  of 
Westmoreland,  N.  B. ,  for  more  than  forty  years. 
His  wife,  Sarah,  was  born  in  Nova  Scotia. 
Her  father  was  the  late  Jud,i;e  Alexander  Stew- 
art, C.J5.,  Master  of  the  Rotls  (  f  Xova  Scotia. 
Her  ninthei's  maiden  name  \va>  Sarah  Morse, 
she  beinj^'  a  ilanj;hter  of  A!ph«  ns  Morse,  of 
Cnniberland,  X.  S.  Jndi;e  Stcvart  and  his 
wife  hail  five  children,  nanicl\  :  bllizaheth, 
now  deceased,  who  married  the  Re\'.  Carman 
Townseiid,  rector  of  the  Ani;lican  chnreh  at 
Amherst;  Mary,  also  now  deceased,  who  mar- 
ried the  Hon.  Robert  B.  Dicke)-,  now  Senator 
from  Cmnberland  Connt)-,  Xova  Scotia;  Sarah, 
mother  of  the  subject  of  this  sketcli ;  Charles 
James  (Colonel  Charles  James  .Stewart,  of 
li'alifaxi,  who  married  Amelia  Kin,^,  of  Wind- 
sor; and  !■" ranees  Wentwcirlh,  now  deceased, 
wlio  maiiied  Ccdnncl  Hope  Claik.  The  Rev. 
Donald  M.  .ind  Sarali  Bliss  have  five  chiUlren 
-  Alice,  Mary  Madeline,  Donald  McOueen, 
Jr..  I'rancis  M.  b',. ,  and  (ierald  Conrtn.'.ye 
Wentwortb.  .Mice  is  the  wife  'if  Dr.  1). 
ilenne^sy,  nf  llanj;oi-.  Me.,  and  the  mnthei-  of 
eight  children  Harry  Stewart,  Catherine  M., 
'I'erese,  Hilda  I'l.mces,  1  lelen  Christie,  Marv 
Alice,  Sarah  M.  M.,  and  Wilfred  .\.  Mary 
Madeline,  who  sur\i\es  ln'r  hnsbaiul,  John 
Mc.Swi'cncy,  former! v  "I  Mifnctnn,  X.B.,  h.is 
one  child,  bili/abeth  Mar\.  Donald  Mc(Jneen, 
Jr.,    married    MarL;aret    I'lasterbrook,    of    Saek- 


viile,  X.l!.,  and  has  three  children— Jean  W., 
Dorothy,  and  Gerald  S. 

Cierald  C.  W.  filiss  was  edncated  at  West- 
moreland Point,  ISelle  Air  Collej,'e  (Halifax), 
and  St.  Joseph's  College  (Mcmramcook,  X. B. ). 
He  sub.seqnently  took  np  the  .study  of  medicine 
at  Jefferson  Medical  Colle.ne,  Philadelphia 
Pa.,  where  he  j,q-aduated  in  March,  i8,SS.  He 
hen  settled  at  Amherst,  where  he  has  since 
remained.  With  a  tboroUL;h  .urasp  of  his  pro- 
fession, and  possessed  of  genial  manners  and 
a  pleasing  personality,  Dr.  Bliss  has  been  very 
successful,  and  has  developed  a  large  practice. 
He  is  one  of  the  most  popular  physicians  in 
the  town,  and  is  highly  esteemed  by  the  citi- 
zens and  residents  generally.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Medical  Society  of  Xova  Scotia. 

Dr.  Bliss  has  been  twice  married.  Bv  bis 
fust  wife,  I'dizabeth  Botsford,  daughter  of  Blair 
i^otsford,  of  Sackville,  X.  B.,  be  had  three 
children  -  (ierald  D. ,  Blair  B. ,  and  Deni- 
son  D.  all  of  whnm  ,ne  now  li\ing.  The 
Doctor  married  fur  bis  secoiul  wife  ]•' ranees 
Crai.e.  a  daughtei-  of  lulgar  C  rane,  of  Ba\- 
\\>rte,  X.B.  By  this  m.irriage  there  is  one 
child    -  Marv  Madeline. 


(^01 IX  lU  RC.I'.SS  CAI.KIX.  A.M.,  prin- 
fVll  '-'1''''  "'  ^''i-'  N'lii'nial  .School,  'I'ruro, 
^—^  X.S. ,  .1  prominent  educator  and  author, 
was  burn  at  Cm  iiw.dl  is,  X.S.,  <in  Xovember  id, 
|S_'(|,  son  of  b'.li.is  and  .Marcv  (Burgess)  Calkin. 
He  is  eighlb  in  line  of  descent  from  Hugh 
C'alkin,  who  was  born  in  the  veai'  1600  at 
Chepstdw,   Mmunoulbsbire,    laigl.nul,   and   who 


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lUOCRAPHlCAL    KKVIKW 


m  1640,  acciiiii|):inial  by  his  wife  and   sewral  ''  C 
iliildrcii,  ciosscd  tiie  Atlaiiti 
riyiiK.iith    (AFass.)    ci)l:)nisls.      From   (i 
tcv.  AFass.,  Hiio-h  Calk 


linn.,  m  I7;j. 


n  cail\-  nianhooc 


I  lu 


-•ttlwl 


ic  and   jdincd   the      in    New    Hiiinswirk 


I II mi    whicii    ] 


iniviiuo    Ik- 


Imices-      removed   to   Cornwall  is,  X.  S. 


wh 


in  removed  to  New  I. 


ere,    eni'a'red 


don.    Conn.,    where  he   lived  about   ten  years,   1  H 


in  larniinj;,  lie  resided  for  tl 


le  rest  of  hi.s   life. 


o  married  in  i;,-.'   Irene   Fort 


)eiii';  one  of  tiie 


most  prominent  eitixens,  .se 


er,   hy  whom  lie 


in,i;-  as  Selectman  and  as  Deputy  to  the  General      Anna,    I'll 

I'l/ekiel,     h 
Mav,    1>S_'S. 


i-v-      had    eleven    ehildren;     namely,    John,    J, 


mies, 


•-(unund 


Court. 


Hl 


Ah 


afterward 


It    N 


•-milv, 


orwieh. 


Conn. 
Th 


d     (1 


larles. 


IK 


died 


e    ne.xl    in    this    line    was   lhi"l 


1  s  e 


Idest 


i':i 


4,  who  mar- 


son,  John,  born  in  ]';n,i;hind  in  16; 

ried    Sarah    Royce    in    165S,    and    in    1663    re- 


'.lias   Calkin, 


|ohn  }{ 


nrijess 


1   of   Ahira   and    father    of 
(  alkin,  was  born   in   New  J^uns- 


wiek  in  1; 


When  al 


moved 


to    X 


orwieh.  Conn. 


wl 


loiit  three  vcars  of 


lere   lie    ched    m 


t.ie  \ear  i  re 


Samuel  Calkin,  the   third   of  ei,t;ht    ehildren      .seviyal  of  1 


he  eame  with   his   parents  and   the   rest   of  the 

X.  S.      Subsequently 


lamily     to    Cornwall 


if  the  al 


)ove-mentioned  John,  was  born  at  Xc 


lis  brothers  remcjved  to   the   I'nited 


Stall 


where 


wich,  Con 


th 


eir    deseeiu 


n.,   in     1663.      In    1691    he   married      Illias  Calk 


lants 


still 


live. 


Hannah  (iiffoid,  wh. 


bore  him  eight  ehildren.      forest.- 


n  made  for   himself  a   home   in   the 


][ 


>i   West   { 


e  remained  a  resident  of  Xi 


rwieh  until  1697,      setti 


ornwallis,    remote   f 


when  he  removed  with   his   famil 
Conn.,  where  he  died  in   irjo. 


ement    and    live    miles    be 


\'ond 


y  to   Lebanon,      tiie.st  li 


mit> 


if  tl 


le  piiblie   hii 


rhwa 


rom  any 
the  far- 
II 


e  mar- 


Jol 


in     Calk 


ukin. 


thi 


(lest 


ried    Marey,    dau-htei    of    Men  jam  in    li 


son     of 


Willi   also.    It    !> 


Samuel,    was   born   at    Nor 


was    (les 


urtress. 


Irom    a 


wiel 


1 719   he   married   Kathar 


1693.      In      family   eonneeted    with    the    I'l 


he  had   six  ehildren,  the  third   heii 


ine   Foster,  by   whom      and  who  li\ed  to   the  ad 


I 


zekiel 


nine    \ear- 


Taki 


vmoiith    Coloiiv, 


vaiKed   a-e  of   eij;hty- 


iis    Munii. 


;reat-urai 


mdlalher  o|  the  subjeet  of  this  sketeh.      forest    I 


wife    to    I 


lis 


I'^zekiel  Calkii 


1  was  horn  in  Lebanon,  Conn 


iome,    where    their    first    dwUling 


in   172.S. 


At   th 


house  ol    two   rooms,   his  eailv 


e   a^e  of    twent\-. 


111    174.S,  he      was  mn'  i,f  lianl  toil  ,i^ 


oeeupaiuy 


married    ,it    Lebanon,  Conn.,    Ann    Dew 


well 


1-^  spirited   advent- 


ev. 


IK 


whom  lie  had  three  ehildren.       In  tl 

he  ,md  his  family  remo\ed  to  .\iinapolis,  X.S. ,      the  nei-lil 


ere  he  wi  e^t 


le  ye.ir  1761)      lu'inloeks,  and   ,il 


eil  with  the   pines  and  the 


iNo   with    the    wihl    anim.ils 


where  his  wife  died.      He  subse(|ueiitly  married 


)oi  ii)M-  forests;    fo, 


as   no  unusual 


a"  a  111, 


and 


had    four    eliildien    bv    hi- 


wif( 


Al 


oeiuireiKe  for  him  to  III.'  aroused    from    bis   bed 
to  do   battle   with   a    be.n    that,  und 
nielli,  bad    stolen    f 


vv   cover   of 


liia   Calkii, ,   the   oiil\ 


loin    Ills 


Mill     oj 


•kiel 


.\nu  (D 


and      the    llm  ks    and    herds 


ewev 


C; 


ail    to   picv    upon 
as,     unpioteiled,     tliev 


ilKiii,    w,is    born    at 


I  ,:,ra/.ed    in   the   newly    i  leared    kinds 


To   tl 


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mOGRAPHICAT,    RF.VIKW 


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family  were  born  tho  followiiifj-namal  ci^lit 
iliililix'ii.  tlic  l)iitli|ihui„'  iif  the  first  five  of  thuiii 
bcinj,'  tlio  liij^boiisu:  Carnlhic,  (ioidmi  Abiia, 
Ik'iiianiin  llouc,  I-ldiniind,  Mary  Jane,  Abi,L;ail 
llovcy,  Jtilin  Hiirgcss,  and  1-dias.  (iordon, 
Hcnianiin,  and  I'llias  arc  now  deceased.  'I'he 
nvliers  still  survi\c  (Marcli,  kjoo).  All  the 
mcnihers  of  this  faniils  were  I'leshyterians,  the 
father  and  three  of  his  sons  Ciordon,  Ild- 
nuind,  and  John  bein^-  Mldcrs  in  the  Presby- 
terian cluneb.  The  father,  Mlias  Calkin, died 
in  1.S51.  at  the  a^e  of  se\'ent\-t\vo.  'I'bc 
mother,  Marc\'  Hur^css  Calkin,  long-  surviveil 
her  husband,  dyin;^  in  1.S74,  in  the  eij,d)ty-lifth 
year  of  her  age. 

John  Hnrgess  Calkin,  born  in  West  Corn- 
wallis  in  1S29.  s|icnt  his  cailv  \ears  on  his 
father's  farm.  lie  received  his  edncation  at 
the  district  school  antl  later  under  his  future 
father-in-law,  the  Rev.  William  .Sonnnerville, 
i\.M.,  of  (Jirnwallis,  a  clergyman  of  the  Ke- 
formeil  I'lcsbyterian  Clu'nh,  born  in  Ireland, 
and  a  graduate  of  h'.dinhuigh  Ciiiwrsit v,  a  ripe 
scholar  and  a  skilled  teaihcr.  .Sul)se(|uently 
Mr.  Calkin  attended  the  Imcc  Church  Cdlege, 
llalifa.x,  for  a  slioit  time.  lie  began  bi>  life 
udik  as  a  teaihcr  in  the  .uitnmn  of  1S4S,  hav- 
ing charge  of  the  district  school  at  .Shel'ticld 
.Mills,  Kings  Comitv,  X..'^.,  for  the  period  of 
six  months.  I'"roni  iS;j  to  1S30  he  taught 
•  ine  ol  the  count  \  grannnar  >cliooU  at  Canard, 
Kings  Count\'.  With  a  viiw  of  dbt. lining  a 
more  thoKuigh  knowledge  of  ihe  piinciplo  of 
pedagogy  he  then  attended  .1  ti'im  at  the  I'ro 
viniial  Xorm.d  School,  cst.dilislicd  six  months 
earlier  at  Truro,  N.  .S.      in   May,   i,S57,  he  w,is 


ajipointcd  as  head  master  of  the  model  school 
in  connection  with  the  Normal  School  at  Truro, 
a  petition  which  he  held  for  seven  years.  On 
the  introduction  of  the  free  .school  law,  in 
1864,  he  took  the  iiosition  of  In.spector  of 
Schools  for  Kinys  County.  In  the  following 
year  he  returned  to  Truro  to  take  charge  of  the 
I'lnglish  and  classical  department  in  the  Nor- 
mal School;  and  four  vears  later,  in  May, 
I. sell),  on  the  death  of  Alexander  I'orrester, 
D.I).,  the  principal  of  that  in.stitution,  he  was 
appointed  to  the  vacant  position,  which  beheld 
for  thirty-one  years,  having  charge  of  the  de- 
partment of  pedagogy  and  p.^ychology.  At 
the  close  of  the  term  in  Jinie,  1900,  after  the 
long  period  of  forty-seven  years  spent  in  edu- 
cational work,  forty-two  of  which  were  in  con- 
nection with  the  Normal  School,  he  resigned 
bis  position  and  letired  from  the   institution. 

Mr.  Calkin  is  widely  known  as  the  wiiter 
of  a  nundier  of  text-books  for  schouls.  Among 
!  these  hooks  nia_\-  he  mentioned  an  I-'.lement- 
ary  and  an  .Xdvanccd  (leography  of  the  Workl, 
which  h,i\e  been  used  in  the  public  schools  of 
No\a  Scoti.i  and  in  other  Provinces  for  over 
thirty  ycar>.  I  le  is  , also  the  author  of  a  His- 
tory of  Xov.i  Scotia,  a  Ilistorv  of  British 
.\mciica,  and  a  llislory  of  the  ])ominion  of 
Canada,  .uid  ,1  pedagogical  work  cntitleii  "Notes 
on  lulucition.  "  All  these  works  bear  the  ini- 
prcs^  of  ,1  Mholarly  mind  and  a  thorough  knowl- 
edge of  the  subjects  treated. 

In  recognition  of  Mi'.  (.:alkin',s  merits  as 
a  '-cholar.  .mihor,  and  te.icher,  .\c;idia  College 
in  I  .Sjii  I  iinlciicd  on  him  the  honorarv  degree 
of  M.ister  of  Arts. 


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Wliilc  thus  lc:uliii-  a  busy  lito.  Mr.  Calkin 
has  not  beu'ii  ncsli.^ont  of  liis  diit ii's  as  a  citi- 
zun  ami  a  cluiivli  nicniliLM-.  He  is  a  nicmlier 
(if  the  ]5iiar(l  of  ("omniissioneis  of  X'ictoiia 
I'ark,  haviiii;-  lield  the  jjositidii  df  iiresident  (if 
tlie  board  since  the  death  of  Sir  Adams  (l. 
Archihahl;  and  he  is  superintendent  of  the 
Salihath-sehool  nmnected  with  St.  Andrew's 
Tresbyterian  (^liurch,  of  wliieh  church  he  is 
also  an   Jdder. 

In  October.  1S54,  :\[r.  Calkin  married  Martha 
/.nnie  Somnierville,  eldest  daughter  of  the 
Rev.  William  Somnierville  and  Sarah  Harry 
Dickey.  'I'heir  children  who  are  no\^-  livin^^ 
arc  the  followiiiL;- :  Sar;i  llury,  I.illie  ]5enn, 
William  Sonuuervillc,  and  Carrie  llii^^hina. 

Sara  H.  married  Abram  H.  I'atterson,  now 
deceased.  She  has  three  children  (irace 
Harris,  Dou^'las  Arthur,  and  Jean  Hovey. 

I.illie  H.   is  the  wife  of  the    Kev.  Cicorge  S 
Carson,  of  I'ictou,   X.S..  and  ha^   live  children 
Kalpli    Hur<;ess,   |-'i.ink    Sommerville.  J.ur.cs 
J^rittain,    .\nnie    Stewart,    and    John    Hiir-css 
Calkin. 

William  S.   married  Mar\-  .\cker.  of    l.uncn- 
l)^r^^   X.  S.,  and  has  one  child,  Dorothea  IVlle. 
Carrie  H.  is  the  wife  of  (leor-e  J.  Wil>on, 
of  I'ictou,  and  has  one  child,  I^onald  Cordon, 


Al.THR  l.AWSON,  cashier  ,,f  the 
I  ommercial  Hank  of  Windsor,  was 
born  in  Halilax,  X..S.,  April  kj,  i,S44,  son  of 
i;dwai(l  and  Isabelle  ( Hest  1  I.awson.  The  first 
of  the  lamily  in  Halifax  w.is  Willi.im  I.awson, 
who  came  out  with  Lord  Cornwallis  from  Kmi- 


land;  and  his  son,  John  I.awson,  became  a 
merchant  m  Hilifa.v,  and  die'  there,  Novem- 
ber t;,  ;;-,jcS,  hdvinfi;  been  twice  married. 

li:v  1:    11,   '.Villiam    Lawson,  born    in    1772, 
died  August  29,   184S,  son  of  John  and       and- 
father  of  Walter,  was  a  merchant  and  succes.s- 
ful    busines-    man    of    Halifax-.      He    was    the 
first  i)resi(lent  of  the  Hank  of   Xova   .Scotia   in 
that    city    and   a   1  '.  mber    of   the    Legislative 
Council.      He  marrieil    I'.li/abelh    Handyside, 
daughter   of   his  steji-mother,   and  had   fifteen 
children,  of  whom  the  onlv  survivor   is   An.ne, 
now  a  resident  of  Halifa.v  and  unmarried. 
!       ICdward    Lawson    was    born    in    Halifa.\    in 
'■   iSof).     He  was  an  auctioneer  and  conunission 
merchant    in   that  city  up  to   the  time   of  his 
death,  which  occurred  in  i«7(j.      A  Liberal  in 
politics,    he    took    an    active    interest    in    the 
duties   of    citi/enshij),    and    was    a    man    both 
widely  known  and  respected  ni\  account  of  his 
m.iny  sterling  cpialities.      He  was   thnc   times 
married.      His  tirst  wife,  whose   maiden   name 
was    Isabelle    Hest,    was    horn    in    Halifax    in 
i.SoS,  dai!:,diter  of  Richard  Hest  of  the  custom- 
house.     She    (lied    in    i«r)i,    having   been   the 
mother  ol  (ive  children,  of  whom  two  are  now 
living,    namely:    l-di/abeth,  the  wite   of   t  olo- 
nel    William    L.  R.   Scott,  .1  retired   ofiRccr  n| 
the  Hritish  ,irmv:  .-nd    Walt,  r,  the   subject   of 
this  sketch.       hldw.ird  Lawson  married   for  his 
sec(uid    wile    Anna    lalkin.    n|     which    union 
there  are   no    living  children.      b'or   his   third 
wite  he  married  Annie  De  W(df,  two  ol  whose 
children,     survive  —  l.sabelle     .md      l-Vederick 
Willi.im. 

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his  ctlucation  in  tlic  old  I  l.ilit'ax  (irammar 
School.  When  a  yoiin;;  man  he  entered  the 
establishment  <if  Salter  &  Twiniiii,',  West 
India  merchants,  as  honk-keeper,  :ind  re- 
mained with  them  tor  lour  years.  lie  then 
hecame  associated  with  his  father,  the  busi- 
ness being  carried  on  under  the  lirm  name  of 
Edward  Lawson  &  Sons.  In  Auj^ust,  1S69, 
he  retireil  from  the  firm  and  went  to  Wind- 
sor, N..S.,  where  he  accepted  the  position  of 
cashier  in  the  (Dnimenjial  Hank,  which  he 
still  holds.  lie  is  one  of  the  proinineiU  and 
substantial  citizens  of  Windsor  at  the  present 
time. 

Mr.  I.awson  married  in  1.S70  .Miss  Alice 
I'iers,  daughter  of  Lewis  iulward  ami  Agnes 
((irev)  I'iers,  of  Halifax.  They  liave  si.\ 
children — Agnes,  Alice,  Reginald,  Arthur 
I'..,  Walter  H.,  and  Geralil.  Agnes  is  the 
wife  of  !•".  W.  Ryan.  ReginaKl  is  accountant 
in  the  liank  of  Nova  .Scotia  at  Winnipeg. 
.\rtliur  !•;.  is  the  agent  for  the  (  rimmercial 
i?ank  of  Windsor  at  Middleton,  X.S.  Walter 
H.  is  a  clerk  in  tile  I 'ommerciil  Mank  at  Win<!- 
sor.  .Mr.  and  .Mrs.  I.awson  attend  the  Pres- 
byterian church,  in  which  he  is  an  l-'.lder. 
Mrs.  l.awson's  father  was  a  leading  merchant 
of  ll.ilif.ix.  Iler  mother  was  a  daughter  of 
John  (ire\',  a  wealthy  man  of  Xlontieai  and 
the  tirst  president  of  the  Hank  of  Montreal. 


\X\)f  W  \.l.\'Sl    SCOIT    MTIK,    Ml).,    a 

popuKu  plusician  .ind  prominent 
citi/en  (it  I  ruro,  C.'idchoter  (  ount\'.  X..S..  son 
of  I'l.   Samuel    Allen    Muir,  w.is   born    in   that 


town  in  1853.  lie  is  of  Scotch  ancestry, 
being  a  grandson  of  John  Muir,  a  Scotch  gentle- 
man of  nxideratt;  fortune,  who  somewhat  late 
in  life  came  to  Nova  Scotia  with  his  son,  Dr. 
Samuel  A.  Muir,  above  named.  John  Muir 
died  at  the  age  of  si.\ty  years.  His  wife  was 
in  maidenhood  Isabella  Allen.  She  was  born 
in  Cookstown,  Ireland,  in  which  country  they 
were  married;  and  she  died  in  Truro  at  the 
age  of  seventy  years.  Only  one  of  their  chil- 
dren attained  maturity. 

.Samuel  i\llen  Muir,  son   of    |ohn   Muir,  was 
born  at  (.'orkstown,  Ireland.      He  studied  med- 
icine in  (ilasgow  and  at  Edinburgh  University, 
at  which   former  institution  he  graduated    with 
the  degree  of   Doctor  of  Medicine.      In    1843 
1  he  emigrated  from  Glasgow,  Scotland,  to  West 
i   River.     X.S.  ;    but,    after    a    year's    residence 
i  there,  he  settled  in  Trum,  where  he  spent  the 

i  remainder  of    his    life.      He    was    one    of    the 

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I  tnremost  medical  practitioners  of  bis  day  in 
the  rrovince,  and  was  especially  skilled  as 
a  preceptor.  He  originated  se\eral  important 
surgical  operations  the  credit  for  which  was 
subsequently  claimed  by  other  surgeons.  His 
death  nccuired  in  i,S75.  In  1844  he  married 
l-'.siln'r  Hunter  (,'rowe,  a  daughter  of  David 
Holmes  C'rowe,  of  Oiisbnv.  X..S.  'I'hev  had 
si\  ehildien,  of  whom  live  are  now  living; 
namely,  Is.ibelle  .Allen,  David  Holmes,  John 
-Mien,  William  Scott,  and  .Mary  M;uid.  The 
other  child  was  Annie  ISeverlev,  who  died  at 
the    ,1-e    of     three     \ears,       The    following    is 

i  .1    brief    record   of   the   s"tvivors:    Isabelle   A. 

;  manied   the  Re\-.   .\.   1).  Jamison,  who   is   now 

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Allan  Muir,  who  is  an  employee  of  the  South- 
ern Pacific  Railway  in  California;  Mary,  wife 
of  A.   S.    ]^ell.  who  was   formerly   local   editor 
of  the  Halifax  Chiviiich\  and  is  now  a  resident 
in  Mexico:   Isabello,  wife  of  J.   Lowe,  of   Los 
An-eles,    C'al.  ;    and    Roi)ort,    who    is    in    the 
employ    of    the    Southern     Pacific     Railway. 
David   IL  Muir,  who    is   a    jjliysician,  married 
Amelia  Mary  Ritchie  (now  deceased),  daughter 
of  the  late  Judge  J.  W.  Ritchie,  of  Halifax, 
N. S.      He  has  two  children —John   William 
Ritchie  and   David   Holm-s,  Jr.      John   Allen, 
who  is  a  resident  of   Los  .'Vngeles,  Cal.,  is  su- 
perintendent of  the  Southern   I'acific   Railroad 
■:)  California,  and  is  one  of  the  most  jironiinent 
business  men  of  that  State.      He  married  Mary 
Olds,  of   Sacramento,  Cal.,   and    has   six  chil- 
dren—Samuel   Allen,  William    David,    J(,hn, 
Henry,  (ierald,  and  an  infant  son.      Marv  Maud 
is  the  wife  of   Carl    \'on   Pnstau,  a   prominent 
merchant  of  \ow  Vork  City,  and  has  two  chil- 
dren—Carl and  William. 

William   Scott   Muir,  after  ohtainin-- a  good 
general  education   in   the  schools  of  Truro,  at- 
tended  Dalhousie    University,    Halila.v,  where 
he  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of   Doctor  of 
Medicine  in  1X74.      d,   the   following  year  he 
became   hour-   su.geon   of  the   Halifax    Hospi- 
t.d,  which  position  lie  retained  for  about  a  year.   I 
In  i<S76he  went  to  lulinburgh  with  the  view  of  [ 
pursuing  more  advanced  studies  and  obtaining 
a  morejjractical  insight  int(i  his  profession,  and  I 
graduated  L.  R.C.  P.  and  L.  K,C.  S.  and  \..Vi.  in 
1877.      He  also  l(jok  a  post-graduate  course   in 
Ivdinburgh    in    i«7<)    uid    another    at    London, 
l-'igland,  in    i8yi.      Since   settling  in   Truro, 


in  1877,  he  has  built   up  a  large  and   lucrative 
practice.      He  is  esteemed  as  a  capable  physi- 
cian and  surgeon,  both  by  his  brother  practi- 
tioners  and   by   the   jniblic   generally,    and   as 
a  useful  and  public  si)irite(l  citizen  by  all  who 
know  him.      His  political   opinions  are   those 
of  the  Con.servative  party,  but  he  takes  no  ac- 
tive part   in  politics.      He   is  secretary  of  the 
Medical  Society  of  Nova  Scotia;  president  of 
the    Medical    Society    of    Colchester    County, 
Xova  Scotia;   vice-president   of   the   Canadian 
Medical  Association:    Fellow  of  the  New  York 
State  Medical   Society;  examiner  on   different 
subjects  for  the  I'rnvincial   Medical   Hoard  and 
the   University  of   Dalhousie  College  and  also 
for  King's  College;  and  is  a  well-known  con- 
tributor to  medical  journals. 

Dr.  Muir  was  married  at  Aberdeen,  Scot- 
land, in  1879,  to  Miss  Catherine  J.  Law.son, 
daughter  of  Walter  Law.son,  blsq.,  C.  !•;.,  of 
Waverley  Place,  Aberdeen.  He  has  one  child, 
Walt.'r  Law.son  Muir,  now  a  student  at  King's 
College,  Wind.sor.  .\',  S, 


^AMKS  H.  PURDY,  Registrar  of  Deeds 
tor  Cumberland  County  and  a  well- 
known  and  highly  esteemed  resident  of 
Amherst,  was  born  at  b'ort  Lawrence,  Cum- 
berland County,  N.S.,  in  i8,vi,  son  of  Gil- 
bert and  Tina  (Hent)  Purdy.  His  [)aternal 
grandfather,  Henry  Purdy,  a  native  of  New 
York,  was  one  of  the  Loyalists  who  .settled  in 
Nova  Scotia  after  the  termination  of  the  Rev- 
"dutionary  War  in  favor  of  the  cdonist.s. 
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wife,  Mary  Knitfeii,  and  his  bmthers  (i.ibricl 
and  Gilbert,  settled  first  at  West  Chester, 
Cumberland  County,  whence  he  removed  later 
to  Fort  Lawrence.  lie  held  the  rank  of  Colo- 
nel in  the  militia,  lie  had  seven  children, 
five  sons  and  two  dau^^diters,  the  youngest  son 
being  Gilbert,  second,  father  of  the  subject  of 
this  sketch.  None  of  them  are  now  living. 
I  [enry  I'urdy  died  when  between  seventy  and 
eighty  years  of  age. 

Gilbert  I'urdy,  second,  son  of  Henry,  was 
born  at  Fort  Lawrence,  N..S. ,  in  1/38.  lie 
learned  the  carpenter's  trade,  which  he  fol- 
lowed in  his  younger  manhood  days  as  a  jour- 
neyman, and  also  inde[)endently.  Subse- 
quently being  ajipointed  Registrar  of  Deeds 
for  Cumberland  County,  i\e  held  that  office  for 
many  years,  or  until  bis  deatli,  wiiich  occurred 
in  1S5S.  His  wife,  Tina  llent  I'urdy,  was  a 
daughter  of  John  l!ent,  brotber  to  the  late 
\V.  \V.  Hent,  of  .Amherst,  member  of  Parlia- 
ment f(U-  Cumbcrl.ind  ("ounty.  Iler  father 
w.is  a  farmer  in  .Amherst,  where  he  died  at  tlie 
age  of  seventy  _\ears.  1  be  maiden  name  ot 
her  mother  was  Mary  Lunt.  Iler  paternal 
grandfather,  John  lienl,  .Sr.,  was  one  ol  the 
original  grantees  (-1  land  in  Cumberlan<l 
Ciumty.  The  children  wf  Gilbert  .mil  I'ln.i 
I'urdy  were  live  in  Mui'iber;  namely,  Charles, 
Marv,  .Sabr.i,  liina.  and  lames  I"..,  the  third. 
Gilbert  I'urdy  and  bis  f.unily  attend  the  l'.i)is- 
copal  church. 

I.unes  1')  I'urily,  .ifter  attending  school  in 
.\mlierst,  entered  the  entjiloy  of  the  l.tte 
W.  W.  Hent  (brother  ol  his  maternal  gr.md- 
falherj  as  clerk,  .uid    remained    with    him    for 


eleven  years.  On  the  death  of  his  father,  in 
1858,  he  succeeded  by  appointment  to  t'  .■ 
office  of  Registrar  of  l^eeds,  which  he  retained 
until  1868.  He  then  engaged  in  mercantile 
business  at  .\mherst  for  ten  years.  In  1878 
he  gave  up  this  business  to  resume  his  former 
office  of  Registrar  of  Deeds  of  Cumberland 
County,  which  he  has  since  retained.  Cour- 
teous, obliging,  and  efficient,  he  is  a  very 
pojiular  ofilicial,  and  is  respected  and  esteemeil 
by  his  fellow-townsmen. 

In  November,  1869,  Mr.  I'urdy  was  married 
to  I.ydia  Hums,  a  daughter  of  John  lUirns,  of 
Westmoreland  County,  New  Brunswick.  He 
has  four  children  —  Charles  L.,  Helen  S. , 
Margaret  H.,  ami  Harry  .\.  The  family 
attend   the    Methodist   church. 


.A\'1D     M.     DlCKIl';,    for  many  years 

a  well-known  business  man   of    Can- 

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ning,    and    l.iti.'    Kegisti.ir  of    Deeds 

lor  King^  (.'(lunlv,  was  boni  in  I'anard.  \..S, , 
.Septembers,  i.Sju,  son  of  Charles  and  .Sarah 
(Tupper)   Dickie. 

His    lir>t    piogenilor    in    this     country    was 
Matthew  Dickie,  who  was  born  at  Belfast,   Ire- 
land,    in     17-'.'^,    .ind    who    emigr.ited    to    Nina 
Scoti.i    in    17(1^  settling    first    in    t  inubei  kind 
!  Ciuintv.        Subse(|uently    Matthew    Dickie    le- 
mii\eil    to    Coniw.illis,    Rings   ('ounl\',    .md    on 
M.iicli     1  J,     171)1,     purchased     a     laiiu,    where 
be    re-ided    for    the     lest     of     bis     life.      One 
1  of    his    descend, ints,    Owen    Dickie,    a    cousin 
I  of    the    siilijcct   of   this   sketch,   is   still    living 
1  on   the    old   1^'inesle.id.      M.ittbew  Dickie  died 


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January  30,  1803.  He  had  six  children —- 
William,  James,  John,  David,  JcMusha,  and 
i:iizabeth. 

David  Dickie,  Imntli  son  ol  MnUhcw,  as  the 
names  are  here  given,  was  Ijorn  in  Heltast,  Ire- 
land, in  1769.  lie  followed  farming  at  Ca- 
nard, near  Canning,  during  his  entire  active 
Iieriod,  and  was  a  hard-woi  king  man  and  an 
e.\en)i)larv-  citizen.  De  attended  the  Presby- 
terian church.  His  death  occurred  in  1X59, 
when  he  ha<l  attained  the  advanced  age  of 
ninety  years.  lie  was  three  times  married. 
IW  his  fi]>t  wile  he  had  tonr  children,  none  of 
whom  aie  now  li\  ing.  (  )i  his  secoiui  and  third 
unions  there  were  no  children. 

Charles  Dickie,  son  of  David  and  eldest  of 
the  four  children,  was   horn    in   Canard,  \.  .S. , 
in  the  year  i  ,Soo.      He  was  hmught  up  to  larm- 
ing,  which  he  followed   on    the  old   homestead 
for  many  years.      He  was  a  I  iheral  in  pcditics, 
and   for  a  long   jieriod   served   as  a   member  of 
the    Legislative    Council,    resigning   the   office 
but  a  few  years    previous   to   ln\  death,  which 
occurred  in  Canning  in  i,S,S^.      Hi>  wile,  .Sirab 
Tnppcr    Dickie,    was    a    native    of    .Stewiacke, 
X.S.,  b..rn    in    1  .Son.      "J-lu-y   were   the   parents 
ol    five   children        I'Mwin,     lXi\  id    M.,    .Saraii, 
C"harles  W. ,  and  lainn.i. 

I-idwin  Dickie,  who  is  now  deceased,  m.ir- 
ried  Kachel  Il.irris,  ..f  (annin-,  and  had 
seven  children  Arthui',  iMed,  .\d,i,  Annie, 
Harry,  l-"raid<,  and  Alhv.  Arthur  married 
Ic'a  .Stephen-.,  of  '{'oiduto  m,  issue.  I-'red, 
the  second  of  these,  m.nried  .M.ni.i  Hordcn,  of 
Canard,  and  h.is  two  .bildirn  M,ny  and 
(iladys,        Ada     is    the    wile    of     tjement    15, 


Dickey,  of  Canard,  and  the  mother  of  three 
children  -^  Hugh,  luiwin,  and  Fred.  Annie  is 
the  wife  of  Clement  H.  Reynolds  and  mother 
of  two  children— Ada  and  Kdwin.  Harry 
married  lithe]  (iriffin,  of  Canard,  and  has 
one  child,  Kenneth.  J^ank  married  Blanche 
McDongal,  of  Prince  I'dward  Island,  and  has 
two  children.  Alice  is  the  wife  of  Alfred 
Dickie,  of  .Stewiacke,  and  the  mother  of  five 
children. 

•Sarah,    daughter   of   Ch.u  les    Dickie,    is   the 
widow  of   the    Rev.    William    MiuTay  and   the 
mother  of  fom-  children  —  Chrissie,  Charles  D. , 
Minnie,    and    Kate.      Chrissie    iMurray    is    the 
wile  of  I'rofessor  Goodwin,  of   King's  Colleca-, 
and  the  mother  of  five  children.      IMinnie  Mur- 
ray married  S.  'P.  Chowdin,  of  Kingston,  Out. 
Pimma,    the    fifth    child    of   Charles    Dickie, 
married  C.  .M.   Hlancluird,  of  'Pruro,  N.  .S. ,  and 
has    four    children      -Melville,     I'thel,     I\Iaud, 
and  l-'riiest. 

David    .M.  Dickie    in   his   boyhood    attended 
scnool  at  Canard.      Wluii  a  youufr  m;,,,   he  en- 
.gagetl  in  the   hardware  and    furnituie   business 
in  Canning,  whidi  he  continued  for  some  ye  irs 
with    good    success.      in    iSSS,    to,i;etber    with 
three   <itber    wide  awake    business    men,  he  or- 
g.ini/ed  and  carried  through  to  completion  the 
Cornwallis  N'allcy  Railroad  from  Kingsport   to 
Kentville,   he   being   the    treasmvr   and    secre- 
lar\    <,\    the    company    from    its    inc(jrpoiat  ion 
until  the  road  was  sold  to  the   D.   .A.   R,    K,-,ii. 
i"ad.       It    uas    chielly    tbnaigh    his   enterpris,- 
anil  (lilii;ence  that  the  road  w.is  concei\t'd   and 
carried    to  completion.      Mr.    Dickie  was   also 
largely    interested     in     .itber     business    enter- 


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niises,  at  one  time  owniiif,^  with  others,  as  i 
many  as  twenty. seven  vessels.  In  1885  he  1 
sold  out  his  business  to  his  son;  and  in  1897 
lie  was  appointed  Registrar  of  Deeds  for  Kings 
Count)-,  and  iield  that  offiee  until  the  time  of 
his  de;'th,  which  occurred  on  the  lothof  I'ebru- 
ar\',  1900.  As  the  result  of  his  enterprises  he 
was  in  possession  of  a  snug  competency,  lie 
was  a  member  and  I'ast  Master  of  Scotia  Lodge, 
I'".  &  A.  M.,  of  t'anning.  In  [lolitics  a  Lib- 
eral, he  represented  Kings  County  iri  the 
local  House  at  Ilalifa.x  from  1867  to  1871. 
J'or  the  active  part  he  took  in  promoting  the 
business  and  ccinimeriial  interests  of  the 
counly  he  was  widely  resiicctcd  by  all  classes 
of  citizens,  and  was  regrettetl  by  the  entire 
community. 

Mr.  Dickie  mairicd  in  1853  .Miss  Kate 
Hiiwe  ]''ellows,  d.iughler  of  Josepli  and  Char- 
lotte ( nines)  b'ellows,  of  Hridgetown,  N..S.  He 
had  live  children  -  Joseph,  Charles,  Charlotte, 
Augustus  \V. ,  and  Kate.  Jose])h  married 
Annie  llorlou,  of  New  \'ork,  and  has  three 
children  -  Josie,  (icorge,  and  Douglas. 
Charles  man  ied  .\ilella  Wondwoith,  of  West 
Ci>rnwallis,  X..'-^. ,  and  h.is  tliicc  ciiildren 
Heatrice,  Da\  id,  and  Minnie.  Chaib'tte  is  the 
wife  of  l-"ied  Armaiul,  of  ILdifax,  \.  .S.,  and 
the  nuither  of  four  children  -  Lvclyn,  W'illian, 
Kate,  and  Dickey.  Au,:j,ustus  W.  married 
Xancy  Co\,  of  Kingsport,  X..S.,  and  has  four 
childien  l.cindcr,  I'.henezcr,  jose|ih,  and 
lanma  K.  K.ite  is  the  wife  of  Ilany  (.'rowe, 
of  Tiino,  .X.,S.,  and  the  mother  of  two  chiUlren 
—  Marjoiy  and  (llcnnie.  Jli  .'.vJ  Mrs.  Dickie 
attended  the  I're^lntcri.iii  rjuir  11, 


OlIN    1-.    LONGARD,    an  enterprising 

business  man  of  llalifa.v,  N..S. ,  mem- 
ber of  the  firm  of  Longard  Brothers, 
machinists,  cof  persmiths,  and  plumbers,  was 
born  in  llalifa.v,  January  21,  1849,  son  of  Ed- 
ward J.  antl  Mary  (Davie)  Longard.  The 
business  that  he  and  his  brothers  now  carry  on 
was  established  in  18 12  by  his  grandfather, 
John  Longard,  a  native  of  Halifax,  then  a 
young  man.  John  Longard  started  in  that 
line  in  1806,  and  for  many  years  conducted  a 
business  of  his  own,  being  very  successful  and 
a  much  respected  citizen.  He  died  at  the  age 
of  seventy-seven  years.  John  Longard  and 
his  wife  had  seven  children,  of  whom  four 
are  now  living:  natnely.  Ivlward  J.,  .Sophia, 
Carol  ill!-;  and  ICliza. 

I'.dward  J.  l.ongaro  was  born  in  Halifax  in 
1818.  When  a  young  man  he  applied  himself 
to  learn  his  father's  trade  and  business;  and, 
subsetpiently  succeeding  to  the  l)usiness,  he 
carried  it  on  up  to  1S73,  when  he  r  tired. 
He  is  still  living,  and  resides  in  Halifax, 
wliere  lie  is  nuud)ered  among  the  successful 
men  of  the  city.  Ii.  politics  a  Liberal,  he 
has  taken  some  part  in  i)ublic  affairs,  having 
been  one  ot  the  first  Water  Commissioners  of 
Halif.iN,  in  wliich  position  he  served  for  many 
years.  His  wife,  M.iry,  who  also  was  horn  in 
Halifax  in  1818,  died  in  that  city  at  the  age 
of  forty-eiglit.  'i'hey  had  had  nine  children, 
of  whom  tlier.j  are  now  seven  suivivors; 
namely,  John  1'.,  f'.dward  J  ,  Jr.,  (icorge  I'.., 
William  T. ,  I'rank,  C.  Clarence,  and  .Arthur. 
Mr,  j.oiig.ird  married  for  his  second  wife  Jane 
Kerr,    who    is    lunv   deceased.      .Siie    bore   him 


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five    children,    two    of    whom    are     liviii" 

J'"annie  and  Mabel. 

John  P.  I.ongard  was  educated  in  his  native 
city  oi  Halifax.  After  leaving  school  he 
gained  his  first  industrial  expc.ienco  as  clerk 
for  William  Stairs's  Sons  &  Morrow,  hardware 
dealers,  with  whom  he  remained  for  nine 
years.  Subsequently  he  followed  farming  for 
awhile  in  .Annapolis,  N.S.  In  1S74  he  re- 
turnetl  tn  llalifa.x,  and,  in  company  with  his 
two  brotiiers,  George  i;.  and  C.  Clarence,  as- 
sumed control  of  his  father's  business,  the 
firm  having  since  been  known  as  I.ongard 
Brothers.  The  business  has  grow  to  large 
projiortions  since  it  was  estai)lishe(l  by  their 
grandfather,  pjn!  the  concern  is  now  (in<!  of 
the  leading  ones  of  its  kind  in  the  city. 

Mr.  I.ongard  married  in  1876  Mi.ss  l-.lla 
Woodworth,  (if  Wolfville,  N.S.  Tliey  have 
three  ciiildrcn  —  .Alfred  II.,  Ildward  J.,  and 
I'.lla.  In  politics  Mr.  I.ongard  is  a  Liberal. 
.\t  one  time  he  served  as  .Mderman  from 
Ward  Si.\.  lie  also  servi'd  <.n  the  School 
Hoard,  of  which  he  was  chairman,  and  is  a 
Justice  of  the  I'eace.  He  is  ;i  menii)er  and 
I'ast  Master  of  .\th(d  Lodge,  .\o.  15,  \\  ik 
A.  M  ,  of  llalifa.x. 


§.\Mi:S  \.  DICKJA',  Mayor  .,f  Am- 
herst, was  boru  in  that  town  in  1849, 
son  of  liie  Hon.  Robert  Harry  Dickey. 
He  is  a  gr.-.it-grandson  of  William  Dickey,  a 
native  of  the  north  of  Ireland,  wiio  came  to 
Xova  Scoti.i  with  liis  p.irents,  and  settled  at 
Corn  wall  is. 


Mayor    Dickey's    paternal    grandfather    was 
Robert  McGowan  Dickey,  who  died   in  Janu- 
ary,   1854,  at  the  age  of  seventy  years.      He 
I  was  a  Justice  of  the  Teace,  Judge  of  the  Court 
of  Common  I'leas  for  many  years,  and   Repre- 
sentative   from    Cumberland     County    in    the 
Provincial    Parliament    from    1836    to     185 1. 
He    married    ICleanor   Chapman,    daughter    of 
■  .Major  Thomas  Chapman,    of   Fort   Lawrence, 
I  N.S.,  she  and   her  father  both   being   natives 
of  Vorkshire.      Robert  M.  and  llleanor  Dickey 
had    five  children,  of  whom   but   one,    Robert 
Harry,  lathe- of  the  subject   of   this   sketch,  is 
now  living. 

Robert  Harry  Dickey  was  born  at  .Amherst, 
\.S.,  Xovember  10,  181  1.  His  education 
»vas  'u-gi;n  in  .Amherst.  He  continued  his 
studies  .for  two  years  at  the  grammar  school  in 
Truro  and  for  thirteen  months  at  the  Windsor 
.Aca<lemy,  which  is  connected  with  King's 
(  ollege.  .\t  the  a-e  of  fifteen  he  was  articled 
as  a  law  student  to  the  hit.-  Hon.  .\lexander 
Stewart,  C.l^.,  ,,\  .\mherst  (afterward  his 
father-in-law ),  who  was  .Master  of  the  Rolls 
and  }w\'j;c  of  Vice-.\dmiralty  of  Halifax, 
lender  the  mentorship  of  this  gentleman  he 
pursued  the  study  ot  law  until  he  reached  the 
age  of  twenty-one,  being  admitted  an  attorney 
in  rS-;.^  and  a  barrister  in  1S34.  He  then 
began  the  pr.i.tice  of  his  profession  in  .\m- 
her>t.  wlu're  he  has  remaimd  up  to  the  jtresent 
time. 

His  career  has  been  one  of  marked  siu'cess. 
not  on!y  as  a  l.iwyer,  but  as  ,1  public  man  and 
politician.  In  Decendier,  1S57,  he  was  ap- 
pointed   to   the    Legislative   (ouiuil   <il     Nova 


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Scdtia,  ami  remained  in  that  body  until  the 
Confederation  of  the  Provinces,  when  in  May, 
1867,  he  was  appointed  by  the  Uueen  one  of 
the  first  Senators  from  Nova  Scotia.  This 
office  hL  lias  held  over  since.  In  1858  and 
also  in  1865  he  was  a  delegate  from  the 
i,'overnment  of  Nova  Scotia  to  the  Colonial 
Office  at  I.(mdon,  to  discuss  the  questions  of 
an  intercolonial  railway  and  confederation, 
lie  was  also  a  delegate  to  the  Charlottetown 
and  <  Hiebec  Confederation  Conferences,  when 
he  declined  to  subscribe  to  the-  Ouebec  resoki- 
tion,  on  the  ground  that  the  finai'cial  clauses 
were  unfair  to  the  Maritime  Provinces,  he 
being  the  only  dissenticnt^  out  of  thirty-four 
delegates.  1  lis  position  was  afterward  found 
to  have  been  well  taken,  lie  subsequently 
voted  in  the  legislature  for  Confederation. 
While  a  member  of  that  body,  he  was  a  leader 
(if  the  House  for  the  government  for  about 
three  years.  .A  Conservative  \\\  pnlitics,  he, 
liowever,  id.iced  moral  principle  before  party, 
and  only  supported  Sir  John  McDonald's 
government  when  he  believed  it  to  be  in  the 
right.  I  lis  active  political  career  was  contin- 
ued up  t(i  within  a  few  years  ago. 

Senator  Dickey  claims  to  be  the  first  dis- 
cnverer  and  advocate,  in  the  early  fifties,  ot 
the  new  theory  of  air  as  a  medium  for  electric 
telegraphic  communication,  which  then  was 
treated  as  a  dream  by  such  men  as  the  late 
Cyrus  Field,  of  Atlantic  cable  fame,  and  the 
electrican,  j'rederick  (lisborne,  who  con- 
structed the  land  lines  through  Newfoundland 
and  Nova  Scotia.  There  is  supposeil  to  be 
imicif    of   this   advocacy   of    thirt}'    years    ago. 


Now  in  the  sunset  of  life,  respected  through- 
out the  Province  by  all  who  know  him.  Sena- 
tor Dickey  awaits  with  composure  the  final 
summons. 

On    October    10,    1844,    he    marriec'    Mary 
lilair    .Stewart,    daughter    of    the    late    lion. 
Alexander    Stewart,    C.B. ,    of    Halifax.      She 
died  on  April  30,  1895.      They  had   five  chil- 
dren,   of    whom    there    arc    four    survivors  — 
Mary,  James  .\.,  I'.llen,  and  .Arthur  R.      Mary 
;  is  the   wife  >)f    II.    1'..    Milner,  C.  l"..,  of   Nor- 
I  ward,  near  London,  England.     Her  four  living 
children  are:   lulward,  Winifred,  Dorothy,  and 
Robert,      .'■'■he   hail   one   other,    now   deceased. 
ICllen  is  the  v.-ife  of   M.  \V.   Maynard,  who  has 
a  position  in  the  Deiiartment  of    Railways  and 
Canals  at  Ottawa.       She  has  six   chiUlren  — 
.\rthur,  I'Vank,  Morris,  Geoffrey,   i'lvelyn,  and 
.Allan.      The  Hon.  .\rthur   R.   Dickey  was  ed- 
!  ucated  at  Toronto  L'niversity,  wiiere  he  grad- 
uated   in    1S74.      lie   then    studied    law   under 
1  Judge  Townshend,  of  Amherst,  in  which  place, 
■  being  admitted   to  the   bar    in    187S,    he    has 
since  practised  his  profession.      In  politics  he 
is  a  Conser\ative,  and  was  elected   Represent- 
!  ative  from  Cumberhuul   County  to   the   House 
of  Commons  in  18SS.     "Tie  was  appointetl  .Sec- 
I  retaiV  of   State   in   the   Howell    .administration 
'  in    1894,    and    subsequently   was    Minister  of 
Militia  and  Minister  of  Justice.      In    1  S96   he 
was    defeated    at    the    general    election.        He 
married    Myra,    daughter  ot    R.    P.   Hoggs,    of 
.Amherst,  .\..S. 

James  .\.   Dickey  w.is  educated  at   Win*  ^or, 

N.  S.,    anil    graduated    at    King's    College    in 

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connected  with   the   Intercolonial  Railway  en- 
Kineerin.i;  staff,  of  which  he  remained  a  mem- 
ber until    1871.      In  that  year  he  went  on  the 
Canadian    Pacific    Railway   survey    in    British 
Columbia,    being    assistant    engineer    on    the 
Yellow  Head  I'ass.      Unim  the  completion   of 
that  enterjirise  he  became   connected  with   the 
Hay  N'erte  (.'anal  survey,  and  subse(|uentiy  con- 
tinued in   general    engineering  jjractice   up  to 
i«8i,    when    he    was    apjiointed     (Joverinnent 
Insjiecting  Ijigineer  on   the  Cana.lian   Pacific 
!:>''iiVay  for  one  thousand  miles  west  of  Win- 
itipe-    through    the    Rocky    Mcmntains.        lie 
;otru!!ed  that   position    until    iSSVi.    when   the 
iorr.i  was  comjileted  fmm  Montreal   to  the    I'a- 
C'lic.  Coast.      In    i.SS;    he    had    iharge   of   the 
con.'>truction   ot    the   (  )xford    &    New  (;ias;'ow 
Railway,    now  a    branch   of   the    Intercolonial   ' 
Railway,  completed    in    i.SSo:  and    from    1SS9 
to    1892   he  was   contractor's  engineer  on   the 
Annajwlis  &  Digby  Railway.      From    iS,)_-   to 
1894  he  was  assistant   engineer  on   the   (  nin- 
wall   Canal,  and  in  the  year   f..||,,wing   he   re- 
turned   to    .\mherst,    where   he    has    since   re- 
sided.      In    iSS/hewas    eleete.l    a    mendier   o| 
the  Institute   of   Civil    IJigineers   <.i    l.dndon, 
England,  and   in    iSSS  was   elected   a    mend)er 
of  the  .^oeirty   of  Canadian   (  ivil    l.ngineers. 
Since   returning  to  .Amherst    he   has   been   en- 
gaged chiefly  in  looking  after  his  various  hii.si- 
ness    interests.      He    has    biTii    successful    in 
life,  and  is  generally  esteemed  and   respedrd, 
not  merely  because  ol    his   siicress,   hut   on   ac- 
count   of    his    i)ersonal     di.UMCl.-r.        He    w.is 
elected  .Mayor  of  .Amiierst   in    I-'ebrii.iry.    iS.,,,. 
In  [lolitics  he    is  a  Liberal  Conservative.      He 


j  belongs   to    Lodge   \o.    S,    .A.   F.  &  .\.   M.,  of 
Amherst,  of  which  he  is  a  Past  .Master. 

Mr.  Diekey  was  married  in  1873  to  Isahelle 
J.  McIIeffey,  voungest  daughter  of  the  late 
Hon.  R.  A.  .McIIeffey,  who  was  a  member  of 
the  government  of  \ova  .Scotia.  He  has  two 
children,  both  born  in  Winnijieg  —  .May  Hill 
and  Grace  I.  With  his  family  he  attends  the 
Church  of  IJigland. 


7^II.AKLi:S      1)1-:      \\C)LF      S.MITII,     a 

i  J|^  prosjierous  business  man  of  Windsor, 
UKMuber  of  the  firm  of  liennett 
Sniiih  vS:  Scnis,  was  hi.rn  in  Windsdr,  X.  S., 
Lebruaiy  1,  1  ,S4r,,  son  of  Dennett  and  Rachel 
^  (Harris)  Smith.  His  great-great -grandfather 
on  the  paternal  side  was  .Michael  Smith,  a  na- 
tive of  \',irni,   l-aigland. 

Michael's  son  John,  liu'  next  in  line  of  de- 
scent, was  boin  in  A'oikshiie,  Ljigl.iml.  He 
lame  to  \,,va  Seuti.i  with  a  party  of  emigrants, 
they  settling  in  ('(unlierl.uid  County  and  he  at 
X''"port.  Il.ints  County,  uheie  he  purchased 
•I  bum  .ah\  oeeui)ieil  hinisell  with  agriculture 
l"i  the  re-t  of  hi>  liie.  He  w.is  the  tiist 
MetiKMliM  in  tlul  p.irl  ,,|  the  Province.  His 
will',  ulM-e  m.iiden  name  w.is  .S.n.ih  h'l  iiit,,tt, 
ua-  ,1  native  ..f  \'ork--hiie,    l-ai-l.uid. 

-'"'"'  Smith,  .■-eiund,  ..Ml,  ,,f  |,,hn  and  .S.ir.ih 
Smith,  u.i-,  Ihiii,  ,it  .\c.wp,,n,  .\..S,  He  was 
a  caipeiiter  and  buildei  ;  ,nid,  besides  working 
at  his  traiK',  he  .ilso  cinied  on  .1  f.nin,  achiev- 
ing a  I. lir  de.i.;iee  of  success  ill  Ijie,  He  mar- 
'icd  .\nii  (M-.mi,  daughter  of  J,, In,  C.ianl,  an 
officer  ill  the  forty -sei  oii,|   R„val   II  i-lil,iiiders. 


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John  (iraiit  .•m.:(]iiii)anic(l  his  irj;inHMit  to  New 
York,  anil  attii  his  c!ischaij,'e  a(  the  close  of 
the  Rcvol  ionary  War  he  settled  at  Loyal 
Hill  in  '  iit^  County,  where  he  received  a 
lart;e  j^rai  of  land,  lie  there  followed  farm- 
ing fdi  the  rest  of  hi^  (lays.  His  wife,  whose 
maiden  name  wa.s  Sarah  Hergen,  was  of  Dutch 
origin.  John  and  Ann  'Grant)  Smith  were 
the  parents  of  five  sons  ,  one  daughter,  none 
of  whom  are  now  living. 

Hennett   Smith  was   horn    in  Windsor,  N.S., 
in    1808.      He   received   his  education    in   his 
native  town,  and  after  leaving  Svhool    learned 
there  the  trade  of    shipbuilding,      (ioini.    into 
hu-iness   for   himself,    he   Iniilt    many    vessels 
(liiriML;  the  period   of  greatest  activity   in   that 
industry,  and  was  a  very  successful  man,  before 
his  death  becoming  one  of  the  leading  citizens 
of  Hants  County.      He  had  a  great  influence  in 
making  the  town   of  Windsor  what  it  is  to-day, 
being  a  leading  spirit    in  various  usilul    enter- 
prises  bcsi<les   that    in   which    he   was    chieily 
concerned.      He   was    the    largest    builder   and 
owner  of    '-fssels    in    the   county.      With    such 
t|M,iiilies  .IS  he  possessed,  he  could   hardl)'  tail 
of  being  elected   to   public   oHice ;  anil    accord- 
ingly he   represented   the  county   of   Hants   in 
the    Legislature  for  two  terms,    besides  being 
a  Magistrate  and  iu>ticc  of  the  IVsue  for  many 
years.       In    politic^   he   was  a    I.ibei.il   and    in 
religion  a    Methodist.       The   bu^ilK■ss   that    he 
founded  in  I S  v',  is  now  conducted   1>\   his  sons. 
His  wife,   Rachel,  was  a  native  of   I.owei    Hor- 
ton,   N'.S. ,  and  a   daughter  of    Nathan    Harris, 
a  farmer  of  that  place.      She  became  the  mother 
of  ei-ht  children,  live  of  whom  aie  now  living. 


namely:  Sarah,  wife  of  Captain  Thomas  Aly- 
ward;  Thomas  H.  ;  Charles  iJe  Wolf;  John  M.  ; 
and  Rachel  l-"..  Heimetl  Smith  died  at  the  age 
of  seventy-seven  years,  in  1886,  leaving  a  large 
property,  the  accunudation  of  years  of  active 
industry  and  business  tact.  His  wife,  who 
was  a  Free  Will  Haptist  in  religion,  died  at 
the  age  of  seventy-five. 

eharles  De  Wolf  Smith  when  a  boy  attended 
school    in    Windsor.      When    his    school    days 
were  over,    he  entered  his   father's   ship-yard, 
where  he   learned   thoroughly  the  whole  busi- 
ness of  ship-building.      After  having  been  thus 
employed  for  seven  years,  he    md  his  brother, 
John  M.,  were  taken  into  partnership  by  their 
lather,  the  style  of  the  firm  becoming  Hennett 
Smith  &   .Sons,  which   it   has  since  remained, 
in  course  of  time,  on  the  decline  of   the   ship- 
building industry,  they  added  marine  insurance 
and  real  estate  operations  to  their  other  busi- 
ness,   ;nd  in  this  way  maintained  their  prestige 
as  leading  business  men  of  the  town.      They 
still  own  some  vessels,  and  their  prosper'.y  as 
a  firm  has  continued  imabated  up  to  the  i>re.sent 
time.      Since  their  father's  death,   in  1S86,  the 
business  has  been  carried  on  by  the  subject    if 
this  sketch  and  his  brother  John.      Mr.  Smith 
is  president   of  the    Shiji-owners'   and   Marine 
Insurance   (Company   of   Windsor,   and   also   of 
the  Windsor  IMectric  Light  Company.     In  pol- 
itics  a    Liberal,  he  served  as  Town  C  ouncillor 
for  the  last  eight  years,  and  has  been  chairman 
of  the  School  Committee  for  tlie  last  ten  years. 
He  was  married  in  186910  blli/.abeth  Wright 
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cliiklren.  One,  Nellie  K.,  died  at  tlie  age  of 
two  years,  and  seven  are  now  living,  namely: 
Harris  S.  ;  Mary  C,  wife  of  Charles  Uensley, 
of  Windsor,  who  has  two  children  —  Nita 
UeWolf  and  John  M.  ;  Elizabeth  Adams; 
Ralph  K.  ;  Dorothy  W.  ;  Charles  Chester;  and 
Iknnett  R.  The  family  attend  the  Methodist 
church. 


fHOMAS  RITCHIE,  a  leading  lawyer 
and  business  man  of  Halifax,  was  born 
in  that  city,  November  28,  1843,  son  of  John 
William  and  Amelia  R.  (Almon)  Ritchie. 
He  is  a  great-grandson  of  John  Ritchie,  a 
Loyalist  of  Scotch  parentage  or  descent,  who 
came  to  Nova  Scotia  from  New  England  be- 
fore the  breaking  out  of  the  Revolutionary 
War,  and,  settling  in  Annapolis  shortly  after 
the  evacuation  by  the  French,  carried  on  busi- 
ness as  a  merchant.  John  Ritchie  married 
Eliza  LeCain,  by  whom  he  had  four  childien. 
He  died  in  comparatively  early  life. 

Thomas  Ritchie,  who  was  the  eldest  child 
of  his  parent.s,  John  and  Eli/.a  Ritchie,  made 
chjice  of  the  law  as  his  profession,  and  he- 
came  a  leading  barrister.  In  later  life  he  was 
Judge  of  the  Court  of  Common  I'leas  of  Nova 
Scotia,  which  office  he  held  up  to  the  time  of 
its  abolition.  Subsequently  he  settled  on  the 
old  homestead  at  Annapolis,  his  birthi)l:icc ; 
and  there  he  siient  his  last  days.  In  jiolitics 
a  Conservative,  he  represented  the  county  of 
Annapolis  in  the  House  of  Assembly  for 
twenty  years.  He  was  three  times  married. 
Hy  his  first  wire,  a  native  of  Nova  Scotia,  in 
maidenhood  I'Llizabeth  Johnston,  he  had  seven 


children,  of  whom  one  was  John  William,  the 
father  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  He  mar- 
ried for  his  second  wife  a  Miss  liest,  by  whom 
he  had  no  children.  Hy  his  third  wife,  Ann 
I5ond,  a  daughter  of  Joseph  Norman  JJond, 
Judge  Thomas  Ritchie  had  two  children. 

Judge  Joseph  Norman  Ritchie  of  the  Su- 
preme Court  of  ITalifa.x  is  the  only  one  of 
these  two  now  living.  He  married  for  his 
first  wife  Annie  Scafe,  of  Halifa.v,  who  bore 
nine  children,  of  whom  five  — Annie  A., 
Florence,  Maud,  Edith,  and  J.  mes  D.  —  are 
now  living.  He  married  for  his  .second  wife 
Mary  Cochran,  of  Halifa.x,  by  whom  he  had 
four  children  — Joseph  N.,  Reginald  L.  D., 
Allen  I?ruce,  and  Adelaide. 

John  William   Ritchie,  son  of  Thomas  and 
Elizabeth,   was  born   in  Annapolis,    N.S.,  in 
i«o8.       He    was    educated    in    Halifa.x,    and 
studied    law   with    the    late    Judge    Johnston. 
Ai'ter  his  admission   to  the  bar  ho  formed  a 
partnership    with    the    present    Judge    J.     N. 
Ritchie,  second  01   the  name,  which  continued 
till   he  was  appointed  Judge  of  the  Supreme 
Court.     This   latter  office   he   held    until    his 
retirement,  four  years  previous   to   his  death, 
which  occurred  in  1891,  at  the  age  of  eighty- 
three  years.      He  was  a  Conservative  politi- 
cally, and  was  one  of  the  first  .Senators  of  the 
Dominion  of  Canada  after  the  confederation. 
I'rominent  both  in  his  profession  and  socially, 
he  was  widely  known   and   respected.      Hy  his 
wife,    Amelia,    he    was   the   father  of    twelve 
children,     of    whom      si.x    are    now     living: 
Thomas,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;   l':iia  A.; 
John  L.  :    .Mary  W.  :    hlliza;  and  George. 


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Thomas  Ritchie,  who  was  the  third  child 
of  his  parents,  received  his  general  education 
in  the  schools  of  Halifax  and  at  Windsor, 
N.  S.  He  studied  law  in  the  law  school  of 
Harvard  College  at  Cambridge,  Mass.,  where 
he  graduated  in  1865.  In  the  following  year 
he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Nova  Scotia, 
and  formed  a  partnership  with  the  present 
Judge  Ritchie  and  with  Judge  Henry,  which 
continued  until  they  were  appointed  judges. 
-Since  then  he  has  jiractiscd  alone,  and  has 
been  very  successful.  In  addition  to  his  law 
practice  Mr.  Ritchie  has  various  business  in- 
terests —  namely  as  vice-president  of  the 
Merchants'  Hank  of  Halifa.x,  vice-jiresident 
of  the  Kascern  Trust  Company,  director  of 
the  Starr  Manufacturing  Company,  director  of 
the  Acadia  Tire  Insurance  Company,  and  di- 
rector of  the  Nova  Scotia  Building  .Society  of 
Halifax.  In  i)olitics  he  is  a  Conservative, 
but  has  held  no  political  office. 

Mr.  Ritchie  was  married  in  1874  to  Miss 
I.sabel  I'ringle,  a  daughter  of  Judge  Cringle, 
of  Ontario,  Canada,  'le  has  had  seven  chil- 
dren, of  whom  si.\  are  now  living;  namely, 
Thomas  F. ,  Mary  C,  Jc.hn  W. ,  Beatrice  I.., 
ICdith  I.,  and  Illla  A.  Mr.  Ritchie  and  his 
family  belong  to  the  Church  of  I'ngland,  and 
attend  worshi])  at  St.  Paul's  Church. 


IIOMAS  A.  \VIL.^;ON,  one  of  the  lead- 
ing business  men  of  ]iridi;ewator,  X.  S., 
was  boin  at  Harrington,  Shclbnnie  County, 
.N..S.,  in  1S50,  son  ol  'I'liomas  West  and  I.ydia 
(Wilson)     Wil:;on.        lie    is    a    grandson     of 


Neheniiah  Wilson,  also  a  native  of  Harrington, 
who  was  largely  interested  in  the  fisheries  of 
that  place,  and  as  a  business  mm  wns  quite 
successful.  His  wife  was  in  maidenhood  a 
Miss  Swim.  Nehemiah  Wilson's  father,  Oba- 
diah  Wilson,  who  was  either  a  native  of  Har- 
rington or  else  came  there  from  Cape  Cod 
when  an  infant,  married  a  Miss  Knowles. 

Tiiomas  West  Wilson  was  born  at  Harring- 
ton, N. S.,  in  181 1.  He  adopted  a  sea  life  as 
his  profession,  and  was  a  shi|)-master  for  some 
fifteen  years.  Subsequently  settling  at  Har- 
rington, he  became  a  large  ship-owner  there,  and 
also  for  some  time  acted  as  magistrate,  being  a 
man  greatly  respected.  In  politics  he  was  a 
Conservative.  His  wife,  Lydia,  who  was  born 
in  1810,  was  a  daughter  of  Obadiah  A.  Wil- 
son, of  Harrington,  N.  S.,  a  general  merchant 
engaged  in  the  West  India  trade  and  having 
large  shipping  interests,  having  in  fact  tlie 
largest  business  in  the  county  at  that  time. 
Mrs.  Wilson's  fatiier  at  one  time  represented 
the  county  in  the  House  of  Assembly,  being  a 
Liberal  in  politics.  He  died  in  1850,  when 
over  eighty  years  old.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tiiomas 
W.  Wilson  had  three  children,  of  whom  the 
only  survivor  is  Thomas  A.,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch. 

Tiiomas  A.  Wilson  was  eciucated  in  the 
sciiools  of  Harrington.  His  school  days,  how- 
ever, were  short,  as  he  early  began  to  follow 
the  sea,  and  became  a  ship-master  at  the  youth- 
lul  age  of  twenty  years.  During  the  twelve 
years  that  he  spent  as  a  sailor  he  made  many 
I'oreign  vovages.  In  1880  he  settled  in  Hridge- 
water,  where  lie  eMcndci!  Iiis  siiipping  interests, 


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in  which  line  of  business  he  is  still  cngagctl, 
beiny  one  of  the  prosperous  and  substantial 
business  men  of  l^iidgewater.  I''or  several 
years  he  kept  a  ^a'neral  store  and  afterward 
carried  on  ship-building.  He  takes  an  active 
l)art  in  iiublic  affairs,  having  served  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  County  Council  for  the  last  four 
years.      In  i)olitics  he   is  a  Liberal. 

Mr.  Wilson  was  married  in  1874  to  Susie  ]•;., 
daughter  of  Israel  antl  Mliza  Wilson.  .She 
died  the  year  after  her  marriage,  and  Mr. 
Wilson  married  for  his  second  wife,  in  1877, 
Anna  S.  Whitford,  daughter  of  Joseph  Wliit- 
ford,  who  was  Postmaster  of  Uridgewater  for 
many  years,  retaining  the  office  up  to  the  time 
of  his  death. 

Mr.  Wilson  has  five  children,  two  sons  and 
three  daughters;  namely,  Joscj)!)  I,.,  Howard 
Thomas,  Laura  B. ,  Lstella  L.,  and  I'rancc!.  I'",. 


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Ll'XANDKR  STEPHEN,  ex  Mayor  of 
Halifa.x,  was  born  in  that  city,  Novem- 
ber 9,  iiS45,  son  of  Ale.xandei-,  .Sr. , 
and  Mary  ((luild)  Stephen.  His  paternal 
grandfather,  John  Stephen,  li\ed  in  Scotland, 
and  followed  the  trade  of  a  biscuit  manufact- 
urer. Hut  little  more  in  regard  to  this  ances- 
tor is  now  known.  He  antl  bis  wife  had  sev- 
eral children,  all  of  whom,  however,  are  now  | 
deceased. 

Alexander,  Sr. ,  son  of  John  and  father  of 
ex-Mayor  Stephen,  was  boin  in  Scotland,  and 
at  the  age  of  fifteen  came  to  Nova  Scotia,  set- 
tling in  Halifax.  l"or  a  short  time  he  was 
clerk  in  a  grocery  store  in  that  cit).      Then  ho 


went  to  Musquodoboit,  wlvMC  he  purchased  a 
farm  and  married.  Subsequently  returning  to 
Halifax,  he  formed  a  partnership  with  John 
lesson,  under  the  firm  name  of  I'^sson  &  Co., 
as  wholesale  grocers,  in  which  line  of  business 
he  continued  for  several  years.  In  1863  he 
began  the  manufacture  of  furniture,  subse- 
c|uently  taking  his  son,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch,  into  partnership  with  him,  the  firm 
name  being  A.  Stephen  &  Son.  He  remained 
thus  occupied  for  many  years,  or  until  his  final 
retirement  from  active  business  life.  He  was 
very  successful,  anil  his  jirospciity  was  due  en- 
tirely to  his  own  efforts  and  .sound  business 
ability.  He  died  at  the  age  of  seventy  years, 
a  highly  e:. teemed  citizen,  whose  loss  w^as 
gieatly  and  widely  regretted.  His  wife,  Mary, 
who  was  a  daughter  of  Matthew  Guild,  of  Mus- 
quodoboit, dietl  at  the  age  of  seventy-six. 
They  had  eight  children  who  attained  matu- 
rity, four  sons  and  four  daughters;  namely, 
Alexander,  Aiuiie,  Matthew  (i.,  Jessie,  James, 
William,  luiitb,  and  Maud.  Annie  is  the  wife 
of  I.  S.  Murray,  later  of  Riverside,  Cal.  lulith 
is  the  wife  of  !•".  A.  I'eters,  of  Australia. 
Maud  is  the  wife  of  W.  V\.  Tlu)ni[)son,  liarris- 
ter,  of  Halifax. 

Alexander  .Stephen,  after  laying  the  founda- 
tion of  his  educali(Hi  in  the  public  schools  of 
Halifax  and  at  Horton  Academy,  followed  a 
more  advanced  course  of  study  at  Wood  Private 
.Xcademy.  He  gained  iiis  tiist  business  expe- 
rience in  the  em|)liiy  df  his  father,  wl'.(.se  ]xut- 
ner  he  subse(|uently  became,  as  already  stated, 
IJKV  carrying  on  a  general  furniture  business, 
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father's  death  Mr.  Stephen  cniuhietcd  the  inisi- 
ness  under  the  old  name,  A.  Stephen  &  Son, 
ii|)  til  1892,  in  wliich  year  he  turned  it  over  to 
a  corporation  called  the  Nova  Scotia  I'urnish- 
ing  Company,  IJmited,  he  heing  electeil  presi- 
dent of  the  company.  This  office  he  still 
holds.  The  firm  have  lately  added  carpets  to 
tjieir  stock  in  trade,  and  their  store  is  now  one 
of  the  largest  of  its  kind  in  the  Dominion. 
Mr.  Stephen  is  also  a  director  of  the  Imperial 
Life  Insurance  Company.  He  has  been  very 
successful,  and  has  a  hi.i;h  ivputaiion  among 
the  business  men  of  the  city. 

He  has  also  taken  an  active  part  in  politics 
and  the  affairs  of  the  city  generally.  He  was 
Alderman  from  Ward  Three  from  1880  to 
18S6,  during  two  years  of  that  lime  being 
chairman  of  the  Hoard  of  Works,  chairman  of 
the  Garden  Commission,  and  a  member  of  the 
.School  Hoard.  In  April,  1897,  he  was  elected 
to  the  office  of  Mayor,  the  duties  of  which  he 
performed  in  a  highly  creditable  manner. 

In  1868  Mr.  Ste[)hen  joined  X'iigin  l.ndgc. 
No.  3,  ]•'.  &  A.  M.  He  is  imw  a  thirty-third 
degiee  Mason,  and  belongs  to  the  Supreme 
Grand  Council  of  Dominion  of  Canada,  and  is 
Deputy  for  the  I'lovince  of  Nova  Scotia. 

He  was  married  August  19,  'S75,  to  Mi>s 
.Sadie  Cogswell,  daughter  of  the  Re\'.  John 
Cogswell,  of  Canning,  N.  S.  Mr.  Stephen  ami 
his  wife  are  the  parents  of  six  ihildren  — 
Charles  M.,  Henry  W.,  I'rank  1..,  Mdward  H. 
(deceased),  lulith  St.  Clair,  and  Hilda  C.  C. 

Charles  M.  is  Lieutenant  of  the  l-'irst  Chesh- 
ire l^eginient  of  the  l?ritish  army,  and  is 
now  stationed    in    India.      Henry   W.    is   em- 


ployed in  the  branch  of  the  Rank  of  Nova 
Scotia  located  at  Hamilton,  N. R  Frank  I,. 
is  in  the  eni|)loy  of  the  Nova  Scotia  Furniture 
Company.  Kdith  St.  Clair  is  a  student  at  the 
Ladies'  College,  Windsor,  N.S.  Hilda  is  at- 
tending the  Ladies'  College  at  Halifa.x.  In 
])olitics  Mr.  .Stephen  is  a  Conservative.  He 
and  his  family  attend  the  Presbyterian  church. 


^jlTPlCRT  C.  .S.  KACLHACH,  a  ris- 
ing attorney  of  Lunenburg,  N.  .S. ,  v  as 
born  in  that  town  in  1869.  His 
father  was  the  Hon.  Senator  Henry  A.  N. 
Kaulbach,  and  his  mother,  in  maidenhood 
lumice  .Sophia  Harris,  only  child  of  John 
Harris,  Ls(|.,  Barrister  of  Thornhill,  Kings 
County,  N.  .S. 

His  fust  iirogonitor  in  this  cotuitry  was 
Martin  \'on  Kaulbach,  a  native  of  Haden- 
Haden,  Germany,  who  came  t(j  Nova  .Scotia  in 
1752,  settling  at  Lunenburg  on  an  original 
grant  of  land.  Martin  Von  Kaulbach  becatiie 
ver_\-  ])rom incut,  and  held  an  office  inuler  the 
government. 

tlis  sou  Henry,  the  next  in  line  of  descent, 
was  boin  at  l.uncnlnng,  N.S.  Henry  Kau' - 
b.uh  also  becinic  a  prominent  inhabitant, 
being  the  fust  Sheriff  of  I.imenburg  Count\', 
appointed  by  Governor  Wentworth  in  1798. 
He  held  the  office  until  1828,  when  he  re- 
signed and  was  succeeded  by  his  son,  John 
Heniy.  His  wile,  whose  maiden  n.une  was 
Joamia  Barbara  .S\\  iker,  numJed  out  a  fidl  cen- 
tiny  of  existence.  At  the  time  oi  her  death, 
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lier  (Icsccndniits  wore  living-,  furty-I'diir  haviii^^ 
died;  and  the  whole  number  included  lourteen 
children,  sixty-one  grand-children,  eighty- 
three  great-grandchildren,  and  five  great-great- 
grandchiklren. 

John  Henry  Kaull)ach,  son  of  Henrv  and 
Joanna  Ibrbara  Kaulbacii,  and  grandfather  of 
the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  also  born  in 
Lunenburg,  X.  S.  As  already  mentioned,  he 
succeeded  his  father  as  Sheriff  of  the  county, 
which  position  he  held  for  many  years.  He 
married  l-'redericka  Newman,  daughter  of 
Adolphus  Newman;  and  they  had  four  chil- 
dren,   of  whom   these  three  are  now  living 

Sophia  B.,  Charles  lulwin,  and  J.  Albert. 
The  (jther  sun,  Henry  A.  X.,  named  above, 
died  on  January  S,  1S96.  Sojjhia  ]?.  is  the 
widow  of  Hugh  ^r.  Moyle,  of  Lunenburg,  who 
was  custom-house  Collector  at  that  jiort  for 
some  years.  Charles  Julwin  is  the  jiresent 
Representative  from  Lunenburg  County  at 
Ottawa.  He  married  Ada  Hunt,  of  Lunen- 
burg, daughter  nf  the  late  Captain  James  ]{. 
Hunt.  J.  Albert,  X'enerable  Archdeacon  of 
Xova  Sct)tia,  married  .Sopliia  J5radshaw,  of 
(juebec. 

Henry  Adoljihus  Xcwnian  Kaulbach,  father 
of  Rupert,  was  Ixirn  in  Lunenburg  in  1S30. 
After  obtaining  his  early  education  under  the 
direction  of  private  tutors,  lie  attended  the  Lu- 
nenburg Grammar  School  for  a  period,  and  then 
studied  the  classics  under  the  tutorship  of  the 
Rev.  J.  C.  Cochrane,  D.C.  L.  I'pon  cnm- 
pleting  his  studies  with  this  gentleman  lie 
went  to  Cambridge,  Mass.,  and  entered  the  law 
dei)artment   of    Harvard    I'niveisitv,    wheie   he 


;  was    graduated    in    1857,    with    the    degree   of 

I  Hachelor  of    Laws.      He    further    i)ursucd    the 

j  study  of   law  successively  with   his  uncle,  the 

Hon.    John     Creightun,     Si.,    (J.  C. ,      M.P.P., 

who  was  afterward  a  member  of  the  ]-:.\ecutive 

'■  Council  of   Xova   Scotia  and   president  of  the 

Legislative  Council,  and    in   the  office  of  the 

Hon.    William  ^'oung   (afterward  Sir  William 

Voung),  a   leading  member  of  the  I'rovincial 

government.       Hcing  admitted   to   the    Ixir   in 

1N55,    be    began    jiractice    in    Lunenburg,    and 

soon  p.roved   iiimself  to  have  a  thorough  grasp 

ot  his  profession. 

ILiving  an   inclination    for  public    life,    he 
:  found    no   difficulty    in  gratifying  his  desires, 
l)eing    elected    in    18^3   as    Representative   of 
Luuenbuig  County  in  the   Xova   Scotia    House 
nf   Assembly,    ami   defeating  on   that   occasion 
the  late  Hon.  Jcjsepli    Howe,  who  was  then  the 
leader  of  the  goveriunent.       The  ability  of  Mr. 
Kaulbach  was  pmniptly  recognized   i)y  his  C(d- 
Icagucs,    and    he    wa>   called    upon    to    take    a 
pn.minent  jiart  in  their  coimcils.      He  was  one 
of  those   who  early   advocated   a   federal   union 
of  the  Provinces.      He  was  als(i  in  favor  of  free 
public  schoids;    and    it   was  owing  to   his   nd- 
vanced    ideas  on    these   two   (|uesti(ins    that   he 
was  defeated  at  the   polls  in   the  general   elec- 
tion of    iNh;,  public   sentiment    in    his  district 
not   then    being   ready  either   for  cnnfederaticin 
or  'or  a  free  public-schoul   s\stem.      On  March 
:!7,    iS-j,    he   was   called    to    the   Senate,    and 
sat    in    that    House   until    his   death.      Li   tact, 
the   latter  e\ent  nccurred  while  he  was  attend- 
ing a  sessi'in  of  the  House   in   Ottawa,  January 
N,   i^[)C>.      Hi>   body   w.is  ccnneyed   home,  anil 


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laid  to  rest  in  Limunhur^.  lie  was  Lieutenant 
Colonel  of  the  First  Rej,'inient  of  LunenbiU}; 
County  Militia  and  Volunteer  Artillery,  liav- 
inj;  received  his  eonimission  in  i«S59.  He  was 
also  a  member  of  the  N(na  Scotia  Central 
Hoard  of  Aj;riculture. 

lion.  Henry  A.  X.  Kaulixach  married  for  his 
first  wife  lumice  So|)hia  Harris,  only  child  of 
th';  late  John  Harris,  of  Thornhill,  Kind's 
County,  X.  S.  She  died  in  1.S79;  and  he  mar- 
ried for  his  second  wife,  September  9,  18.S0, 
Anne,  daughter  of  G.  H.  and  Mary  I'itt  (Gore) 
l^lylan(i.  The  second  Mrs.  Raulbach  was  a 
sister  of  tjie  wife  of  the  late  Sir  Dominick 
Daly,- and  was  a  grand-niece  of  Sir  John  Gore, 
K.C.R,  G.C.H.,  and  of  General  Sir  Ar- 
thur Gore. 

Rupert  C.  S.  Kaulbach  received  his  element- 
ary education  at  Hishop's  Collej;e  School, 
Lennoxville,  P.O.,  which  has  many  honored 
sons.  JMnishing  liis  preparatory  education  at 
that  institution,  he  matriculated  into  the  I'ni- 
versity  of  Hishop's  Collei,'e  in  i.S,S8,  and  grad- 
uated from  that  university  with  the  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Arts  in  1891.  He  entered  the 
Law  School  of  Harvard  University  at  Cam- 
bridge, Mass.,  in  i,Si)i,  and  graduated  with  the 
degree  ol  Bachelor  of  Laws  in  1S94.  He 
sti.died  law  in  the  office  of  the  Hon.  Mr.  Jus- 
tice Hcnrv,  Judge  of  the  Supieme  Court  of 
N'ova  Scotia,  the  fnni  being  then  known  as 
Henry  Harris  &  Henry.  He  was  a(hiiitted  a 
bairister  of  the  Supreme  Coinl  of  Nova  .Scotia 
in  1S91S,  ;'.n(l  began  jiractice  in  his  native 
town  of  Lunenburg,  where  he  has  since  re- 
mained.     He  has  already  shown   himself  to  be 


possessed  of  a  good  knowledge  of  his  profes- 
sion, and  gives  promise  of  being  at  no  distant 
day  one  of  the  leading  lawyers  of  his  section 
of  the  Province.  In  1898  he  received  from 
the  University  of  Hishop's  College  the  degree 
of  Master  of  Arts;  and  the  same  year  the 
degree  of  Bachelor  of  Laws  was  conferred  on 
him  (.l(/  ciiiKhin  i;;iaiiiiiii)  by  Dalhousie  Uni- 
versity at  ilalifa.v,  \.  S. 

Mr.  Rupert  Kaulbach  married  in  1896  Miss 
Violet  Hrown,  daughter  of  Henry  Hraithwaite 
and  Charlotte  (Hligh)  Brown,  of  Sherbrooke, 
1'.  (J.  Her  father  was  for  many  years  a  law- 
partner  of  the  late  Hon.  William  Bullock  Ives, 
member  of  Parliament  for  Sherbrooke,  Minis- 
ter of  Agriculture  in  the  late  Conservative 
government  of  Canada,  and  President  of  the 
Privy  Council.  I\Ir.  Brown  is  a  |)roniinent 
barrister  and  (Jueen's  Counsel  of  that  town. 
They  have  two  children:  luuiice  Mary  Kaul- 
bach, born  June  11,  1.S98;  and  Charles  lulwin 
Newman  Kaulbach,  born  January  5,   1900. 


\CA;/ILLIAM  A.  CHASH,  .secretary  and 
treasurer  of  the  Varmouth  Steam- 
ship Company  of  ^■armout]l,  \.  S.,  was  iiorn 
at  Bridgetown,  .\nnapolis  Countv,  \.S. ,  De- 
cember 5,  1840,  .son  ,if  Jdliii  and  Rubv  W. 
(Woodworth)  Chase. 

His  father  was  born  in  C  ornwallis,  X.S..  in 
i8[;,.  Although  a  self-educated  man,  John 
Chase  was  an  earnest  student,  and  became  a 
Bajitist  minister,  preaching  in  various  jilaces 
througlimit   the   Province  for  many  years.      He 


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was  widely  known,  and  was  held  in  high 
esteem  both  for  his  ability  as  a  preacher  of  the 
gospel  and  for  his  high  jieisonal  character  as  a 
man.  lie  died  at  the  age  of  seventy-six  years. 
His  wife,  al.su  a  native  of  Cornwalli.s,  and  a 
daughteiof  Stephen  Rand,  of  that  town,  died  at 
the  advnnced  age  of  ninety.  They  had  eight 
children  —  five  .sons  and  three  daughters  —  of 
whom  sjven  are  now  li\ing;  namely,  Maria 
i;,,  Cliarlotte  i;.,  lulward  ."\[.,  A.  .Sawers. 
Willian-  A.,  Isaac,  and  Charles.  Maria  II.  is 
the  wife  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  .Sawyer,  e.x-president 
of  Acadia  College  at  Wolfville,  N.  .S. 

William  A.    Chase  was  educated  at  Acadia 
College,    Wolfvilie.       After   graduating    from 
that    institution    in    iS6o,    he    went    to    New 
Hrupf.wick,    where   he   taught    .school    for  one 
year.      In    1S63    he  went   to   Yarmouth,    N.  .S., 
and  for  some  time  was  connected  with  the  firm 
of  Dennis  &  Doane,  general   merchants.      Suh- 
sequently,    in    1865,    he    entered     the    general 
store  of   :\Ir.  I.,  i:.  leaker,   with   whom   he  has 
since    been    associ  Ued.      Upon    the    formation 
of  the  "S'armouth  .Sreamshi]i   Comjiany,  he  wa.--; 
made    its   secretary  and   creasurer,  which    posi- 
tion   he  still    hidds.      He   is  popular  with    the 
patrons  of  the  company  by  reason   of   his   cour- 
teous treatment  of  all  and   |>r(impt  attention  to 
their    want.s.       He    is    also    well    known    and 
highly   esteemed    in    ^'armouth    society.      His 
Jioliiical    principles    are   those   of   the    Liberal 
part}-. 

Mr.  Chase  and  .Miss  ]-'rance.s  G.  C.  Tooker, 
daughter  of  Charles  looker,  of  Varmouth,  were 
married  on  January  jrj,  i.S;^.  'I'hey  have  four 
children 1!.  .\ubury,  J-'.  I.oui.se,  .May  1.,  and 


Mabel  A.      Mr.  Chase  with  his  family  attends 
the  Uaptisl  church. 


WfUAAAM  DO.^HNICK  FINN.  M.D., 
Medical  Iv.xaniiner  for  the  city  of 
Halifa.v  and  Dartmouth  and  a  very  jiopular 
physician,  was  born  in  Halifa.x,  N.  .S.,  in 
iSfiS,  son  of  John  and  Mary  (Farrell)  l-'inn. 
He  is  a  grandson  of  William  Imuu,  a  native  of 
Cork,  Ireland,  wh<ise  wife,  in  maidenhood 
Mary  I'^limi,  was  born  in  Dublin. 

Afti'r  his  marriage  William  Finn  came  to 
Nova  Scotia,  and,  settling  in  Halifax,  entered 
the  employ  of  the  Cunard  Steamship  Company, 
witli  wIkjiu  he  remained  for  many  years.  He 
died  at  the  advanced  age  of  eighty-si.v.  He 
bad  four  children,  none  of  whom  are  now  liv- 
ing, John,  the  father  of  Dr.  I-iim,  having  lieen 
the  youngest. 

John  I'inn  was  born  in  Halilax  in  1S39. 
At  the  age  of  sixteen  years  he  entered  the  tlry- 
;(iods  house  ol  I'ower  iSc  Co.,  with  whom  he 
remained  tor  some  time.  Siibsecpiently  be 
became  an  employee  of  lieil  v'v  lilack  and 
stil'  later  of  Xcil  iS:  White,  loi-  whom  he 
worked  first  as  a  travelling  salesman  and  after- 
ward as  a  buyer.  He  was  for  manv  years 
a  very  i)oi)ular  and  successful  travelling  man. 
Later  be  became  connected  with  the  firm  of 
Will,  M(jrg.m  c^  Co.,  of  Montreal.  He  died 
at  the  comparatively  early  age  of  thirty-eight 
years.  He  was  a  Liberal  in  politics.  His 
wile  is  still  living,  and  makes  her  ,,ome  in 
Halifax.  She  was  born  in  Dartmouth,  N.  S. 
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iaiii  1).,  Ji'liM,  Mary,  Katliktii,  and  Rolicrl  K. 
John  marrie<l  Anjiclino  Chatwin,  ai\ii  has  two 
children  —  John  V.  and  William  ('. 

William    I).  I-'inn    first    attended    sehool    in 
Dartmouth,  and  continued  his  education  in  the 
Halifax  High  School.      In  1S84  he  entered  the 
office   of    his    uncle.    Dr.    lulward    I'arndl,    in 
llalifa.v,  and  studied   medicine   with    him   one 
year.      He  then  entered  the  Colle^^e  of  Physi- 
cians and    Surgeons    in    New  ^'ork    t'ity  —  the 
medieal    department    of    Columhia    University 
- -and  graduated  Doctor  of   Medicine   in  iSijO. 
Returning   to   Halifax,   he  at   once   began   the 
inacticc  of  his  profession,  and  has  since  been 
very  successful.      In   Marcli,    i.S'92,  he  was  ap- 
pointed  Countv  C"oroner,  which  office   he  held 
up  to  1895,  when    it   was  abolished.      He  now 
holds  the  position  <if   Mctlical   I'lxamincr  of  the 
city    of    Halifax.        In   June,    1.S99,    Dr.    I'inn 
married  Miss  Alice  M.  Downey  of  Dartmouth, 
■   N.  S.       Dr.    I'inn   came   into  more  than   local 
l)rominence    tlirough    his   connection   with  tiie 
celebrated  trial  of   Second   Mate  Hrani  for  the 
murder  of  the  captain,  caiitain's  wife,  and  the 
first  mate  of  tlie  barkentine  •'Herbert  l'"uller, " 
June  13,   1897.      As  Medical  l':xaminer  of  the 
city    (the   vessel    having    i)ut    into  the  jiort   ol 
Halifax  after  the  tragedy)    it  was  his  duty  to 
view   the  bodies   and   make  a  report  of  all  cir- 
cumstances   that    might    lead   to   the  detection 
of    the    murderer.      His    evidence    was    suhse- 
ijuently    given   at    the   trial    in    l!oston,    which 
resulted    in  the    conviction    of    Hram,    the  one 
accused.     A  second  ti  ial  was  granted,  in  uhich 
Dr.     l'"nn    again    gave    evidence.        Dr.    Imuh 
stands   high   among   the  medical    fraternity   of 


Halifax   and   the  county,  and  has  a  wide  circle 
of  friends  and  aciiuaintances. 


1 1.  I.I  AM  HI;NRV  SIM  son,  a 
leading  druggist  <if  Halifax,  was 
b(irn  at  (irand  Pre,  Kings  County,  N.  S. .  April 
J,  1842,  son  of  John  and  Matilda  (Urown) 
Simson.  His  paternal  grandfnther,  also  named 
John  Simson,  was  a  native  oi  Halifax.  John 
Simson,  Sr. ,  was  a  hardware  merchant  in  Hal- 
ifax for  many  \er,rs,  and  was  both  a  prosperous 
business  man  and  a  much  respected  citizen. 
He  married  a  ^Fiss  Cleveland,  and  had  a  fam- 
ily of  five  children,  of  whom  but  one,  Sarah,  is 
living  to-day. 

John  Simson,  Jr.,  father  of  William   Henry, 

was  born  in  Halifax  in  18 12,  being  the  second 

child  of  his  jiarents.      Cho(j^ing  farming  as  his 

life  occupati(jn,  he  followed   it    for  some  time 

in    Rawdon    and   subsetpiently   at    C.rand    Pre, 

where  he  resided  until   his  death,  at  the  age  of 

eightv-six  years.      IIi>\vife,   Matilda,  who  was 

born  at    Mailland,  N.  S. ,   in    1817,  died   at   the 

age  of  se\  enty-foui'.      'I'lu'V  weie  the  parents  of 

twelve  children,  ten   of  whom  are   now  living; 

■lanielv,    Thomas    1"..,    James    I,.,    Annie    L., 

William    Henry,    IV'ssie,      Louise     II.,     .Ada, 

I  .Sarah,    l-'r.nik,    and    I.aur.i.       The   first    named, 

1  Thomas    I!.,    married   Julia    Iledlum.    and    lias 

seven    children.      James    I,,    married    Harriett 

Konserfield,    and    has   eight    children.      Annie 

1..    is    the    wife    of    (Ui>     Rathbone    and    the 

mother  of  six  cbiKlren.       llcs^ie  married    tirst 

.Samuel    Palmeter,  by  whom  she  had   two  chil- 

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Heniy  Koscoc,  by  whom  she  has  had  no  chil- 
(hcn.  Louise  li.  is  the  widow  of  Dawson 
ra)n](!ter,  a  brother  ol  Samuel  above-montion'.'d, 
and  has  one  child.  Ada  is  the  wife  of  F.  G. 
Curry  and  the  mother  of  five  children.  Sarah 
has  been  twice  married.  By  her  first  husband, 
Augustus  Allison,  she  had  one  child;  and  by 
her  second,  the  Kcv.  H.  ]'.  JJoane,  she  has 
two  children  — Raliih  and  Olive.  Frank  mar- 
ried Annie  Marshall,  and  has  four  children -— 
Georse,  Hilda,  Laura,  a^ul  Harold.  Laura  is 
the  wife  of  ];)avid  l^i^^eknv,  a, id  has  two  chil- 
dren. 

William    Henry    Sim.son    was    educated    at 
Mount   Allison   Academy  at    Sackville  and  in 
the  academy   :,t    ilorton    Landing.      After  his 
school  days  were  over  he  obtained  employment 
as  clerk  with  Jirown  ]3rothcrs  &  Co.,  druj;f,Msts, 
of  Halifax,  for  whom  he  worked  from    i860  tf) 
1864.       He   then  went    tj    I'hiladelphia,    Pa., 
where  he  entered  the   Pharmaceutical    College, 
and  after  the  usual   course  of  study  was  gradu- 
a'cdat  tliat  institution  in  1866.      Returnir.p-  to 
Halifa.x,  he  v;as  given  the  charge  of  the  i)usi- 
ness  of  iJrov.'i,   Brothers  &  Co.,  and  continued 
to  manage  it  up  t(.  1880,  in  which  year  he  be- 
came a   partner  i.i  the  concern.      He  thus   re-  j 
mained   until    1S90,  when  he  formed  a  partner-  , 
ship  with   his   brothc'-    Frank    undor  the    firm 
name  of  Simson  Brothers  &  Co.     rogctiier  they  ' 
carried  on   a   drug  !)usiness    in    Halifax    laitil  i 
1897.      In   liiat  year,    se^vring  his  connection 
with  the  nrm,  Vr-:  .Sins.m  engaged  in  tiie  same  | 
b>isiness  .,ione,  and  !>,is  thus  continued   up  to  < 
the  present   time,  having  been  very  .succcssTul. 
!n  jjolitics  he  is  a  Conservative.      Few  citizens  | 


among  the  business  portion  of  the  community 
are  more  favorably  regarded  or  more  widely 
respected  thr.n  he. 

Mr.  Sim.son  was  married  in  1S69  to  Jessie 
A.  Smith,  daughter  of  Jesse  and  Charlotte 
(McKisson)  Smith.  They  have  had  seven 
children,  of  whom  si.v  survive;  namely,  Will- 
iam A.,  Gertrude  Blanche,  Clifford  S.,  Maud 
F.,  Robie  .S.,  and  Jessie  R.  Gertrude  is  the 
wife  of  Guy  Stayner,  and  i\Iaud  I-;,  the  wife  of 
Frank  W.  Hart. 


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I  '^'KCHDFACON  JAMFS  ALBFRT 
KAULBACH,  a  i)rominent  church- 
—  man  and  respected  citi;;en  of  Truro, 
•vas  born  in  Lunenburg,  N.S.,  August  30, 
i;<39.  SO"  of  John  Henry  and  Sojjhia  F.  (New- 
man) Kaulbach.  He  is  of  German  ancestry, 
being  a  great-grandson  of  fohn  Martin  Kaul- 
bach, a  native  of  Baden-Baden,  Germany,  who 
came  to  Nova  Scotia  in  1752.  sailing  from 
Rotterdam,  settled  in  Lunenburg  on  an  original 
gmnt  of  land,  and  liccamc  a  very  prominent 
man  in  the  place,  holding  an  olTice  under  the 
governmcnc. 

Henry  Kaulba' h,  the  next  in  line  of  <ie- 
.seeiit,  son  of  John  Martin,  was  born  in  Lunen- 
l)uig,  N..S.,  December,  i/jS.  ll^iuy  Kan!- 
bach  was  a  large  projierty-owner  in  I  unenburg, 
and  was  one  of  the  leading  men  of  the  town. 
He  was  Sheriff  of  (he  c(iunt\,  being  ap- 
I'oi'  ■"  m  I79,S  by  Governor  Wentwoith; 
and  he  iield  the  ,)!)!( e  up  tn  iSjS,  >,  hen  he 
resigned,  and  was  succeed, d  by  iiis  sen,  John 
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(lied  I'elininry  ii,  il)6(j,  having  louiiclcd  out 
a  fidl  century  of  existence.  At  the  time 
of  her  death  one  liundrcd  and  nineteen  cf  her 
descendants  were  livinj;;,  forty-four  having 
died;  and  the  whole  !,.imbcr  included  fourteen 
cliildren,  sixty-one  grandchildren,  eighty-tliri:e 
great-grandchildren,  and  five  great-gr>,'at-grand- 
children. 

John  Henry  Kaulljach,  .-l '-st  son  of  Henry 
and  fatiier  of  y\rchdeacoii  Kaulhach,  was  liorn 
in  Lunenburg,  N.S.,  April  lo,  1797.  He 
went  to  Halifax  in  early  \nuth  to  obtain  his 
Juiglisli  education.  Subsequently  returning 
'to  Lunenburg,  he  succeeded  his  father  as 
Sheriff  of  the  county,  as  above  narrated,  and 
held  that  office  until  his  death,  which  took 
place  February  25,  1.^79,  when  lie  was  eighty- 
two  years  ohl.  His  wife,  Sophia,  who  was 
born  in  Lunenburg,  N.  S. ,  I'ebruary  9,  i,So2, 
was  a  daughter  of  Adol|)hus  fhristopher  and 
Anna  Magdelin-j  Newman,  of  that  town.  The 
Newman  family  originally  came  from  Saxony. 
'Slrz.  Kaulbach's  father  was  a  student  at  a  (ier- 
man  University.  After  serving  a  .short  time 
in  the  army,  and  having  lost  his  brother,  his 
hit-!st  surviving  relative,  he  left  LuroiK'  and 
came  to  America,  settling  at  fir.st  in  New  \avk, 
whence  he  removed  to  Lunenburg,  \,  S.  John 
Henry  and  So|)hia  V.  Kaulhach  were  the  [ar- 
cnis  of  fi\e  children;  namely,  Sophia  H., 
V.\]/.i\  Ann,  Henry  .\.  \. ,  Charles  fldwiii,  and 
James  A.  Sophia  li.,  who  survives  her  hus- 
band, H.  M.  Moyle,  formerly  of  Lunenburg, 
has  two  children:  i:ii/alnth  .\.  K.,  wife  of 
William  Cireenwood,  ol  Toronlo,  Om.  ;  and 
Sophia    r.  C,  widow  of  Captain   .Alfied    W'or- 


tell,  of  Ottawa,  Out.  Henry  A.  N.  is  now- 
deceased.  Further  mention  may  l)c  found  of 
him  in  the  .sketch  of  his  son  Rupert,  [jublish^d 
el.sewhere  in  this  volume.  Charles  lulwin, 
who  is  now  member  of  Parliament  for  Lunen- 
burg County  and  a  highly  re:,,iected  citizen, 
married  Ada  IIu...  He  has  no  children. 
]\Irs.  John  Henry  Kaulhach  died  August  14, 
1  8<S9,  aged  eighty-seven  years. 

James  A.  Kaulhach,  the  direct  subject  of 
this  sketch,  was  educated  at  the  Lunenburg 
(irammar  School,  Windsor  Collegiate  School, 
and  King's  College,  Windsor,  N.  S.,  at  which 
latter  institution  he  received  the  degree  of 
]iachelor  of  Arts  in  1864  and  that  of  Master  of 
Arts  in  1.S68.  L'e  was  ordained  Deacon  in 
St.  Luke's  Cathedral,  Halifax,  on  December 
18,  1864,  and  on  Decendier  24  of  the  follow- 
ing year  was  ordained  to  the  jiriesthood,  and 
was  sent  to  River  J(}lin,  Pictoe  County,  where 
he  remained  for  five  years  and  a  half  a.--  curate 
in  charge.  In  1S70  he  went  to  Truro,  and  was 
appointed  curate  in  sole  spiritual  charge,  and 
became  vicar  of  the  parish  in  October  of  the 
lollowing  year,  in  which  office  he  has  since 
served.  In  May,  1889,  he  was  installed  Arch- 
deacon of  Nova  Scotia.  He  is  one  of  the 
Dishops  Commissaries  and  I'l.Namining  Chap- 
lain to  the  Hi.sho|)  of  Nova  Scotia.  He  is  also 
Senior  Canon  of  St.  Luke's  Catliedral,  Hali- 
fax. .Mr.  Kaulhach  is  highly  esleenicd  as  a 
man  of  deep  religious  faith  and  strict  moral 
princi|)lcs,  and,  by  those  who  know  him  well, 
as  a   true  friend  and  gootl  neighbor. 

He  was  married  in  1876  to  Mary  Sophia 
Hr.idshaw,    of    Ouebcc,    a    daughter   of    James 


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l-'ostcr  ;iiul  Myia  'I'liriur  (Lewis)  liriulsliaw. 
Her  jiaroiit.s  WLTo  natives  (jf  IScitast,  iiflaiui. 
yiv.  ami  .Mrs.  Kaiill)acl)  liaw  diiu  cliiUl  ikiw 
liviii-  Ilcniv  .\ll)crt,  wlui  was  iidin  at 
'I'niid,    \.S. ,    I'cliriKiiy    1 6,     1S7S. 

iloiirv  Aihcrl  K.aiilinii-li  was  cdiuated  al  tlic 
(-'(illo.^iato  St'iuMil  ami  al  Kiiin's  Cdilc-L', 
Windsor,  \.  S.  lie  was  ailmittcii  to  Kiii-stdii 
K.ival  Military  ('cillc-c  (Ont.),  whvw  iie  -rad- 
iialcd  in  |S()().  lie  tlu'ii  l)crainc  attailkil  as 
Sccnnd  I.it'utonant  to  Sccdnd  lialtalinn  of  tlic 
I-idxal  Warwii  l^slli'\•  RL'-imonl,  and  is  nnw 
(January,   U)oo)  on  :,<.^v\■^^:^■  in  Sdiiili  Al'iica. 


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ii.i.iAM    iii;xK\-    \vis\vi:i.i., 

Clorl<  and  'inMsurcr  of  Ijalitax 
C'dunty,  was  lidni  at  Xowa  astlc,  Xm  ihinnlicr- 
land  Cdnnty.  X.H.,  May  ui,  iS^ci,  liis  parents 
l)cin,i;-  JKiuvand  l-di/ahctli  II.  i.'-iinitli)  \\i: - 
well.  lie  is  a  i;randsdii  df  I'aioeh  W  i-well,  of 
I'inylish  aneostry,  a  native  dl  the  .State  dl  Xew 
"\'drl<,  whd,  cdniini,'  td  Xd\.i  Seolia,  Idlldwed 
lor  many  ye.ds  tne  deenpatidn  dt  earpenter  and 
.spar-maker  in  the  (Jueeii's  ddekvards  at  llali- 
fiix.  l''.n(ieh  Wiswell  married  .Ann  W'rij^ht, 
a  native  df  Ilalitax.  They  had  li\e  ehildien, 
dl' whom  lint  one  (ieoi'^e  Herbert  is  nnw 
living-. 

Henry  Wiswell,  eMest  ehild  df  l-juieli  and 
f.itliei"  df  the  sulijeel  I'i  this  ^keteh,  wa^  hcirn 
in  Halifax  in  1  S(  u .  In  his  vnun-er  days  df 
business  aitivity  he  was  emphived  as  a  elerk 
in  a  meuantile  establi-hmeiit  in  Halifax,  but 
later  fdr  twenly-cme  uai^  he  idndueled  husi- 
n(;ss    Idr    himself     a.s    a    -eneral    merchant    al 


Mirar.iiciii,     \.  H.       He     removed     thence    to 
Chatham,  \.]i. ,  where  for  some  years  he  was 
cashier   in   the   ('ommercial  Hank.      Afterward 
he    removed    to    Dartmouth,    X.S.,    where    he 
spent  the  rest  of  his  life,  dying  in  December, 
1S77,  at  the  age  of  seventy-seven  years.      He 
w,is  a  man   of  great   natural  ability,  and  while 
residing    in    Dartmouth   was    secretary   of   the 
I'rovineial    Jiuilding    .Society   of    Halifax.      In 
pdlitiis   he   was  a    Liberal    and  a   strong   sup- 
porter   (if    the    Ilcin.   Joseph    Howe.      He   was 
three  times  married,  his  llrst  wife  being  '"lliza- 
heth    II.   Smith,  a   daughter   of  J.mies    Smith, 
df   Chester,  \.  S.      Of   this   union    there   were 
six  eiiildren,  two  Ixiys  and  four  girls,  of  whom 
ihrei'     are      now      living -- William      Henry, 
.Maria  I.,  and  Catherine  J.      Maria   is  the  wife 
of  Leander  J.  Crowe,  who  lor  many  years  was 
Sheiilf    df    Cdlebester   County.      Catherine    is 
the  wife  of  J.   .Scott   Mitchell,  deceased.      ]"or 
his   .^eeonil    wife    1  lemy  Wiswell    married   Ke- 
hecca  Aveiy,  df  Chatham,   X.  li.,  who  bore  him 
one   ehild,  Carrie  .\.,  now    living   at    Halifa.x. 
He    niairied   ,1    thir.l    wife,    L'anny   W'rigbt,    of 
Leicester,  J'ingland,  who  still  survives. 

William  Henry  Wiswell  was  educated  at 
Chatham,  X.li.  .\fter  his  school  days  were 
dvei-  be  went  td  Truro,  \.  S.  ;  and  until  1.S53 
he  was  employed  there  as  clerk  in  a  general 
stole  He  then  wiiit  to  Munetdn,  X.H. ,  where, 
;i^  accdimtant  ol  the  Westmorland  H.ink,  he 
remaincil  joi  twd  yejrs.  In  1.S35  he  went 
to  ilalilax,  where  he  became  .secretary  and 
cashier  and  diixrtor  (jf  tlu'  Xo\,i  Scotia  Tele- 
graph Com|)any  (now  leased  to  the  Western 
Cnidu),    which    position   he  held  eontinuouslv 


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for   over    twenty    years,    or    until     1K7S,    also  j 
Secretary  to    Halifax    Disj^ensary    twenty-fivi.' 
years.      In   1880  he  was  elected  County  Clerk  | 
of     Halifax     County,    anil     in     1882    County 
Treasurer,    both    of    which   positions    he     has 
since  retained,   having   performed    the   duties 
connected  with  thetr.    in   such   a   manner  as  to  : 
give   general    satisfaction.      In   jiolitics   he    is  ; 
a  Conservative. 

Mr.  Wiswell  has  taken  a  prominent  [jart   in  : 
social  and  religious  work.      He  has  served  St.   1 
Luke's  Church  of   Halifax  as  warden  and  \es- 
trynian    for    forty    years,   and    is    chairman   of  ■ 
the  I'jidowment  Committee  of  the  Church  of  j 
iMigland    in    Halifax.      He    is    also    chairman  ■ 
of  the  social  committee  of  tlie  Young   Men's 
Christian  Association,  of  which  society  he  has 
been  a  member  for  tlie  last  forty  years.      In  all 
these  various  business  and  social  relations  he 
has  proved  his  usefulness  as  a  man  of  energy, 
capacity,  and   sound   judgment,   and    is   higlilv 
esteemed  by  his  fellow  workers   in  eveiy  good 
cause.  \ 

Mr.  Wiswell  was  first  married  in  iSflo  to 
Annie,  daughter  of  Chailes  !•".  Wiswell,  l''.s(|. 
She  .lied  within  a  year.  In  .September,  iSTu, 
he  married  Agnes  S.  Hianchard,  ilaughterof  the 
late  Hon.  Hiram  IManchard,  of  Halifax.  She  j 
died  in  1886,  at  the  age  of  furty-twn,  having  ■ 
been  the  mother  of  six  children,  of  wlmm  there 
are  now  but  tiiree  survivors-  Arthur  1!.,  Will- 
iam H. ,  and  Hlanche.  Artlun married  h'loienee 
Kinnear,  and  has  four  ihildren  Clifford,  Cor- 
don, Houglas,  anil  a  ilaugbter.  Mr.  Wiswell 
married  for  his  third  will',  in  iSS.S,  Mi^s 
I'iiuily  S.  (iossip,  daughter  nl  Willi. n:)  (nissip, 


I'lsq. ,  of  Halifa.x       ( )!'   this  union  tliere  are  ni 
children. 


/  ^JlToRGf:  WILSON,  superintendent  ol 
V^J.  the  Dominion  Cotton  Mill  at  Wind- 
sor, was  born  in  Lancashire,  ilngland,  Au- 
gust 2  2,  1867,  his  ])arents  being  George  and 
Hannah  (Hlackburn)  Wilson. 

His  paternal  grandfather,  also  named 
George,  was  a  native  of  the  neighboring 
county  of  Chester,  or  Cheshire,  where  he  was 
manager  of  a  cotton-mill.  Subsequently  the 
grandfather  removed  to  Loushonbridge  in 
Lancashire,  where  he  followed  tiie  same  occu- 
pation. He  married  Lllon  Walton,  who  was 
born  in  Cheshire.  'I'hey  were  the  parents  of 
eight  children,  four  s(his  and  four  daughters, 
of  whom  but  two  are  now  living;  namely, 
jxobei't  and  James. 

Georgi'  Wilson,  second,  sun  of  the  forego- 
ing, was  born  in  Stockport.  Ciiesbire,  Lng- 
land,  in  18J3.  Learning  tiie  trade  uf  cotton 
manulacture,  he  also  luiame  manager  of  a 
cotton-mill,  following  th, It  occupation  at  l,ou- 
shoidnidge  in  Lancashire  for  many  vears.  He 
retired  about  six  yeai's  before  his  death,  and 
spent  his  last  d.iys  in  Lancashire,  dying  at  the 
age  of  sixty.  His  wifr,  Hannah,  who  died  at 
the  same  age,  was  a  d.iughtu-  of  James  Hlack- 
buiii,  a  Lancashire  cotton  manufacturei-,  and 
was  burn  at  Loushonbridge  in  18J5,  They 
had  nine  children,  li\e  of  whom  are  now  liv- 
ing; namely,  I'.llen,  W-illiam,  Sarah,  Mar- 
garet, and  Gemge.  The  religion  of  buth  par- 
ents w.is  that  of  the  Chuich  of  lai^land. 


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GtioY'^c  Wilson,    the  direct   subject  of  this 
sketch,     in    his    boyhood    attended    school     in 
I':n<(land,  and     ubsequentiy  tau^dit  school   for 
a  short   time.      Later   he   became   clerk    in    a 
store  at   Ikierfield,    Lancashire,  where  he  re- 
mained   until    1885.      He   then    emii^^rated    to 
Ouebec.  and,  settlinj;-  at  Valley  Field,  applied 
himself  to  learn  the  business  of  cotton  manu- 
facture in  a  mill  there.      After  a  stay  of  four 
>ears  at  Valley  Field,  he  removed  to  Moncton, 
N.li.,  where  for  ten  years  subsequently  he  had 
charge  of  a  cardinir-mili.      In  1S98  he  went  to 
Windsor,  and  accepted  his  jiresent  position  as 
superintendent  of  the  Dominion  Cotton  Mill. 

.Mr.  Wilson  wa.s  married  in  1897  to  i;ilen 
Constance  Vould,  a  cb.ughter  of  Willian,  and 
i:ileii  \ould,  of  Kentville,  N.S.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Wilson  attend  ihe  Church  of  jjii^land. 


jCjl^^VARD    CLAYTOX,    an     enterprising 
J —  dry-.t;o(ids  merchant  of  Halifax,   was 

born  ill  Shrewsbury.  Shropshire,  lui.i^land,  in 
1 849,  son  of  Genr^a-  and  Mary  (Davies)  Clay- 
ton. Hl  is  a  ,!j;rands()n  of  James  Clayton,  a 
native  of  Iln-land,  born  at  Matlock,  Derby- 
shire, who  kept  a  hotel  at  that  place  for  many 
years. 

James  Cl;:yton  married  l-:iizabeth  Geor',a\ 
of  .Montgomeryshire,  Wales,  and  they  resided 
on  the  estate  of  the  liarl  of  I'owis,  by  whom 
Mr.  Cla_\ton  was  employed  as  steward  at  ! 
LyuKiie,  Montgomeryshire.  Alter  her  hus- 
band's death  Mrs.  i;iizabeth  Clayton  went  to 
live  at  Shrewsbury,  where  she  died  at  a  great 
age.     They  were  the  parents  of  si.\  children  — 


George,  lulward,  James,  Henjanv'n,  Mary,  and 
r.Iizabeth  —  none  of  whom  now  survive. 

George    Clayton,    father  of    the    subject   of 
this  sketch,  was  born  at  Shrewsbury,  Ijigla.jid, 
in    1823.       He    followed    the    occupation    of 
tailor  and   draper   in   his  native  country  until 
his  marriage,  at  which   time  he  emigrated   to 
Nova  Scotia,  and,  settling  in  Halifa.x,  was  for 
.some  time  engaged  as  a  teacher  in  the  Indus- 
trial    .School.       Subsequently     he    went    into 
business  as  a  green-grocer,  and  still   later  be- 
came a  dealer   iu  clothing.      The   latter  busi- 
ness  he  followed   until    his  death,    which   oc- 
curred   in    1869,  when   he  was  forty-si.v  years 
old.      fieorge  Clayton  and   his  wife  had   eight 
children,    of    whom    seven    are    now    living; 
namely,  Celia,    Lizzie,    Susan,  luiward,  Will- 
iam }.,  Ada,  and  Mary.      Celia  is  the  wife  of 
Henry  Lithbridge,  of  ijiglnnd,  and  the  mother 
of  five  children.      Lizzie  is  unmarried.      Susan 
is  the  wife  of   W.    I).    ^lartin,    of    Moncton, 
N. !!.,     and     has     three     children  —  Clayton, 
i:rnest,  and  Hyron.     Ada   is  the   wife  of   Dr. 
Murdock    Chisholm,    of   Halifa.v.   and    has  si.\- 
children  — Mary,     j-dith,    Kenneth,    Stanley, 
Willie,  and  Roy.      Mary  is  the  wife  of  Robert 
Stanford,  of  Halifa.x,  and   the   mother  of  four 
children. 

iidward  Clayton  was  educated  at  the  na- 
tional school  in  Halifa.x.  After  le.a-ing 
.school  he  was  employed  for  about  five  years  as 
a  <lry-goods  clerk.  In  1869  he  went  into  busi- 
ness fnr  himself  in  the  clothing  trade,  and 
after  a  short  time  took  his  brother,  William 
}■,  as  a  j)artner,  tlu.  firm  name  being  Clayton 
&  Sons.      This  firm   has   continued   up  to  the 


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present  time,  .iiul  the  Clayton  brothers  are 
numberecl  amonj^  the  successful  business  men 
of  the  city.  Their  store  is  lar^e  and  well  fur- 
nished, both  stock  and  equipments  being 
throughly  up-to-date,  and  they  have  a  very  ex- 
tensive trade.  Mr.  lulward  Clayton  is  un- 
married. 

William  J.  Clayton  was  born  in  Shrews- 
bury, Shropshire,  ICngland,  in  1851.  After 
attending  the  national  school  he  spent  some 
time  at  a  jirivate  school.  He  then  began  to 
learn  the  trade  of  druggist,  and  subsequently 
continued  in  that  business  for  some  years. 
I,ater  he  went  into  partnership  with  his 
brother  ICdward,  as  above  stated.  Uoth  I'aI- 
ward  and  William  J.  Clayton  attend  the 
Church  of  England.  In  politics  they  are 
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KORGI-:  ]■:.  HOAK,  a  leading  business 
V^J-  "^'"1  "f  Halifa.v,  head  of  the  firm  of 
(ieorge  Iv  l^iak  &  Co.,  was  born  in  Ilalifa.x, 
N..S. ,  Julv  21,  iS^iS,  son  (if  the  Hon.  Robert 
and  Maiilda  .S.  (Andcison)  15oak.  He  is  a 
descendant  of  William  Unak,  born  in  1757  at 
Newcastle,  I'jigland,  wIki  married  Barbara 
Ddukin,  ;ind  whuse  two  suns,  Robert,  Sr.,  and 
William,  came  to  Nova  Scotia. 

Robert  lioak,  Sr  ,  the  giandfather  of  George 
I"..,  casne  to  Halifax  as  paymaster  sergeant  in 
the  Royal  Artillerv,  and  remainetl  here,  holil- 
ing  a  position  for  many  years  in  the  custom- 
liiiuse.  lie  died  in  i^'77,  at  the  age  of 
eighty-two  \ears.  The  maitlen  name  of  his 
wife  was   Mary  Ann    Ha.xter.       They  were   the 


parents  of  seven  children,  of  whom  six  arc  now 
living. 

Robert  Hoak,  Jr.,  was  educated  in  the  gar- 
rison school  at  Halifax,  and  subsecpiently 
learned  the  grocery  business,  serving  his  aji- 
|irenticeship  with  John  Esson,  whose  partner 
he  at  length  became.  After  Mr.  ICsson's 
death  he  continued  the  business  until  1864, 
when  the  firn;  known  as  Ksson,  lioak  &  Co. 
was  dissolved.  Mr.  Hoak  then  carried  on 
business  for  himself  as  a  West  India  mer- 
chant until  1875,  when  he  retired.  He  took 
a  prominent  jxut  in  public  affairs,  was  presi- 
dent of  the  Repeal  League  in  1869,  in  1871 
became  a  member  of  the  Legislative  Council, 
and  since  1878  its  president,  and  was  Treas- 
urer of  the  Province  of  Nova  Scotia  from  De- 
cember, 1877,  to  October,  1S78.  He  still  has 
various  business  interests,  being  president  of 
the  Acadia  I'"ire  Insurance  Companv,  a  di- 
rector of  the  Union  Hank,  of  which  he  was  for- 
merly vice-|)resident,  and  a  director  in  the 
Acadia  Sugar  Refining  Company.  A  separate 
sketch  of  his  life,  with  further  particulars  in 
regard  to  his  ancestry,  nvAV  be  found  on  an- 
other [lage  of  this  volume.  I5y  his  firNt  wife, 
in  maidenhood  Matilda  S.  Anderson,  whom  he 
married  July  1,  1847,  he  had  nine  iliililren, 
six  of  whom  are  now  living.  i\fter  the  death 
of  his  first  wife,  in  1871,  he  married  Anna 
Maria  Williams,  daughter  of  Robert  15. 
Williams,  of  Newburyport,  Mass.  Of  this 
marriage   there  are  no  children. 

(iecirge  L.  Hoak,  after  attending  the  gram- 
mar school  in  Halifax,  entered  the  employ  of 
his  father.      .Since  1882  he  has  carried  on   the 


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biisiiicss  ;il()iR',  iiiulci-  the  liini  iiiiiiK-  (if  (ioorno 
E.  Hoak  &  Co.  As  a  dealer  in  fisli,  coal,  and 
West  India  goods  he  has  a  very  Hourishing 
trade.  He  is  jjiesident  of  the  Teojile's  Meat 
and  I.ij;lit  Company,  Limited. 

On  November  lo,  iHSr,  he  married  Char- 
lotte James,  daughter  of  the  late  Judge  James, 
of  Dartmouth.  He  has  had  six  children,  of 
whom  five  are  now  living;  namely,  Geoffrey 
A.  J.,  llarriet  Malilila,  Charlotte  Fillis,  Mary 
Helen,  and  I'linor  Ross.  With  his  wife  and 
family  he  attends  tiic  I'resbvterian  cluirch. 


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Wll)  H.AMH.TOX,  of  Windsor, 
Registrar  of  Deeds  for  Hants 
County,  was  born  in  Windsor,  N.  S., 
August  13,  1836,  son  of  Daviii  and  Ivsther 
(O'Jkien)  Hamilton.  His  paternal  grand- 
father, who  was  a  native  of  Scotland,  had  sev- 
eral children,  none  of  whom  are  living  at  the 
present  time.  Leaving  his  native  country, 
the  grandfather  went  first  to  the  l'nit(;d  States, 
whence  he  subse(|uently  removed  to  Nova 
Scotia,  his  last  days  being  sjieiit  in  this 
country. 

David  ILimilton,  fir.st,  was  born  in  Halifax- 
County,  No\a  Scotia.  T'or  many  years  he  was 
employed  as  a  mail-carrier,  carrying  the  mail 
on  horseback  from  Halifa.\  t.j  .Xiinaimlis,  a  dis- 
tance of  one  hundred  and  thirty  mile^^,  this 
being  previous  to  the  introduction  of  railroads. 
His  wife,  Ivsther,  was  a  daughter  of  Timothy 
and  Jane  (Jcnkinsi  O'Jirien,  <if  Windsor,  X.S. 
Her  father  was  a  car])eiitcr,  wiio  followed  his 
trade   in   mnncction  witii    farming  all    bis    life 


in  Windsor,  where  he  died  at  the  age  of  .si.xty- 
.si.\  years.  He  was  a  son  of  William  O'Hrien, 
who  was  born  in  Londonderry,  Ireland,  and 
came  to  Nova  Scotia  before  his  marriage, 
being  a  school-teacher  attached  to  the  British 
military  forces  in  Halifax.  William  O'Brien 
was  married  in  the  Oueen's  dockyard  to  a  Ali.ss 
Harris. 

David   Hamilton,  .second,  the  direct  subject 
of  this  sketch,  in  his  boyhood  attended  school 
I-  Windsor,  N.S.      Subseiiuently,  imtil  reach- 
ing the  age  of  twenty-five  years,  be  followed 
farming  in  Hants  County.      Then  he  .served  an 
apprenticeship  to  the  joiner's  trade,  at  which 
be  worked  for  about  five  years  in  all.      In  1868 
he  was  appointed  to  hi    present  (jflficeof  Regis- 
trar of   Deeds  for  Hants  County.      In   politics 
he  is  a  Liberal.      Faithful  and  etlTicient   in  the 
performanceof  his  public  dutie.s,  he   is  a  most 
popular  official,  liked  and  respected  by  all. 

Mr.  Hamilton  was  married  in  1870  to  Miss 
Susan*  M.  Sangster,  daughter  of  Janies  and 
Maria  .Sangster,  of  Falmouth,  N.S.  He  has 
lour  children  -  b'rank,  I'hilii),  Fsther  .M.,  and 
Janies  S.  The  family  attend  the  Presbyterian 
church  in  Windiior. 


DMLJND  1'0W1;LL  ALLISON,  a 
prominent  lawyer  of  Halifax,  was 
born  at  Richibuet..,  N.H.,  July  9,  i,S66,  son 
of  David  and  lilizabeth  (I'owell)  .\llison. 
He  traces  bis  descent  from  John  .Mlison,  born 
in  1652,  who  resided  at  Newton  Limabady, 
county  of  Londonderry,  Ireland.  This  an- 
cient  progenitor  of    Mr.    Allison,    who  was  a 


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prominent  man  of  his  locality,  dicil  November 
19,  1737,  aged  eit;hty-four  years  He  was 
twice  married,  first  to  Jane  Clarke,  who  (lied 
May  10,  1684,  at  tlie  early  age  of  twenty-four 
years,  leaving  one  ciiiUi,  William,  the  next  in 
line  of  descent  to  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 
For  his  second  wife  he  married  Mary  Flem- 
ming,  who  died  March  17,  1733,  at  the  age 
of  seventy -eight,  having  borne  her  husband  no 
children. 

William  Allison,  above  mentioned,  was 
born  in  Drumnaha,  county  of  Londonderry, 
Ireland,  and  resided  there  all  his  life,  dying 
June  20,  I7(')6,  at  the  advanced  age  of  eighty- 
si.K  years.  He  married  Rebecca  Caldwell, 
who  died  March  11,  1751,  aged  si.xty-six 
years.  They  had  .several  children,  01  whom 
the  eldest  was  Josejih. 

Joseph  Allison,  the  ne.xt  in  line  of  descent, 
was  born  in  Drumnaha,  Londonderry,  Ireland, 
about  1720.  In  early  manuood  he  rented  a 
farm  belonging  to  a  London  corporation,  to 
whom  he  paid  a  yearly  rent.  He  improved 
the  property  to  such  a  degree  that  the  corpora- 
tion attempted  to  exact  a  higher  rent,  which, 
however,  he  declined  to  pay.  As  they  re- 
fused to  abate  their  demands,  he  .settled  up  his 
affairs,  and  in  1769  emigrated  to  America,  em- 
barking at  Londonderry  in  a  vessel  bound  for 
I'hiladeliihia,  I'a.  .\fter  encountering  very 
rough  weather,  the  vessel  was  wrecked  on 
.Sable  Island;  and  he  and  bis  family,  being 
among  the  rescued,  were  taken  to  Halifax, 
N.S.  This  was  about  fourteen  years  after  the 
forcible  trariSjiortation  by  the  Uritish  govern- 
ment of  the  l-'rench  settlers   from   Iheir   home 


in  Acadia  to  the  more  southern  British  Prov- 
inces, as  described  in  Longfellow's  poem 
of  "I'lvangeline. "  Joseph  Allison  settled  in 
llorton.  Kings  County,  purchasing  a  farm  on 
the  border  of  the  historic  Grand  Pre,  where  he 
resided  until  his  death  in  1794.  This  prop- 
erty is  now  the  well  known  "St.  Kulalie" 
estate  belonging  to  the  Honorable  Justice 
Wetherbee  and  embraces  the  site  of  the 
famous  church  of  Grand  Pre.  lie  had  mar- 
ried in  Ireland  Mrs.  Alice  Polk  (or  Pollock), 
and  they  were  the  parents  of  six  children. 

John    Allison,    third    child   of    Joseph    and 
Alice    Allison    and    great-grandfather   of   the 
subject   of   this  sketch,    was    born   near   Lim- 
arady,  Ireland,  in    1753.     At  the  age  of  six- 
teen  he  came   to   America   with   his  parents, 
and  settled  with  them  in  Acadia.      From  1769 
to  1804  he  resided  in  llorton,  N..S.,  where  he 
l)artook  in  large  measure  of  the  hardships  of 
pioneer  life.     .Subsecpiently  by   incfustry,  per- 
severance, frugality,  and   integrity  he  secured 
for  himself  and  his  family  a  respectable  com- 
petency.     liT    1804   he   removed   to    Newport, 
Hants  County,  N..S.,  which  was  his  home  for 
the  remainder  of  his  life.      At   first  a  trader, 
he  subsequently  became  one  of  the  most  suc- 
cessful   farmers  in    Nova  Scotia.      He  was  a 
man  of  sterling  character,  possessed  of  solid 
virtues,  good  sense,    and  excellent  judgment, 
and  was  in  aildition  a  pleasing  conversational- 
ist.     Ueing  a  magistrate,  he  exerted  his  influ- 
ence successfully  in   the  settlement  of  differ- 
ences;   and    for    many    years    he    represented 
Newport    in    the    Provincial    Parliament.      Hy 
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was  reorgani/ed  and  new  life  inliised  into  the 
orj^anization,  this  being  his  last  public  work. 
His  death  occurred  March  i,  1821.  He  mar- 
ried in  1779  Nancy,  daughter  of  John  Whid- 
don,  a  loading  magistrate  of  Cornwallis,  N.S. ; 
and  they  had  nine  children,  of  whom  James 
VVhidden  was  the  seventh  in  order  of  birth. 

James  Whidden  Allison  was  born  in  Hor- 
ton,  N.S. ,  December  i,  1795.  A  farmer  by 
occupation,  he  resided  in  Horton  from  the 
time  of  his  birth  until  1804,  and  after  that, 
until  his  death  in  1867,  in  Newport.  He  was 
for  five  years  one  of  the  leading  magistrates  of 
Newport,  and  also  represented  that  township 
in  the  Provincial  Parliament.  In  religion 
he  was  a  Methodist.  In  July,  i82r,  he  mar- 
ried Margaret  Elder,  born  in  Falmouth, 
N.S.,  June  12,  1799,  a  daughter  of  Matthew 
I'^lder.  Her  mother  was  in  maidenhood  a 
Miss  Jenkins.  They  had  .seven  children, 
three  of  whom  are  now  living,  namely:  .Miss 
Sarah  Jane  Allison;  David,  father  of  l';dmund 
Powell;  and  William  Henry,  of  Winnipeg. 

David  Allison  was  born  in  Newport,  Hants 
County,  N.S.,  July  3,  1836.  He  attended 
Halifa.x  Academy,  and  later  took  a  four  years' 
course  at  an  educational  institution  in  Sack- 
ville,  N.  H.,  where  he  stood  highest  in  scholar- 
ship. He  subsequently  followed  a  collegiate 
course  at  the  Wesleyan  University  at  .Middle- 
town,  Conn.,  being  graduated  in  1859  at  the 
head  of  a  large  and  brilliant  class.  I'or  a 
short  time  thereafter  he  taught  school  at  Stan- 
stead,  Oue.  Then,  returning  to  .Sackville, 
he  accepted  an  engagement  as  teacher  of  Latin 
and  Greek,  and  was  made  profes..  ;r  of  classi- 


cal literature  on  the  establishment  of  the  col- 
lege.    In   1869  he  succeeded   Dr.  Pickard   in 
the  presidency,  which  position  he  resigned  in 
1878  to  accept  the  position   of  superintendent 
of  education  for  the  Province  of   Nova  Scotia, 
which  he  held  until    October,   1891.      In   June 
of  the  latter  year  he  was  reappointed  president 
of    the  University   at   .Sackville,   and   entered 
upon  the  duties  of  the  office   in   the  following 
November.      The    eminent    ability    which    he 
has  displayed  in  these  various  positions  proves 
him  to  be  the  possessor  of  a  comprehensive 
mind,  deep   .scholarship,  and  rare  administra- 
tive   capacity,      lie    received    the    degreer    of 
Hachelor  of   Arts  and  of   .Master  of   .Arts  from 
Wesleyan    University  at    Middletown.   Conn., 
and   that   of    Doctor    of    Laws    from    Victoria 
University  of  Coburg,  Out.,  in   1871.      While 
noted  for  his  power  as  a  preacher,  his  views 
on  religion,  as  also  on   jiolitics,  are  broad  and 
liberal.      He    is   held   in   high   esteem   by  the 
citizens  of   New  Brunswick  and   Nova   Scotia 
generally.      His    marriage,    which    took   place 
June    18,    1862,    united    him    with    lllizabeth 
Powell,    a    daughter    of     lldmund    and    .Ann 
Powell  and  a  grand-daughter  of  .Solomon  Pow- 
ell, a   Loyalist  who  emigrated  to  Nova  Scotia 
in     1784    from     Poughkeepsie,     N.  Y.       .Mrs. 
Allison  was  born    March   26,   1839,  at   Richi- 
bucto,    N.H.,    and   died    December    15,    1898. 
She  was  the  niother  of   five   children,  three  of 
whom     are     now     I  iving— luhinind     Powell, 
David,  Jr.,  and  Henry  y\ugustus. 

lulmund  Powell  .\llison,  after  completing 
his  elementary  education,  entered  Dalhousie 
College,    Halifax,  where   he   received   the  de- 


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j^q-ec  of  liachclor  of  Arts  in  1889  and  that  of 
Master  of  Arts  in  1891.  In  the  latter  year 
also  he  received  his  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Laws  from  the  law  school  attached  to  the  col- 
k'i^e.  iieing  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1S93,  he 
began  practice  the  same  year  in  Halifax, 
where  he  has  since  remained,  lie  has  a  large 
clientage,  and  is  numbered  among  the  rising 
barristers  of  the  city.  lie  was  married  Octo- 
ber 5,  1898,  to  I'.ugenie  I",.  Hart,  a  daughter 
of  Levi  and  Jane  D.  (Hart)  Hart,  of  Halifax, 
her  father  being  one  of  the  leading  West 
Indian  merchants  of  the  city.  In  politics 
■Mr.  Allison  is  a  Liberal  Conservative. 


^OLONM'L    Li:vi';Ri:r     i.i\'i:hi;r 

Jj  CIIII'MAN,  one  of  the  most  promi- 
nent and  vespetted  citizens  of  K'  gs 
Ciuint\-,  was  liorn  in  (.'ornwallis  township,  that 
countv,  October  20,  1833,  son  of  William 
HeiH\  and  Soi)hia  A.  (Cogswell)  Chipnian. 
Uis  ancesti\  can  be  traced  back  to  early  C<dii- 
nlal  da)'s,  and  indeed  be_\iind,  his  sexcnlh  pio- 
gcnitor  in  line  ol  ascent  ba\ing  been  'i'homas 
Chipman,  who  was  born  near  I  )iiichester,  in 
Dorsetshire,    llngland,    about    the    \eai-    IS'''". 

Thomas  Chipman  died  in  his  iialixe  land  in 
i6j^.  His  resilience  was  some  livi'  miles  from 
Dorchester.  1  le  was  married  about  I59i>;  and 
hi^  w  ife,  whose  name  is  not  known,  died  about 
\<>}~.  .So  far  as  can  be  ascertained,  they  had 
three  thildicii,  of  whom  John  w.is  the  only 
son. 

|ulin  Chipman  was  born  near  Dorchester, 
l'",ngland,  about   Kin.      He  was  the  fust   lepre- 


sentative  of  the  family  in  America,  coming  to 
this  country,   it    is  said,  in   the  ship  "Friend- 
ship,"  of   Barnstable,  and  arriving  at   lioston 
in  163  I.     Joining  the  IMymoiith  Colony,  he  re- 
sided at  I'lyniouth  until  1646,  was  subsecpiently 
a   resident   of  Yarmouth   until    1C49,  and  then 
removed  to  Harnstable,  Mass.,  where  he  resided 
for  thirty  years.      The  rest  of  his  life,  a  ]ieriod 
of  nearly  thirty  years,  was  sfient  at  .Sandwich, 
.Mass.,  where  he  died    .\pril    7,    1708,    at   the 
venerable   age   of    ninety-four.      A   highly   le- 
spected  citizen,  he  served   in   vaiious  offices  of 
trust,  and  was  \ery  iironiinent  in  public  affairs, 
serving  as  Selectman  and  Justice  of  the  Peace, 
and  as  a  Deputv  to  the  Cieneral  Court  from  1663 
to  ir)69,  with  the  exception  of  1667.      He  was 
also   a    Deacon    of    the   church   at   Barnstable, 
which  he  joined  in  1652,  aiul  was  made  Ruling 
Lliler   in    \f)yo.      He  was  mairied    in    1646  ti> 
Hope,   daughter  of    John    1  lowland,    of    Plym- 
outh,     one     of     the     "Ma\;iower"     Pilgrims. 
.Vfter   her   death    he   married,    in    1684,    Ruth, 
daughtei' of  William  Sargent.      He  had  eleven 
children,   all    bv    his    tiist    wife,   of   whom    the 
ti  nth  in  Older  of  !)irlh  was  named  John. 

J(  hn  Chipman,  second,  was  bm-n  at  Bain- 
.-table,  Ma-s.,  in  Maicli,  i()Cn)-yo.  He 
lesidcd  at  .Sandwich,  !\Iass. ,  fiom  1691  to 
1712,  at  Cbilinark  from  1714  to  1720,  and 
sub>i.'(picntl\ ,  until  the  closi'  of  his  life,  at 
N'ewpoit,  R.I.  He  also,  like  his  father,  was 
A  piouiinenl  litizen.  While  .1  le.-.dent  of 
M.issachusetts  be  ser\ed  as  Justice  of  the 
Peace,  was  a  member  of  the  Ceneral  Court  in 
I71<),  and  Justice  of  the  Court  of  Common 
i'le.is  iu  :7J2.      In    i7Ji   be  was  aiicnt   of  the 


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IJn-lish    S,H-io(y    lor   tl,c    IVnpaoation    of    the  ,   wilo  in  I  he  yea,   iXoj,  when   she  was   lifty.„nc 
(lospel.      Ileals.ihehl   many  iniperlanl   dfllees  i  years  eld. 


of  trust  in  Rh.ule  Ishin.i  alter  renmvin-  to  that 
eiil,)n\.      Jk'  was  thiee  times  manied,  first  to 


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William    Allen    ('hi|inian,    sen    of   Handlev 
Cliipmaii,  w.,s  horn    in  Xeupert,   K.I.,  Novem- 


Marv,    danohter  ol    Captain    Stephen    Skiff,    a  ;  her  S,    i;^;.       lie  was  a  nsef.il   an.l   prominent 
Insfee   ol    the    IVaee   of    Sandwielu      For   his  !  ei.i/en  and  a  nun  hel.l  in  hi^h  esteem  in  Corn- 
wall is.      lie   was  Cnstos    kolnhirum   of   Kini;s 
County  and    Justiee   of    the    I'eaie   ,nul    was   ,1 


seeond  wile  he  married    I'di/aheth.  dan,i;hter  of 
Captain    i'homas   llandiey,  whose  wile  was    in 

•"..ideuhood  a  MissVoun,.  of  Host.m.  Isli/a-  hu-e  real  e.state  owner,  lie  represen.c.l  Kin^s 
l'"th  Ilandlevh;;,!  been  twi.;e  previously  mar-  Conntv  in  the  House  ol  .\ssend.ly  lor  many 
ried,  her  lirst  an.l  .seeond  husbands  havin.^  ,  years,  hein.^  snec  eeded  in  1 S  ^c  hv  his  son  the 
iK'cn  ,.  .Mr.  Rns.sell  ,nul  a  Mr.  j-ope,  John  j  Hon.  Samuel  Chipm.iu.  Ihe  l.Uter  luvame 
Chipman-s.secondwife.lvinKin  i;j5.  hemar-  a  meml.er  .,1  the  Legislative  (ouneil  a.ul 
ru'd  lor  his  third  wife  Hannah  Hookie  (or  I  ulledm.mv  imp,.rtant  otliees.  Ho  died  at  the 
lloxie).  of  Rhode  Island.  She  die,l  February  '  oxtrente  a^e  of  one  hundred  and  two  ve.ns. 
21,  174;.  iiiue  Nears  belore  her  hu.sluud,  his  '  Willi.nn  .Mien  (  hipman  ,utained  the  advaneed 
death  oeeurriuK  Januarv  .|,    ,;5<,.  |  ;,.,,  „|  oiyhty-eioiu  yens,  dviu^;  l)eeen,i,er    •,, 

Ihe   next    ,n    hue   of   deseeut    w,,s    H.nulley  ^    iS.ry      He   w.is   marrie.l    Xoven.ber   jo,    ,7;; 
(•hii>man,  named  doubtless  lor  his  nuuher,  John  |  to   Ann  Osbo.n,  ,lauj;hter  of  Sannud  and  Sarah 
C-hipman's  seeoud  wile.      1  le  was  born  at  .Sand-  j  Osborn.      They   had   six  einldien,  ot  whom  the 
uieh,   .Mass.,   .\n^ust   ;i,    , ; , ;.      He  .served  as  |  .seeond  and  the  elde.st  so,,  was  William.  ^,a,u|. 
justiee  ,.|    the   IVaee.      He  married  lor  his  lirst   '  lather  of  the  subj.-cl  ol  this  sketeh. 
wife,  .\pril  J.,,  iMo.  lean,  dau,i;hter  of  Colonel  '       William,    or    the   Rov.    Willi.un.    Chioman 
John   and    Ma„a,e,    .\llen.       I'hov    h,,d   eleven      was   born    Xowanber   ..,,    ,-,S,,   in    Cornwallis' 
eh,ld,en,  all  bo,n    in    \ewpo,t,   K.I.      On  M,,v      \..S.       In,.,„lv  ,„,inhood    |,o  .n.^a^ed    in    busi- 
;,    i;<..,   he    lelt    Xewpoit,  ,u,d    uith    h,s    wife      ness  as,,  me.ehant,  and   l,„  ,,  time  ,ilso  was  in- 
and    lamily   removed   to    Xov.i    .Sotia.  .settling      leiestod    in    milit.irv   .,t(,,i,.s,    bcn^   e,,ptain   of 
in   C-o,-nwallis,   Kin^s    Conntv.  uheie   i„s   w,te      a   eomp,,uv   of    militi,,.       b;xpe,  ien!  iu,   oonver- 
'iH'.l,    .\p,,l    5.     i;;;.    a^ed    lilty.tbiee    vea,s.      sio„,    while    still    ,,    vouuj;    man    he    be.au,..   a 
liemarnedlor  his  seeond    wife    Xanev.  d,,u,:;h-      pi,,,,,,,,..,,,,,,,     ,„     ^Vosi     (,„nw.illis      olea'ed 
tei  ot    Stephen  ami  Fli/.abeth  (Cla,k.    Post,  ,1,0      a    la,m    theie,  and   est.ibl  i^hod   upon   a    put    of 
eeromonv    taki,,.,    pl.,ee    Deecmber    ,.,,    t;;;.      hi.  estate  a  Haptist    ehn,vh.  ,0  uhieh    he   niin- 
Ot  lh,s  uuiou  thete  we,e  live  ehihhen,      .Mter      , stored  ami  whieh  he  helped  Lu^elv  to  support. 
eomniK  to  Xova  .^eoti,,  ho  seived  ,,s  ju.stioe  ol   j    1  h,,n J,    lai-.^elv  sell  ed,u.,ted.  he  was  a  man  of 
the    IVaee  and    |ud,e   o|    Probate.       His  .leath      eo,iside,,ible     iuielleelii.d     louv.    .lud     uo,ked 
'Hvm.ed  M,,v  j;.    i,->,u,  and  th,U  ot    h,s  seeond  ,   h.od    to,    t|,e   est,,blish,i,onl    o|    .\,adi,i  Colh-e 


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;it  W'dllvillt',  siihsciiiicully  si'iviii,i;  for  many 
years  nil  llu'  Hoard  ol  ( icjvcninrs  of  that  iiisti- 
tntinii. 

Ill'  was  twice  mairied,  first  on    I'oljiiiary  24, 
18(13,  to    Mary    Mcdouni    Dickey,  daughter  of 
Matthew    and    Jean     DitUey.      She    horc    liini 
nine  children,  none   of   whom   arc   now   living, 
the   third  liorn    having    licen    William    Henry, 
father   of   Colonel    ('hi|iinan.       lie   marrit'd    for 
Ins     second    wife.     May    J.|,     1SJ7,     I'diza    A. 
Chipnian,  horn    in    iSo;,  daughter   of   'I'homas 
Holmes  Chipnian.      She  died  Odohcr  23,  I.S53, 
at  the  age  of  fort\   six,  having  hecn  the  mother 
of  twelve  children.       I''ive  of    tlie  children  ;»re 
now    living;    namidy,    .Alfred,     Mary,     Andrew 
iMiller,  John  1'.,  and  Holmes.       .Mfri'd  married 
.Alice  Shaw,  and  has  two  ihildieii        .Alvah  H. 
and    Chandlei.       Mary    is    the    wife    of    1).    ( ). 
I'arker    and    the    mother    of    three    children     - 
Amiic.  Alherta,    and    I)a\id    Livingston       the 
last  named  of  whom  is,i  minister  ol  the  gospel. 
Andrew    ImiIIci    ('hipman   maiiieil    Mary    Ncw- 
comh,     and    has    live   children      -William    A., 
I'dla    Ina,    Owen    (tlie    l\ev.     <  >wen    (hipman), 
Roy,  and  Kenneth,     joliii  !'.  (hipman  is  Judge 
of    Kings    Counts'    ('cant.       Hi-   married    Susan 
Ma\'    Hiown,    and    has    --even    ihildren        .Mice 
K.,    h'rank  I'..   A.,   .\ilhui    11.,    N'ma  '!'. ,  Hai<dd 
C.,  Jack   K.   )!.,  and  Miniay  K. 

William  ileiiis  (hipman  w.is  hoin  at  C'orn- 
wallis,  \.S.,  November  3,  1S117.  I'rir  some 
time  he  coiioU(ted  luisiness  ,is  a  West  India 
iiu'rchant.  I.al<'r,  in  <(impan\  uith  hi-'  son 
I.everet,  he  engaged  in  tlu'  haidware  business, 
carrying  on  a  stme  loi  -^oni','  (iitccn  years  very 
succcssfnlly  at   I'oit   Williams,   X.S.       In    1S27 


he  hecanic  (Jlcrk  of  the  I'eai  e  and  I'rothonotary 
of  Kings  County,  whidi  position  he  resigned 
in  1.S67,  to  take  a  scat  in  the  House  of  Crom- 
nioiis  at  Ottawa.  In  1S70,  v.'hilc  a  member  of 
the  House,  which  was  then  in  session,  he  was 
seized  with  small  ]io.x,  and  died  on  the  loth  of 
April  of  that  year.  His  body  was  interred  at 
(!ornw.'il!is,  his  native  town.  He  was  one  of 
'he  most  prominent  lili/ens  of  Kings  C"ounty, 
and  was  widely  respected.  In  iiolitits  a  Lib- 
eral, he  was  a  strong  sup|)orter  of  Joseph  Howe, 
and  did  gooil  work  for  his  party.  His  wife, 
Sojihia,  who  was  born  in  ('ornwallis,  October 
5,  I1S07,  was  a  daughter  ot  James  (Cogswell,  of 
that  place.  She  died  in  June,  1S7.S.  They 
were  the  p.nents  of  nine  children,  of  whom 
there  are  seven  survivors,  namely:  Leveret 
de\'.,  who  was  the  eldest  of  those  that  attained 
maliiiit)-;  I'^li/abetb ;  Mary;  Rose;  b'red ; 
Henry,  a  jihysician;  and  Reginald,  also  a  phy- 
sician. 

Colonel  Lexcrct  i\v\'.  Chipmaii  in  boyhood 
attended  school  in  (ornwallis,  and  siibse- 
(|uentl\  became  a  student  at  Wolfsille  College. 
rp"ii  hnishing  the  couise  there,  he  went  to 
New  N'ork,  whcie  he  remained  for  about  three 
yi'ars.  Kcturiiing  home  at  the  end  of  that 
time,  he  becanu;  associated  with  bis  father  in 
bu>ine>s  at  ('ornwallis,  as  previou'-l\  stated, 
the  connect  ion  he-ting  liftecn  s'l'ars.  In  iSfiS 
he  became  mana.^er  of  the  blanch  of  the  H.nik 
of  .\ova  Scotia  huatcd  at  Kcnl\ille,  X.S., 
whii'h  position  he  helil  until  1 1S99,  a  iietiodof 
over  thirty  \eais,  when  lu'  was  supeianmiated. 
L'pon  the  death  of  his  father,  in  I  S70,  he  took 
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being    elected    by    acclamation    and    was    re- 
elected.     From  his  youth   he  has  been  promi- 
nently   connected    with    military    affairs.       In 
1S60    lie   became    Major   of   the   Third    Kin:;s 
Regiment,    a  ten-o.mpany  battalidn,    and   two 
years   later  was  made  Colonel.      After  the  es- 
tablishment of  Confederation   in  1.S6S,  he  was 
authorized  to  drill  a  force  of  men,  as  m.uiy  as 
he  coulil  handle;  and  he  gatheied  lo-ether  and 
'liilled    foui-  lunidred  and   lilty  at    liilltown    in 
Coriiwallis  township.      .\h(uit   that   time,  also, 
he  or-anized  the  .Sixiy-ci-hth   Haltalion   of   In- 
fantry, consisting  of  ten  com|)anies,  which  he 
l<Ci)t  up  to   full  strength,  and   of  which  he  was 
commander  up  to    1  Sc^.S,   when  he  letired,  and 
was    gazetted    Jlonorary     Lieutenant    Colonel. 
In   many  other  ways  he  has   been   useful   and 
])rominent    in    the    affairs    of    the   counlv  and 
I'rovince,    and     has    worthily    maintained    the 
ie))utation   for  good  and  loyal  citizenship  held 
by  his  ancestors  for  so  many  generations,  shar- 
ing with  them  the  esteem   of   the  public.      ilc 
is  a  Past  Master  in  the  .Masonic  lodge  at  Kent- 
ville  and  a  Noble  Crand  I'atriarch  of  the  hidgc 
of  Odd  J-"ello\vs. 

Colonel  Chipman  was  mairied  on  luiie  (>, 
1S52,  to  Nancy  Leonard  Moore,  who  wa.,  born 
in  Kentville,  \..S.,  Dccembei- J4,  iN^^,  daugh- 
ter of  Stephen  II.  and  LaviiKi  (.•\ngu>)  .Moure, 
and  grand-daughter  of  William  Chai  Ics  and  i 
L:iizabeth  (Harrington)  Mo,, re,  C.doiud  and  1 
Mis.  Chipman  are  the  parents  of  live  children  j 
-Wilford  Henry,  l.avina,  i'tliel  .Sophia, 
Annie  Leontine,  and  Lena  livangeliue. 

Willord    Henry,    the    lirst    named,     married 
Mrs.    (irace    Porter,    whose    maiden    name    was 


b'-aton,  and  has  two  children  I.everet  deV. 
and  Reginald  W.  Lavina  is  the  wife  of  F.  C. 
Dimock.  but  has  no  children.  ICthel  Sophia 
married  Jjarclay  Webster,  (J.  C. ,  and  is  the 
mother  of  (jue  child.  Leveret  Marclay.  Lena 
Lvangeline,  who  is  the  wife  of  William  M. 
liotsford,  of  Vancouver,  J^.C,  has  no  children. 


i:()R(;i-;  William  tooki-.r  far- 

'Sil,  .M,  I).,  a  jKipular  i)hysician  of 
Varmouth,  is  a  native  of  Liverpool,  \.  S. 
Horn  in  April,  i.sr,:;,  son  of  Dr.  Henry  C.  and 
!•■  lances  (Cutler)  I'arisb,  he  is  a  grandson  of 
Dr.  Henry  C.  I'arish,  first,  and  doubtless  in- 
herits spei  ial  apt  itude  tor  his  profession.  He 
is  of  the  tilth  -enerati.jii  in  descent  from 
Creggs  Larish,  who  was  hoiu  in  i;io  at 
White  Haven,  luighind,  but  of  whom  little  is 
now  known. 

Creggs    b'arish.    secoml,    born     October    14, 
174.S,  .son  ,,|   the  preceding,  was  the   first   pro- 
genitor  <if    the    family    to   cjiiie   to    .America, 
■settling  in  New  Wnk  while  it    was  a  cidony  of 
the  Jiriti-h   Crown,  and  having  an  appcn'ntmcnt 
in    tile    Commissary    (ieiieral's    department    at 
HniokiM,,   \.\-.      In    i;,S4,    after  the   termina- 
tion ,  I    the  Revo'uti,,nary  W.ii   in    tavor  of   the 
Ainerieans,  (iieggs   b'arish,  second,  with  other 
strong  Loyalists,  ineliidiug  Dr.  I'eiry,  a  Scotch- 
man,  came  to  Nnv.i  Scotia,  .lud  settled  at  Shel- 
liiirne.      Not    liking   the   eoiintiy,    however,    he 
returned    in    i;,|.<    t,,    the    Cnited    States,    and 
settled    at    \oifolk,   X'a.,   where    he    resided    lor 
the  lest  of  his  lite. 

His   son,    Henr\    (iivggs    l-'arish,    fust,    the 


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j;r;iiulf:\tli<jr  nf   Dr.  (K'nij^o  W.  ']'.  Farish,  was 
born    in    ]?ro()kl)-n,    L. I.,  June    18,    1781.      lie 
studied   medicine  with    \)r.    I'eny,    and  after- 
ward thnnigli  him  g<it  a  position  of  surgeon  on 
His  Majesty's  sliiii  "  Asia.  "      At  the  declara- 
tion of  ]ieace  in  1799  he  lost   his  position,  and 
was  left  in  London.      On  October  13,   1S03,  he 
arrived  at  Yarmouth,  X.  .S.,  from  bJij^land,  and 
at  once  bei;an  practice  as  assistant  ])hysician  to 
Dr.  l?ond.     This  connect  ion  lasted  for  live  years, 
at  the  end  of  which  time  he  became  Dr.  ISond's 
partner.      Jioth  achicN'cd   local    fame  as   skiltul 
practitioners.      Dr.    Henry  (1.    J'"arish   ma-ried 
first  Dr.  Bond's  daui;hter  .Sarah.      They  had  a 
lari;e  family   of   fifteen   childien,  of  whom   the 
fourteenth    in   order   of   birth    was    Henry  G., 
second,    father  of  the   subject   of    this   sketch. 
JUit    five    of    these    children    are    now    living, 
namely:    Elizabeth   11,    widow  of   Cicorge  \V. 
Tooker;     Kathcrine    1,.,    widow     of     W.    H. 
Moody;     l-:ilen    (i.,    wife    of    Staley     Ihown  ; 
Maria,  wife  of  John   T.  Thorburn,  D.C.L.,  of 
Ottawa;    ami    Henry    ('•.,    second.      Dr.   Henry 
(i.    ]''arish,     first,    died    .\piil     I,    1856.      His 
wife,  suivi\  in.i;-  him  Lwenty  _\ears,  passed  away 
I'\;hrnar)-  JO,   1876. 

lleniy  Ci.  l'"arisb.  second,  was  born  in  Yar- 
mouth, August  J3,  1823.  He  studied  medi- 
cine with  his  father,  later  at  the  Pennsylvania 
l'niveisit\-,  and  siibsei[uently  he  went  to  I.on- 
dnii,  iMinlaiid,  wheie  he  received  his  degree 
of  M.K.C.  .S.  ill  1S47.  Then  returning  to 
Nova  Scotia,  he  began  practice  at  I,i\erpool, 
wlicie  he  b.i--  '-ince  resided,  liein;j;  now  one  of 
the  leadin,:;  cili/.ens  ol  that  pi, ice.  His  wife, 
I'rances,  is  a  dau'liter  of    Robert   M.  and   So- 


])hia  (Reynolds)  Cutler,  of  Guysboro,  N.  S., 
and  was  born  at  that  place  in  1S27.  She  is 
the  mother  of  five  children,  of  whom  there  are 
now  four  survivors — J.  Frank,  George  \V.  T. , 
James  C. ,  and  Hertha. 

(ieorge  W.  T.  Favish  in  his  boyhood  at- 
tended school  at  Liverpool,  N.,S. ,  and  Char- 
lottetown,  ]'.  !■;.  1.  He  afterward  became  a 
student  at  King's  College,  Windsor,  N.  .S.,  and 
later  at  the  Jefferson  Medical  College,  I'liil- 
adelphia,  where  Iv  va'  ,;ra(Uiated  with  the 
degree  of  Doctiir  of  .Medicine  in  1 886.  He 
then  went  to  London,  Fnglaiid,  where  he  re- 
mained for  one  year,  engageil  in  the  further 
study  of  his  |)rofessioii.  Returning  to  Liver- 
pool, N..S.,  he  practised  medicine  for  eighteen 
months  in  connection  with  his  father,  and  at 
the  end  of  that  time  he  renuivud  to  Yarmouth. 
Here  he  has  since  remained,  having  been  very 
successful,  and  enjoying  a  large  [iractice. 

He  was  married  in  iSijo  to  Mrs.  Susie 
Maude  lludd\-,  daughter  of  Captain  W.  R. 
Pattle,  of  Suffolk,  Liigland,  and  has  two  chil- 
dren-- Mildred  Cutler  and  Dora  Maude.  In 
politics  Dr.  I'arish  is  a  Conservative. 


.\TTHi:\V  AD.XMS  L()G.\X, 
High  Sheriff  of  Cunibetland 
County,  Nova  .Seotia,  and  a 
highlv  'steemed  resilient  of  .\mherst,  was 
born  in  .\mherst,  December  27,  1834,  son  of 
'["hoinas  and  Fli/aheth  i  Hent)  Logan.  His 
father  was  a  son  of  Hugh  Logan,  second,  and 
grandson  of  Hugh  Logan,  first,  a  nati\e  of  the 
north  of  Ireland. 


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tor of  the  family  in  Nova  Scotia,  was  thirteen 
years  old  when  he  came  to  America  in  1773. 
He  married  a  Miss  Dickey,  aunt  nf  Senator 
Dickey,  of  Amherst.  They  hat!  ten  children, 
as  follows,  all  being  now  deceasuil :  Thomas, 
father  of  Matthew  A.:  Dickey;  Matthew; 
William:  James;  Hugh,  third;  Rebecca: 
one  who  died  in  infancy;  Isaac:  and  John. 
Isaac  settled  in  Trum,  and  John  died  in 
Ohio. 

Thomas   Logan  was   born  June  16,   1703,  at 
Amherst   i'oint,  on   the   old   homestead,  where 
he  followed  the  occupation   of  a   farmer.      lie 
was  also  crown  land  surveyor  of  the  comity  of 
Cumberland    for  over  thirty  years.      He  rep- 
resented the  county  in  the  House  of  .\sseml)lv 
at  sometime  in  the  fourth   deeaile  of  this  cen- 
tury, before  the  present  town  of   Amherst  was 
incorporated,      .\fter  his   marriage   he  ojiened 
a  general  store,  and  was  also  the  proprietor  of  i 
a    blacksmith's   shop   for  a   number  of  vears. 
In  politics  he  was  a  Liberal.       The   latter  pait 
of  his   life  was  spent    in    Andierst,   where   he 
<lied  January  2.S,   1875.      His  wife,   I'll  i/abeth. 
was  born  in   Amherst,   I'ebruary  jS,   171)4,  and 
died  July  2;,,   iSr,,S.      She   was  a   daughter  of 
John  and  Mary  (Lunt)  Bent,  her  father  ln'ing 
one     of    the    earliest     settlers     of     .\ndierst. 
Thomas  and  Elizabeth    Logan    had    nine  chil- 
dren, seven  daughters  and   two  sons,  uf   whom 
three   are    now    living  —  Rosanna,    l.ucv,   and 
Matthew    .\.      1-iosanna    m.irrird    (av   her   first 
husband   William    Fowler,  and  after  his  death 
.Samuel     Taylor,    who    also     is    now    deceased. 
Lucy     is    the    widow    of    the     Kev.    Stephen  1 


I  Humjjhrey     (Methodist),     late    of     Moncton, 
:  N.  H..  who  died  in  Uermuda. 

Thomas  Logan  had  a   brother   Hugh,  third, 
;  already    mentioned,    who     married     Klizabeth 
,  Arehibalil,     daughter    of     James     .\rchibald. 
<  Directly  after    their    marri.age  they  travelled 
on  horseback  from  Truro  to  .Salem,  their  new 
home,    Salem    and    the    surrounding    country 
being  at   that   time  almost   a   wilderness,  and 
horseb;ick  riding  (he  only  iiracticable  mode   of 
conveyance.       They    had    si.\    children— Re- 
becca.    John,    Isaac,     James,     .Margaret,    and 
Hugh,  fourtli.     The  following  is   a   brief  and 
partial  record   of  the   family:    Rebecca    is   the 
wife  of  James   Leighton,  of   .\mherst.     John, 
born    at    Salem,    November  9,    1S20,   married 
lirst    Anroinette    b'illmore.    who   was    born    in 
iS.:4,  and  died  in   i,S5J,  at  the  age  of   twenty- 
eight.      She   was  a   daughter  of   Anthony  :nul 
t'harlotte     (Dcmkin)     JMllmore,     her    mother 
being  a  daughter  of   Robert  and  J:inet  (C'raw- 
tord)    Donkin.      J. met    Crawford's    father   was 
one  o|  the  original  grantees  of    land    in   Cum- 
berland (  ounty.      John   and   .\ntoinette  (ImII- 
morei    I.og.ni  h,id   four  children,  all   of  whom 
aie   now    living,    namely:     bdi/abeth,    wife   of 
John     I'ortei-,     of     River     llebert.     X.S.  ;     Re- 
becca, wile   ol    J.   Aider    Davis,    of   whom    see 
separate    sketch    published    elsewhere    in    this 
volume;    Julia,    wife    ,,r     .\lbu-t     Davis,    of 
Salem.   \.S.,  and  the  niotlier  oi  ;liree  children 
—  John     Jelferson,     Kcta,     an. I     Nellie;     ;ind 
Idleii,     who    m.uried    Douglas     l'"ullerton,    of 
I'.irrsboro,   N..^..  nowli\esat    I'ointedu  liute, 
N.  H  ,  .ind    h.is   ri\e   children        Mvrtle,    Kate, 
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his  first  wile  John  L(>ij;an  married  Jan.;  Sliarp,  U^h  Slurilf  ni  C  unibcrland  Cmnty,  an  office 
daughter  of  Dean.n  William  Sharp,  ot  Lower  that  he  has  since  retained,  and  the  duties  of 
Meccan,  N.S.  Hy  this  marriage  there  were  \  which  he  lias  performed  in  a  liighly  satisfactory 
four  children —  Amos,    Howard,    Walter,   and  i  manner. 

Carrie.  Amos,  who  married  Jennie  Dixon,  of  |  in  1.S69  Mr.  Logan  was  married  to  Clara 
I'ointe  du  liute,  N.l?.,  is  now  living  on  the  1  .Seaman,  .laughter  of  Job  .Seaman,  ..f  Barrons- 
..Id  Fillmore  h.miestead  at  West  Amherst,  and  '  fiel.l,  N.S.  lie  has  five  children  -  Stanley, 
has  three  children  ^  John  V..  Harold,  an.liCarl.  Lome,  Laura,  and  Hubert.  Carl  is 
Marv.      ll.nvar.l,    who  w.is   a    very   pr.)mising  j  superinten.lent  of  the  g.)vernment  creamery  at 


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having  shown  j^reat  al)ility  f.)r  ]  Najipan,  X.S.  Stanley  married  OUie  Keillor, 
newspaper  w..rk,  .lie.l  in  M..ntreal,  lie  being  j  daughter  .if  Thompson  Keill.ir,  an.l  has  two 
at  the  time  .)f  liis  death  city  rein. rter  for  the  |  children  -  Wilfred  and  Lleanor.  Laura  is  a 
Montreal  S/,ir.  Walter  die.l  in  early  man-  |  stu.lent  at  .\cadia  College,  Wolfville.  Mr. 
hood.      Carrie,    who    is   unmarrie.l,    resi.les   at  ;   Logan     and    his     family    attend     the    Haptist 


Amherst.  John  Logan  is  n.)w  living  on  tiie 
old  Fillmore  homestea.l.  James  Logan,  who 
is  now  ileceascil,  was  the  father  of  ilance  J. 
Logan,  member  for  Cumlierland  County  in  the 
House  of  C.immons  and  a  rising  barrister. 
Margaret  is  deceased.  Hugh,  f.)urth,  11. iw  re- 
sides on  the  old  homestead  at  Salem. 

Matthew   .\.    Logan,    the   .lirect    subject   of 
this   sketch,  was  educate.!   at    Amherst    Point. 


church.      They  are  estceme.l   by  all  wh.)  know 
them  as  gooil  neighbors  ami  useful  citizens. 


7^C)L()N1:L    Wn.LL\M    M.    ULAH-l,   a 

I   jr        prominent    citizen    of    .Amherst,    was 

^^ '  b.irn     at     Onsl.iw,    N.  S. ,    May    25, 

1S36,  son  of  Simeon  H.  and  Janet  (McCurdy) 
l^lair.  The  f.unily  to  which  he  belongs  is  a 
.\fter  leaving  school  he  live.!  at  the  p.irent.il  ;  proinim'ut  oik-  in  Sotland,  an.l  can  be  traced 
homeste-,d,  an.l  w.irke.l  on  the  f.irm  until  i  back  for  aliout  three  hundre.l  years,  some  of  its 
186-,.  He  then  engage.l  in  the  manufacture  '  early  progenitors  having  been  men  of  high  rank 
■  Istones,  an.l  .liil  an  extensive  business,  ami  noble  hloo.l.  C.il.inel  Hlair"s  first  ances- 
large  number  of  men.  In  this  tor  in  America  was  Captain  William  Blair,  a 
'■e  continued  for  live  vears,  or  native  of  Sc.)tlan.l  an.l  an  officer  in  the  I'"ng- 
,.e  then  piirchas.'d  thcol.l  home-  lisli  army.  Three  years  later  he  s.Mved  uu.ler 
from  his  f.ither,  an.l  resi.le.l  Iher.'  cau-  \  Colonel  Winsl.iw,  who  t.i.)k  a  very  iirominent 
linu.iusly  np  t.i  iS.).),  in  whi.h  year  lu'  s.dd  it  !  j'art  in  the  expulsion  o\  the  l"rei,.-h  from  Nova 
t.i  his  two  sons  -  Sl.mlev  an.l  Lome,  an.l  :  Scoti.i.  C.ipt.iin  lilair  settle.!  at  Onslow, 
purchase.!   a   firm    in   llie  suburbs  of   tlic  t.iwn      .\'.S. 

lu'arcr  his  .illic,  .111  which   he  witli   his  family  His    sou    J.ihn,    b.uu    in    .Massachusetts    in 

reside.        in    .\l)ril,    iSSo,    he   was    app.'inte.l       i;5'i,  cinie  to    X.iv.i   Sc.iti.i   with   him   at   the 


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ajjc  of  three  years.  John  mair  engaged  in 
farming  at  Onslow,  where  he  spent  his  life, 
(lying  in  184^),  at  the  age  of  ninety  years. 
His  wife  was  in  maidenhood  a  Miss  Downing. 
They  had  six  children,  of  whom  .Simeon  11. 
was  the  fourth  .son  and  youngest  child. 

.Simeon  II.  hlair  was  horn  in  Onslow,  X..S. , 
in  179S.  Hrought  up  as  an  agriculturist,  he 
sul)sec|ucntly  followed  farming  on  the  old 
homestead  during  the  entire  active  jieriod  of 
his  life.  He  died  in  October,  iSflrt,  at  the 
age  of  sixty-eight,  in  politics  lie  was  a  Con- 
servative and  in  religion  a  Baptist.  His 
wife,  Janet,  was  born  at  Onslow  in  1800,  and 
died  in  1881.  They  had  eight  children,  of 
whom  five  are  now  living— Mary,  George, 
Hessie,  Israel  .\.,  and  William  M.  Mary  is 
the  wife  of  Ale.xander  M.  Wills,  of  I'ugwash, 
N.  .S.  George  married  .Matilda  Ilirrison,  of 
Meccan,  N.S.  Bessie  is  the  wife  of  the  Rev. 
Henry  Charlton,  a  Hajitist  minister  of  tiarle- 
ton  County,  New  Hrunswick.  Israel  A.  mar- 
ried l.ydia  DeWolf,  of  WolfviUe,  N.S.  The 
three  children  now  deceased  were:  Nancy,  '. 
wife  of  lulward  Hamilton;  Daniel;  and  : 
luinice.  I 

William  M.  IMair  was  cihicated  in  his  na- 
tive town  of  Onslow.  Assisting  his  father  on 
the  farm,  he  soon  actpiired  a  practical  knowl- 
edge "f  agriculture.  As  long  as  his  father 
lived  he  remained  with  him,  :uul  afti.'r  his 
fatiier"s  death  he  succeeded  to  the  ownership  of 
the  homestead.  In  1.S8S  he  went  to  Najjp.'in, 
Cumberland  County,  N..S.,  where,  at  the  re- 
quest of  the  Dominion  Department  of  .Agri-  ■ 
culture,  he  took   charge  (as  su[)erintendent)  of  | 


the  Hxperimental  Farm,  retaining  that  posi- 
tion for  eight  years.  From  187S  to  1884  he 
represented  the  county  of  Colchester  in  the 
I'rovincial  Legislature.  In  1896  he  settled  in 
.Amherst,  where  he  has  since  been  engaged 
in  reclaiming  marsh  lands  and  in  making  other 
improvements.  He  holds  the  commission  of 
a  Colonel  in  the  militia,  to  which  he  has  be- 
longed for  many  years.  At  the  e:irlv  age  of 
nineteen  he  joined  the  Rothsay  Blues,  a  vol- 
unteer comjiany  of  Truro,  as  a  ]irivate,  and 
subsequently  rose  to  the  rank  of  t^aptain  and 
still  later  to  tnat  of  Major.  In  1867  he  be- 
,  came  Senior  Major  in  the  Seventy-eighth 
!  Battalion,  known  as  the  .Seventy-eighth  High- 
landers, and  continued  with  them  up  to  1888, 
for  the  last  ten  years  being  C(donel  of  the 
regiment.  His  service  in  the  militia  covers 
a  period  of  thirty  years. 

Colonel  Blair  was  married  January  26, 
1864,  to  Harriett  Blair,  who  was  born  Janu- 
ary -'5,  1841,  a  daughter  of  Samuel  James  and 
Allison  (Co\)  Hlair.  Her  mother  was  a 
daughter  of  Cai)tain  William  and  Anna  ( I'"rost) 
Co\,  the  former  a  sea  c.q)tain  of  Bo.ston, 
Mass.,  and  a  son  of  the  Rev.  Daniel  Cox,  who 
was  the  first  settled  Presbyterian  minister  at 
Truro,  N.S. 

Colonel  and  Mrs.  Blair  have  been  the  par- 
ents of  nine  children  Wimburn  Laurie,  Je- 
nette  Allison,  Caniline  Kdberts,  Joseph  Cul- 
len,  William  Saxby,  Stanley  Howard,  Messie 
C,  .Mary  Taulinc^,  and  Sarah  Lillian.  Wim- 
burn L. ,  born  March  24,  1865,  served  live 
years  in  the  North-west  Mounted  Tolice,  and 
also  spent  two  ye;irs   within   the   arctic  circle 


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hunting  furs.  IIo  is  now  engaged  in  farming 
at  I'dinte  du  lUito,  N.H.  He  married  first  Hes- 
sie  Ulaine,  by  whom  he  had  one  child,  Will- 
iam, now  living.  Hy  iiis  second  wife,  whose 
maiden  name  was  Gcorgiana  A.  McLellan,  he 
has  one  child,  Alpheus.  Jenette  A.,  born 
February  13,  i^C>7,  is  tlie  wife  of  Watson 
Smith  and  tiie  mother  of  tiiree  children  — 
Joseph  CuUen,  .Mlison  .\.,  and  Jenette.  Car- 
oline Roiierts,  born  June  6,  1  Sdg,  is  the  wife 
of  M.  1'.  I'ikc,  of  Amiicrst,  and  has  four  chil- 
dren—  Nellie,  P'-verath,  Louisa  G.,  and  Bea- 
trice. Joseph  C,  horn  A|)ril  26,  iS/i,  mar- 
ried .Sadie  \'an  Horn,  of  West  Springfield, 
111.,  anil  has  one  child,  Josephine.  William 
Sa.xby,  born  August  24,  1873,  married  Leona 
Z.  Baird,  of  Cumberland  County,  Nova  Scotia. 
He  has  no  children.  Stanley  H.,  born  I)e- 
cemiu'r  24,  i<S75,  enlisted  in  his  twenty-second 
year  for  service  in  the  Boer  War  as  a  [irivate 
in  Company  II  (Captain  H.  B.  Stairs)  of  the 
first  Canadian  contingent,  which  proceeded 
to  .Mrica  in  November,  1899.  Bessie  C, 
liorn  January  22.  iS;>\,  is  the  wife  of  Dr. 
I'ercy  A  Holmes,  of  I'arrsboro,  N.  S. ,  and 
the  mother  o\  one  child,  Lucille.  Mary  1'., 
born  I''ebruary  13,  iS.So,  and  Sarah  Lillian, 
born  August  2,  1SS3,  resiile  with  their  par- 
ents. Out  cif  the  nine  cliildren  five  arc  grad- 
uates of  colleges.  Jose|)h  CuUen  is  professor 
of  horticulture  at  the  State  L'nivcrsity  of  Illi- 
nois. William  .S.  is  horticulturist  at  the 
Nappan  l",\perimcntai  I'arm. 

("olonel  Blair  is  a  B.ijitist  in  religion,  and 
his  wife  is  a  I'rcsbyterian.  In  [xililics  he  is 
a  Conservative.      He  was  a  charter  mend)cr  of 


the  Truro  Lodge,  .'\.  F.  S'  A.  M.,  in  1865, 
and  is  a  I'ast  Master  of  ili.it  lodge.  He  is 
president  of  the  Farmers'  Association  of  Nova 
Scotia.  He  is  respected  hv  his  fellow-towns- 
men as  a  man  of  good  judgment,  square  deal- 
ing, and  upright  life,  one  whose  word  can  be 
relied  upon. 


NHRK W   B.  BOAK.  a  leading  business 
man  of  Ilalifa.v,  was  born  in  that  city, 
December  24,    1841,  son   of    Robert 
and    Marv    .\nn    (Baxter)     Boak.      His    grand- 

'.  parents  on  the  paternal   side  were  William  and 

j  Barbara    (Donkin)    Boak,    of   Newcastle,    I'^ng- 
land,    where    William   Boak   was    engaged     in 

I  business  as  a  merchant.      Robert  Boak,  father 
of  Andiew  B. ,  and    Robert's   brother  William, 

j  with  a  sister,  Marv,  were  the  first  and  only 
members  of  the  family  to  come  to  America. 
(See  sketch  of  the  Hon.  Robert  Boak,  brother 
of  Andrew  B. ,  im  another  page  of  this  vcdume. ) 
Robert  Boak,  son  of  William  Boak,  Sr. , 
horn  in  .Sciuth  .Shields,  luigland,  came  to  Hali- 
fa.\  as  .Sergeant  Major  in  the  Royal  Artillery. 
He  renKiined  here,  and  for  many  years  was 
connected  with  the  custom-house.  He  died 
December  23,  1877,  at  the  advanced  age  of 
eight v-tuii  years.  His  wife,  whose  maiden 
name  was  M.irv  Ann  Ba.xter,  was  born  Decem- 
licr  16,  1802,  and  died  .August  8,  1856,  at  the 
age  of  litt  v-four.  'I'hes  were  married  Septem- 
ber 2(1,  I. '^1(1,  and  had  sewn  children.  -Six  of 
thoe  are  now  living  Robert,  ICdwaid,  Sam- 
uel, .\ndrcw  I!.,  M,ii\-  .\iiii,  and  Barbara  D. 
Andrew   ii  Boak  w.is  educated  at  the  Free 


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Cluiicli  .\t-,uluniy,  Halif.ix.  SlidrtK  ;iftiT 
k'iuiii,:^  M'hodl,  111'  ii)  I.S56,  he  ciitiTCtl  the  cm- 
ploy  of  Hell,  .\iulcisoi)  &  Ci). ,  whiijes.ile 
(lealeis  in  dn'  jjoods  and  small  wares,  whieli 
house  was  established  in  iSjS  In-  the  lion. 
John  II.  .Anderson,  now  deceased.  He  con- 
tinued in  tiieir  employ  up  to  1S71,  when  he 
was  taken  as  a  ])artnei-  into  the  business,  the 
tinu  name  bein^;  changed  t<i  Anderson,  Hill- 
ing &  Co.  ;  and  .shortly  nfteruard,  owin;;  to 
the  death  ot  .Mr.  .\nderson,  he  became  the 
senioi' |i.utnei'.  In  iS()7he  ch.mt;i;d  the  style 
of  the  liim  to  .\.  I!,  Wndk  &  Co.,  and  on  Janu- 
ary I,  I.S<),S,  ((ink  in  his  son  .Sianle\  as  a  part- 
ner, lie  has  been  \cry  succcsslul;  and  the 
business,  which  was  the  ])ionoer  ot  its  kind  in 
llalil'a.x,  is  in  a  most  tiourishing  condition. 
Mr.  Hoak  scr\ed  for  many  wars  in  the  (dd 
.Scottish  \'olunteer  C'omiiany  of  Halifax.  lie 
attends  the  Brunswick  .Street  .Methodist 
Church,  and  is  a  man  both  wideK  known  and 
respected. 

He  was  married  in  1  S(')6  to  Miss  Jane  Rhind, 
youngest  daughter  of  the  late  John  Rhind,  of 
Halifax,  and  has  four  children  —  C'lilfoid, 
Stanlev,  Jessie,  and   .Mabel. 


§AMi;S  .\.  (iASS,  a  successful  merchant 
of  Ilalifav,  dealer  in  groceries,  crockerv, 
and  glassuaie,  w.is  born  in  I'ictoii 
Ciiimty,  Xo\a  .Scotia,  in  1N.47,  sou  of  James  and 
.\nnie  (lliowu)  (l.iss.  He  is  a  grandson  of 
John  (iass,  a  native  o|  .Scotland,  who  with 
three  brothers  came  to  Xova  Scotia  and  .settled 
in  I'ictou  Count)'  shortly  after  the  h'reiich  War. 


John  spent  the  rest  of  his  life  there,  following 
for  many  yeais  his  trade  <if  mllar  and  saddle 
maker,  and  dying  at  the  age  of  eighty.  His 
wife  was  in  maideidiood  ]•;!  i/..d)eth  Mlanehard, 
daughter  of  Jonathan  Hlanchard,  a  Loyalist 
settler  of  I'ictou  County.  They  had  a  family 
of  nineteen  children,  some  of  wiiom  are  now 
living. 

James  Gass,  the  father  of  the  subject  of  this 
sketch,  vvas  born  at  I'ictou  in  i.Sji.  He 
learned  the  trade  of  harness-making,  and  sub- 
se(pienll_\'  went  into  business  foi'  himself  at 
.Shubcnacadie,  N..S.,  conducting  a  general  stoie 
until  within  a  few  years  ago,  when  he  retired. 
He  died  in  April,  1  Siji).  His  first  wife,  Annie, 
was  a  daughter  of  Alexander  ]5rown,  a  native 
of  Scotland,  who  after  his  marriage,  with  hi.s 
family,  settled  at  West  River.  I'ictou  County, 
and  engaged  there  in  farming,  living  to  a  good 
old  age.  .Slie  died  at  the  compaiatively  early 
age  of  foity,  having  bei'n  the  niothei-  of  two 
cliildren,  of  whom  James  A.  is  the  onl\-  one 
now  living.  James  Cass  married  for  his  sec- 
;  (uul  wife  X.incy  (hrisiie,  who  bnre  him  live 
!  ihildri'U,  liiurol  whom  now  survive. 

James  A.  (iass  in  his  boyhood  attended  school 
at  Shubenaiadie,  \.S.  .Subsecpiently  he  opened 
in  that  ]ilaci'  a  general  mei'chandise  store, 
which  he  ccjuduited  for  a  number  of  \ears. 
1  Then,  going  to  Hoston,  M.iss. ,  he  was  engaged 
ill  iiKTciiit  i  Ic  busiiK'ss  there  for  somi'  \ears. 
Later  he  leluined  lo  \o\a  .Scoiia,  and,  settling 
in  II,ilil,i\,  opened  ill  l.'^Sjastore  devoted  to 
the  sale  o|  t;i(iceiies,  crockery,  glassware,  ,uul 
so  forth,  whici)  he  still  conducts,  his  s(jn,  J. 
l-idward,  now  lieing    in   [laitnciship   with    him. 


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and  the  business  being  carried  (in  under  tlie 
name  f)f  J.  A.  (lass  &  Sun.  Tliey  dn  a  large 
business,  and  are  nunil)ered  .miong  liie  pros- 
])er<)us  merciiants  of  tiie  city. 

Ill  ]mlitics  Mr.  Gass  is  a  Liberal.  He  be- 
longs to  Royal  Su.sso.x  Lodge,  1'".  &  A.  ]\I.,  of 
Halifa.x,  of  wliich  he  is  a  Vast  Ma.ster,  and  is 
also  at  tlic  i)rescnt  time  Grand  Junior  Warden 
oi  the  CJrand  Lodge  of  Nova  .Scotia. 

Mr.  (iass  married  in  i  cSTxj  Miss  Jeanie 
Scott  'I'homson,  daugiiter  of  James  and  .Mar- 
garet (Walton)  Thomson,  of  Scotland,  she  her- 
self having  been  bom  in  Scotland.  Tiiey  have 
had  three  ciiildreii  -  J.  Ldward,  l-'lorence 
Roberta,  and  Jeanio  .Maud.  The  family  at- 
tend the  I'reslnterian  church, 


■OHN  ALLISON  ]!1;LL,  City  Auditor 
of  Halifax,  was  born  in  tiiat  city,  June 
17,  iSiTi,  son  of  Hugh  and  Xancy 
(Allison)  Hell.  He  is  a  grandson  of  Samuel 
l^ell,  a  nati\e  of  Ireland,  whose  wife,  also 
Irish  In-  iiirth,  was  in  UKiideubiMid  a  Mis.s 
Gross. 

Hugh  Kell,  son  of  Sanuiel,  was  born  in  Ire- 
land, and  was  brought  to  Nova  Scotia  by  his 
jiarents  when  an  inlanl,  they  settling  in  Hali- 
fa.v.  In  that  cit\-  he  giew  to  maidiood,  and 
became  one  of  the  most  respected  and  bonoied 
residents.  .\  steadfast  Liberal  in  pnlitics,  he 
was  deeplv  interested  in  the  comnKm  weal,  and 
was  elected  successively  to  \arious  oirues, 
.showing  that  he  possessed  in  a  high  degiee  the 
])ublie  conlidence.  He  represented  the  con- 
stituencv  of   Halifax  in  the  I'luvinci.il   .Asseni 


bly  from  1835  to  1S40,  and  shortly  afterward 
was  electetl  to  a  seat  in  the  Legislative  ('■■!- 
cil.  He  was  a  member  of  the  administration 
of  which  Joseph  Howe  and  James  I'niack  were 
the  leading  spirit*  from  1S48  to  1^54,  and 
suhsetiuently  continued  to  take  an  active  part 
in  jniblic  affairs  up  to  the  day  of  his  death, 
which  took  place  in  i860,  after  he  had  attained 
the  age  of  eighty  years. 

IVrhajis  his  name  chiefly  deser\es  to  be  held 
in  giateful  remembrance  by  the  people  of  Nova 
Scotia  for  the  effort.s  he  put  forth  and  the  per- 
sonal sacrifices  he  made  to  ameliorate  the  con- 
dition   of    the    insane    in   the    I'ldvince.      The 
noble  institution  at   Mount   Hope,  Dartmouth, 
known  as  the   Provincial    Hospital   for  the   In- 
sane, was  largely  indebted  to  him  for  its  incep- 
tion   and    for    a    large    degree    of     its    present 
effectiveness.      Llected    Mayor    of    Halifax    in 
1S44,  he  gave  his  first  year's  salary  as  the   in- 
cundient  of  that  ol'fice  (twelve  hundred  ciollars) 
a-i  a  nucleus   for  the   fund    established   for   its 
ei'cctidn;  and  it  was  mainlv  owing  to   his   jier- 
>istcnt   encrgv  and   fuitbcr   liberality   that   the 
Legislature  was   induced   to   pidjcct   and   carry 
out  the  hnspital  on  a  scale  which   many  at  the 
lime  deemed  extravagant,  but  which  subsecpient 
experience  has  fulh  just  died  as  not  being  more 
than  adeipiate  to  existing  ne-.'ds.      in  other  re- 
spects,   also,    he   |iicivcd    his   public   spirit,  no- 

tablv  as  the  friend  of  all  practical  measures  for 
1  -  . 

promoting  the  cause  of  education.      His  wile, 

Nancy,  who  was  a   daughter  of   John    .\llison, 

M.r.,  of    Newport,    Hants   County,    N.S.,    died 

at   the  age   of   se\entv-si\.      Tbe\    h.id   se\eral 

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John  Alliscin,  whose  name  ai)pc;ns  at  the  head 
of  this  sketch;  ami  Sarah,  who  is  the  widow 
of  Joseph  Ik'nnett  and  resides  in  Halifax. 

John  Allison  Bell  in  his  boyhood  attended 
school  in  Halifax.  At  the  age  of  fifteen  years 
he  began  to  learn  the  dry-goods  business, 
in  which,  wholesale  and  retail,  lie  subsc- 
cjuently  engaged  for  himself,  and  continued  up 
to  i860.  At  this  date  lie  had  already  served 
his  ward  three  years  as  Alderman;  and  in  the 
latter  part  of  1860  he  was  ajipointed  chairman 
of  the  Water  Supply  Tommission,  which  office 
he  held  until  the  Commission  was  aholi.shed. 
Shortly  afterward  he  was  ajijiointed  to  his  ])res- 
ent  position  of  City  Auditor.  He  i.s  a  Liberal 
in  jiolitics,  and  is  widel\-  respected  as  a  capable 
public  official  and  a  man  of  tiue  worth  and  jier- 
sonal  integrity. 

In  1847  Mr.  Ik'll  married   M;    Mia,  daughter 
of   Thomas  Forrester,    IM.  IM'.      She   died   one  | 
year  later,  leaving  no  children.      In    1854   .Mr. 
Hell     married     .Mary     Robinson,    daughter     (jf  , 
Francis   Robinson,  of   London,  Juigland.      She  i 
bore  him  se\eral  children,  of  whom   three  sur- 
vive  -   J'"raiicis   Hugh,  Lillian,   and   John    Al-  1 
bcrt.       l-"rancis     II.     ISell,     barrister,     married 
Lillian  Slede,  of  Hernuida,  and  has  one  child, 
a  son,  Hugh.       Lillian  is  the  widow  of  Rufus  |. 
Sweet,  01  Halifax,  and  the  iiiollur  of  two  eliil-  | 
drcn        l-jncst    and    Nora.      John    .\lliert    mar-  j 
ricd     Mary    Jamison,    daughter    of     the     Rev.    ' 
.\ddington  Janiisun,  of  the  Church  o|  '•jigland,   ' 
and  has  one  child,  Maud.  I 

In  1884  Mr.  Hell  married  .Mrs.  .Sarah  Jane 
(Jamison)  Cnrrie,  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Kobeit 
Jamison.      Of  this  union  there  are  no  ihildien. 


|j^|UP]':RT  D.  G.  HARRIS,  a  prosper- 
ous merchant  and  well-known  citizen 
of  Canning,  was  born  in  Horton, 
N.  S. ,  No\  ember  29,  1843,  .son  of  William 
and  Jumice  (Harris)  Harris.  His  grandfather, 
David  Harris,  a  native  of  the  United  States, 
was  a  Loyalist  who  came  to  Nova  Scotia  at  the 
time  of  the  Revolutionary  War,  settling  al 
Wolfville.  Taking  iij)  a  laige  grant  of  land, 
David  followed  farming  .ere  for  the  rest  of 
his  life.  He  was  a  promin<'iit  citizen,  and 
held  in  high  esteem  by  his  fellow-townsmen. 
He  servetl  on  the  commission  that  had  charge 
of  the  building  of  the  dykes.  ]\y  his  wife, 
Sarah  Travers  Harris,  who  was  of  Irish  dc- 
.scent,  he  had  ten  children,  William,  father 
of  the  suliject  of  this  sketch,  being  the  third 
son.  David  Harris  died  at  the  veiieiable  age 
of  ninety-five  vears. 

William  Harris  was  born  at  Wolfville  in 
i8c)i.  l'"or  some  years  after  reaching  manhood 
he  toUnwed  the  occujiation  of  a  farmer  in  Hor- 
ton. In  1849  he  removed  to  Canning,  wliere 
he  spent  the  remaining  years  of  his  life,  dying 
at  the  age  of  se\eiity-ii\i'.  In  politics  a  C'on- 
ser\ati\e,  he  was  elected  to  v.nioiis  town 
offices,  ami  was  a  man  highly  esteemed  by  the 
citizens  of  Canning  generally.  His  wife,  lui- 
nicc,  who  was  born  .it  Coruwallis  in  18114, 
died  at  the  age  of  si.\ty-fi\c.  They  had  nine 
children.  Six  of  them  are  now  living, 
namely,  Ijluanl,  Whitney  I'.,  Rachel,  l./.c- 
kiel  li. ,  .Mbeit,  and  Rupert  I).  (1. 

-Mbert  Harris  mail  ied  l.ucilla  ().  Chipman, 
of  Church  Street,  Cornwallis,  X.S.  Their 
childien  are  three  in  number,  as  follows:   Her- 


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l)crt  O.,  Malicl,  and  Clifford.  William,  who 
is  now  deceased,  nianied  l'",lizabel.h  Sheffield, 
of  Cannin},^  and  three  of  his  children  are  now 
liviny;  namely,  Leveret  J.,  Lila,  and  Minnie. 
l''.dward  married  l-'.liza  Rest,  of  llorton,  N.S. 
'I'hey  have  two  children--  lunma  and  Charles. 
Whitney  '1".  married  Mary  Chipnian,  of  Clar- 
ence, N..S.  They  have  three  children  -  Clar- 
ence 11.,  Lewis,  and  May.  Rachel  married 
ICdwin  L.  Dickey,  of  Cannini;,  N..S.  They 
have  seven  children  -Ada,  Arthur,  iMvderick, 
Annie,  Alice,  I  tarry,  and  Frank,  h'.li/.a  A. 
(deceased)  married  \V.  If.  I'ayzant,  of  Cainiiny,-, 
and  had  four  children  -.Alfred  1).,  Flora, 
(ieorge,  and  l^thel. 

L:zekiel  H.  Harris  marrieil  October  :3.S,  1S62, 
Maria  Martha  Woodworth,  daui;hter  of  Henja- 
n)in  n.  and  I'unice  1 ..  (I'inco)  Woodworth,  ol 
Cannini;-.  Her  ^grandparents  on  the  paternal 
side  were  Nathan  and  .Sarah  (Haxter)  Wood- 
worth,  the  -randmolhcr  heini;-  a  (lau.i;iiter  of 
|ohn  Ha.\ter,  i>i  l',nj;land.  Her  maternal 
grandfather,  (i  '^c  1).  I'ineo,  who  was  a  reji- 
rcseiitative  of  an  old  p'rcnch  family,  came  to 
Canada  at  the  time  of  tlie  ImcucIi  Revolution. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  h'./.ckiel  H.  Harris  have  had  eij;ht 

children,  four  of  whom  arc  now  livin,;; Laura 

,\..  Arthur  1!. ,  Joseph  .\..  and  Minnie  K. 
Laura  A.  is  the  wife  nf  Joseph  .\.  Northiip,  a 
leadinf,Mna^istrati' ol  Cannin-,  and  the  mother 
of  oiu'  child,   HreiUoii. 

Kupcit  1).  (1.  llanis  duiinjj;  his  boyhood 
attended  schocd  in  (.'annini;-.  Suhscipicntl}' 
he  became  clerk  in  a  ^ener.il  store  in  that 
place,  which  ]ic)sitioii  he  held  for  several  years. 
In    i.sr);    he    lenioved    to    Cenlreville,    and    in 


company  with  his  brother  Albert,  under  the 
firm  name  of  Harris  Urotbers,  opened  a  general 
store,  which  they  conducted  one  year.  At  the 
end  of  that  time  Mr.  Harris  retmned  to  Can- 
ninj;',  and  went  into  business  for  himself  as  a 
general  merchant.  He  was  successful  in  this 
enteriirisc,  which  he  has  continued  up  to  the 
present  time;  and  he  is  now  one  of  the  leading 
business  men  of  the  place.  Hesides  carrying- 
on  his  store,  he  is  largely  inteiestcd  in  ship- 
ping. He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order, 
and  has  been  a  Justice  of  the  I'eace  for  the  last 
twelve  years.  He  is  esteemed  by  his  fellow- 
townsmen  as  a  useful  and  public-spirited  citi- 
zen. 

Mr.  Harris  married  in  June,  1868,  Miss 
Julia  A.  McKenzie,  a  native  of  ILints|iort, 
N.S.,  born  in  1.S50,  daughter  of  Captain  b'ree- 
man  McKen/ie,  a  sea  captain  and  ship-owner  of 
that  rdaee.  She  died  in  l-'ebruary,  1S96,  hav- 
ing heen  the  mother  of  si.\  chililren,  of  whom 
but  one,  Lucie  Welton,  is  now  li\ing.  .Mi\ 
I  Harris  is  a  member  of  the  I'.aptist  churcli,  in 
'  which  he  has  been  a  Deacon  for  nianv  \cars. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Conseivative. 


fs^OllN  .STAKi:SliV  LOMAS,  proprie- 
tor of  the  Lome  House,  llalifa.N,  was 
horn  in  Derby,  Fnglaiul,  November  J3, 

1836,  son  of  ticorge  and    Lli/abeth  (ilow.ird) 

Lomas.      His  paternal  grandfather,  also  named 

George,  was  a  farmer  in  Derby. 

George    Lomas,   second,  father  of   John    .S., 

was     born     in      Derby,     I'jiglaiul,     in     1817. 

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in  his  youth,  he  followed  it  thereafter  in  his 
native  land  until  his  death,  which  occurred  at 
the  age  of  twenty-two  years.  His  wife,  VM/.- 
abeth,  who  w\is  a  daughter  of  John  II.  How- 
ard, married  for  her  second  husband  James 
Green,  by  whom  she  had  two  children.  She 
was  born  in  Manchester,  luigland,  in  iSi.S, 
and  died  in  1866,  at  the  age  of  forty-eight. 

John  Stakesby  I.omas  was  his  father's  onlv 
child.      At  the  age  of  seventeen  he  enlisted  in 
the    .Sixty-second    Regiment    of    the    British 
army  as   private  for   service    in    the    Crimean 
War.      At  the  close  of  the  war  the  regiment 
was    ordered    to    Halifax;    and   after  arriving 
there  Mr.   I.omas  purchased  his  discharge,  and 
in    1856    went    to  work   for    Lord    Miilgrave. 
Subsequently   he  was  employed   as    butler   liy 
Sir    Hrenton    Halihurton   and    later   by    Ijios 
Collins.      After  that   he  was   successively  en- 
gaged  as  steward   in   the   Halifa.x   Hotel,    the 
International    Hotel,  and  again  in  the  Halifax 
Hotel.      He   then   made   a   short    visit   to  the 
United    States,    after    whirh    he    returned    to 
Halifax,  and  in   1887   purchased   the   property 
known  as  the    Lome   House.       This   hostelry 
he  has  since  conducted    with    much    success. 
He     provides     good     accommod.il  ion     for    his 
guests,    and    sees   to    it    personally    th.it    iheir 
wants  are  promptly  attended  to,  thus  building 
up  an  excellent  reputation  as  a  landlnnl. 

Mr.  I.omas  was  married  in  i.*<5c)tci  l'',KanMr 
lla/lett,  daughter  of  William  li,-i/lrtt,  ni  J'jig- 
land.  She  bore  him  f(]ur  children  C.eorge 
A.,  lunma,  Laura,  and  John  \V.  (leorge  A. 
married  Kate  McLeod,  .and  has  live  children. 
Kmma  is  the  wife  of  William   Cameron  and 


the  mother  of  three  children.  Laura  is  the 
wife  of  Rufus  /.wicker  and  the  mother  of  five 
children.  Mr.  Lomas's  fust  wife,  I'lleanor, 
died  in  i.Si;:,  at  the  age  of  fifty-five  years. 
He  married  for  his  second  wife,  August  26, 
1893,  .Miss  Jessie  Whyte,  daughter  of  Charles 
Whyte,  a  native  of  Scot'--.;.  ^Jl  ihi.,  ..nion 
there  is  one  child,  Lsabe     ■. 

.Mr.  I.omas  is  a  menu.  -f  St.  M.->-k's 
Lodge,  l'.  &  A.  M.,  of  Halifax.  He  is  well 
known,  and  has  many  friends,  both  in  Halifax 
and  among  the  travelling  pid)lie. 


^riTS   R    HL.\CK,*  a  well-known  and 

respected  resident  of  'I'ruio,  was  born 
in  Amherst,   \.S.,  July  j,  i.Sjri,  son 
of    William    1).    and    ()li\ia   (l-"reeman)   Black. 
His  paternal  grandfather.  Job  lihick,  was  a  na- 
tive of  I'jigland  and  the  eldest  son  i<\  William 
Black.      At  the  age  of  sixteen  years  }nh   Black 
acciimpanied  his  father  to  .America,  settling  ,-it 
River   I'hili]!,    \.S. ,  where  during    the   active 
period    (if   his    life    ]•-.■    {n\\o\wi\    farming,    and 
was  als.i  a  Justice   (if   the   Peace.      He  died   at 
the  :ige  of  seventy-due.      His  wife,  whose  name 
in    maidenhddd    was    Baibara    Doukin.    was   of 
Lnglish    iiarentage    ny    ancestry.       Tbev    had 
a  large  family  of  six   suns  and   live  daughters, 
(if  wh(im  the  Idintb  born  child  wa-.  William  1). 
Jdb   Black   was  also  a    .Mi'thddi-t   preacher   for 
(i\-ei-  lurty  years,  and  buill  a  cbunh,  d\ei  wliith 
he  proided.      1  le  had   a   belter  eduiatidn    than 
was  usual  in  those  days,  ,ind  wa>  a  man   gener- 
ally Iddkeil  lip  lo  .ind  respected. 

His  lather,  William  Black,  who  was  bdrn  at 


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I'aislcv,  Scotland,  in  1727,  cainc  t<>  Nova 
Scotia,  aiul  in  May,  1774,  i)nrcliasccl  an  estate 
in  CunilKM-land  Connty.  He  retiirned  to  I'.nj^- 
land  for  his  family,  and,  brin<^in,L;'  them  back 
with  him  to  Nova  Scotia,  settled  on  the  estate 
he  had  jjuichased.  His  wife  (in  maidenhood 
l':iizaheth  Stockin,  of  Huddeisfield,  ICn.iiland), 
who  died  siiortly  after  comin,L;  to  this  country, 
was  tiie  mother  of  five  thildren.  Soon  alter 
her  death  i\Ir.  ]ilaek  married  for  his  second 
wife  l'".lizal)eth  Abber,  who  was  of  l'.nj;lish 
descent,  and  who  liore  him  seven  children. 
He  died  at  the  venerable  at;e  of  iiinet\-three 
years. 

William  1).  lUack,  father  of  the  subject  of 
this  sketch,  was  liorn  at  River  riiilip,  Cum- 
berland County,  .\.  S.,  May  27,  I7ij,v  When 
a  )(iun^;'  man  he  served  an  ajiprenticeship  to 
the  diy-yoods  business  in  llalifax,  but  subse- 
(|Uently  settled  in  .\mherst  and  died  at  River 
rhillij).  His  wife,  a  dan^hter  of  William 
l''reeman,  of  Andierst,  was  of  I'lnj^lish  descent. 
Her  father  came  from  I'',ni;land,  and  her  niotiiei- 
was  before  mairia.ne  Miss  jerusha  ^'ounKlns,  of 
Halifa.v  Mr.  an.l  Mrs.  William  1).  lilack 
had  eij^lit  children,  four  sons  and  foui-  danyh- 
ters,  of  whoni  six  are  now  lixini;  Rufus  !•". , 
Hihbard  C,  Marj^aret  ^ratil^la,  Joseph  .\., 
Mary  O.xley,  and  Charlotte  l-'.li/a. 

Rufus  1'".  Black  was  educated  in  his  native 
town  of  Amherst,  bein^  a  fellow-student  of  .Sir 
Charles  Tupper.  .After  leaving;'  schoid  and  on 
coniinj;  to  manhood,  he  |iuicbased  his  father's 
farm.  Then,  in  conipaiu'  with  .1  brotlK'r,  he 
en^afjed  in  ;;cneral  business  at  I'uj^wash  and 
River   I'hillip,  cai^    inj;-   o\\    building',    merc.m- 


tile,  and  manufacturin<^  <iperations  for  some 
twenty  years.  In  1876  he  removed  to  Truici, 
where  he  has  since  conducted  a  branch  of  tiio 
same  business,  his  brother  cont  inuini.;'  the  Inisi- 
ness  at  ]'ny;wash.  In  politics  he  is  a  I.ibeial 
Conservative,  and  he  attends  the  Methodist 
cluircli.  He  was  formerly  Colonel  of  the  I'iftli 
Cumberland  Militia.  Hi-  has  ac(piired  an 
amjile  competence,  and  is  a  man  whose  judg- 
ment is  held  in  hii;h  esteem  liy  his  fellow- 
townsmen. 

Mr.  lilack  was  married  in  1S57  to  Mary 
Amelia  Truman,  daughter  of  ]  larmer 'J'ruman, 
of  I'ointe  du  lUite,  X.H. ,  and  bis  wife,  Am_\- 
Hent  Harmer.  They  have  bad  five  children, 
of  whom  four  aie  now  livinJ^^  nanielv:  Ida  M.  ; 
Louisa,  now  deceased;  -Allieit  .Seymour,  who 
married  I-'loience  Coleman,  of  Halifax;  l--me- 
line;  anil  May.  'I'be  last  niuued  is  the  wife 
of  b'.dward  .Smith,  of  Halifax. 


73>TAVl';i,()(K  McCoLL  1I.\RT,  a 
|)rosperous  manufacturer  and  busi- 
ness man  of  llalifax,  was  lioru  at 
(iuysboro,  in  Ciu_\sbo|-o  Countv,  N.S.,  on  Xo- 
vember  5,  1S57,  son  of  Levi  and  Jane  I). 
(Whitman)  Ibirt.  1 1  is  father  is  a  well-known 
merchant  of  1  lalifax. 

Several  i;enerations  of  this  family  have  been 
residents  of  America.  The  first  of  tiie  name 
of  whom  there  is  anv  authentie  record  was 
•Stephen,  or,  as  be  w;is  commonly  known, 
Deacon  .Ste|)hen  llart,  who  resided  succes- 
sively in  (;anibridi;-c,  Mass.,  ;ind  I'".irmin;;ton 
,ind  I  larlford,  Conn. 


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Deacon  Hart's  son  Thomas,  known  as   Cap- 
tain Thomas   Hart,    was   born    at  Canihriilgi-, 
Mass.,    in    1644.      He   inherited   a   portion   of 
the  parental   lioniestead,  and  was  made  a  free- 
man by  the  General  Court  at  their  May  session 
of    ^664.      Ho  was   in    the  list  of   freemen   at 
Farmington.    Conn.,    October    12,    1669.     At 
the  May  session  of  the  General  Court  of  Con- 
necticut in  16-S  lie  was  connniied   as   Ensign 
of  the  Farmington  train-hand;   in  1693  he  was 
made   Lieutenant,  and  in  the  same  year  was  a 
Deputy   to    the   General    Court.      He    became 
Captain   in    May,   1695,  and  was  appointed   on 
a    committee   to    "return    the    thanks    of    the 
court  to  the  Rev.  Mr.  .Samuel  Hooker  for  his 
great  paynes   in   preaching  the   l-llection    .Ser- 
mon."    Captain    Hart  was  Deputy  for  a  num- 
ber  (il    years    between     1690    and     1706;    was 
Speaker  of  the  General    Court    in    1700,   1704, 
1705,    and    1706;    and   was  appointed   by   the 
General  Court  Commissioner  for  Farmington, 
Conn.,  in  1692  and   for  each  subsequent  year 
up  to  and   including  1697.      He  was  a  member 
of  the  Council  in  1697;  from  1698  up  to  1706, 
inclusive,  he  was  Justice  of  Hartford   Countv: 
and   he  also   hold   at   different   times   various 
other  offices  of  trust.      liesides  being  tiie  pos- 
sessor of  considerable  wealth    for  those   days, 
he  was  noted  as  a  111, ui   of  enterprise,  activit\', 
and   courage,    and   generally   as   a    usefid    and 
high-minded    and     inlluential     citi/en.        His 
wife,  Ruth,  was  a  daughter  of  Anthony  il.uv- 
kins.    of   h'armington,  Conn.,  who  also  was  a 
distinguished   citizen;   and    her   mother  was   a 
daughter  of  Governor   Wells,  of   Connecticut. 
The  only  son  of  Anthony  Hawkins  died  chikl- 


less,  the  male  line  therefore  becoming  ex- 
tinct. Captain  Thomas  and  Ruth  Hart  had 
seven  children,  of  whom  the  third-born,  Haw- 
kins, named  for  lii>  mother,  was  next  in  this 
I   line  of  descent, 

Hawkins    Hart    was    born    at    Farmington, 
Conn.,    in    1677,      He    married    September   7, 
\   1701,  .Saraii    Roys,    of   Wallinglord,    daughter 
of    Nathaniel     and     Sarah     (Lalhrop)     Roys. 
They  removed   from   l-'armington    to    Walling- 
tord,  wliere   his   wife  ijied  January  31,    1733, 
at  the  age  of  forty-nine  years.      On  January 
I  30)   1734.  Hawkins  Hart   married   for  his  sec- 
'  ond    wile    Mrs.  Mary   Street,  a  widow  and   the 
daughter  of   the   Rev.    Josejih    l';iiot,  of   Guil- 
foni.      He  resided  at  this  time  on  the  farm  of 
his    first    wife's    father.      His    own    death    oc- 
curred at  Wallingford,  May  24,  1735,  when  he 
was  fifty-eight  years  oM.      He  held   the   mili- 
1  tary  rank  of  Lieutenant,    and  was    Representa- 
1  tive   to  the   General    Court    for   nine    sessions 
■  between  I7i4and  1732.       .After   his  death    his 
second  wife  married  f(  r  her  third  husband  the 
Rev,  .Abraham  I'eirsou,  <if  Killingwcnth  ;  and, 
he  dying  also,  slie   nianieil   ag.iin,  lur   foiu'th 
husi)and   being  a  Mr.   Hooker,  of    farmington. 
She  w.is   .a  grand-dau- liter  of   the    Rev.    John 
i'iliot,  the  apostle   lo   the    Indians   and   author 
of  a   tr.uislation   of   the    Hible    in    the    Indian 
language.        My    iiis     first    marriage    H.iwkins 
Hart  had  ten  children,  of  whom   nine   li\ei|  to 
maturity  and  married.      liy  his  second  wife  he 
had  one  child. 

Nathaniel  Hart,  son  of  Hawkins  bv  his  first 
wife,  was  b.ini  at  W.ill  ingfonl,  Conn.,  June 
13,     1702,    and    died    October    2,     17511,  at    the 


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age  of  Inrty-cight.  His  marriage,  which  oc- 
curred December  20,  1727,  united  him  to 
Martha  Lee,  daughter  nf  Captain  Stepiien  and 
Elizabeth  (Roys)  I.ee.  After  his  death  his 
widow  married  for  her  second  husliand  Joseph 
Francis. 

Josiah  Hart,  the  tiftli  son  of  Nathaniel,  was 
born  at  Wallingford,  Conn.,  February  22, 
1741  or  1742.  He  married  January  10,  1765, 
Lydia  Moss,  and  about  the  close  of  the  Revo- 
lutionary War  they  removed  to  Nova  .Scotia, 
settling  at  Guysboro.  They  had  nine  chil- 
dren, of  whom  Tyrus,  grandfather  of  Havelock 
McC.  Hart,  was  the  fifth. 

Tyrus  Hart,  who  was  born  at  Wallingford, 
Conn.,  January  13,  1773,  married  .Martha 
Hull,  and  had  thirteen  children,  seven  boys 
and  si.v  girls.  Of  this  large  family  three  are 
now  living;  namely,  Jairus,  Reuben,  and 
Levi. 

Levi  Hart  \\:is  born  at  Guysboro,  N..S.,  in 
1826.  He  attended  school  in  his  native 
place,  where  he  remained  until  1S55.  when  he 
went  to  Halifax  and  entered  the  tiiin  of  Hen- 
jamin  Wier  &  Co.,  later  as  a  West  India 
merchant,  becoming  a  nu'nd)er  of  Wylde, 
ILirt  &  Co.  The  style  was  afterward  changed 
to  Levi  Hart  i^  Co.,  and  from  that  to  Levi 
ILirt  &  Son,  which  it  is  at  present,  the  junior 
]:artner  being  his  son,  {'"rederiek  Walter. 
They  do  a  large  business  as  West  India  mer- 
chants. l)eing  one  of  the  leading  lirnis  of  this 
kind  in  Nova  Scotia.  .Mr.  Levi  Hart  is  a 
much  respected  citi/en,  staniling  high  in  busi- 
ness circles.  He  attends  the  Methodist 
church,    and    in    piditics    is    a    Conservative. 


He  married  Jane  D.  Whitman,  daughter  of 
Israel  Whitman,  of  Cape  Canso,  N.S.,  where 
she  was  born  in  1827.  She  ilied  in  1897, 
having  been  the  mother  of  five  children,  of 
whom  three  are  now  living — Havelock  Mc- 
CoU,  Frederick  Walter,  and  luigenie  K. 
Frederick  Walter  Hart,  who,  as  has  been 
stated,  is  in  business  with  his  father,  was 
born  in  Halifa.K  in  1861.  He  married  first 
Lillian  Coleman,  of  that  city,  and  for  his  sec- 
ond wife,  Maud  .Simpson,  also  of  Halifax,  by 
whom  he  has  one  child.  luigenie  K.  Hart  is 
the  wife  of  K.   1'.  Allison,  of  llalifa.x. 

Havelock  McCoU  Hart  receivetl  his  educa- 
tion in  the  schools  of  Halifax,  ami  then  began 
active  life  as  clerk  for  a  lumber  firm.      .Subse- 
([uently  he  was  for  a  short  time  in  his  father's 
employ,    after  which   he  spent   some  time    in 
.Sackville,    N.  H.      Returning    to    Halifax,    he 
became  clerk  for  the  tirm  of  Levi  Hart  &  Co., 
later  on  becoming  a  partner   in  the  business. 
In  the  meanwhile  he  had  engaged  in  the  lum- 
ber  business   at   West    River,    .Sheet    Harbor, 
being  a  member  of   the    tirm   of    Mcl'"arlane   & 
Hart.       This    connection,    which    he    formed 
when    but    twenty-one    years   old,    lasted    one 
year,  at  the  end  of  which  time   Mr.  Hart  pur- 
chased his  partner's  interest.      lie  carried  on 
the  business  alone   for   four  years.      lie  then 
sold  his  interest    in   the  firm   of    Levi    llait   & 
Co.,    and,    going  to   .Sheet    Harbor,  conducted 
his    lumber   business   there   for   twelve   years. 
In    1896   he   sold    out    and    went    to    Halifax, 
where   he  has    since    loasi'd    \'oung    &    Hart's 
Wharf.      In  1894  he  began  a  general  business, 
and  in  the  fcdlowini;  vear  commenced  the  man- 


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iifactiiro  of  ])aper  at  Ifartvine,  near  Windsor. 
In  1898  the  business  was  sold  to  tiie  St.  Croix 
Paper  Company,  Limited,  in  wiiich  he  is  a 
larj^e  shareholder  and  ^a'lieral  mana-er.  Mr. 
Hart  has  so  far  been  very  successful  in  all  his 
varied  enterprises,  and  is  one  of  the  risin^^ 
business  men  of  llalifa.x.  lie  is  also  hi,nhly 
esteemed  socially,  as  is  the  family  to  which 
he  be]onj,rs.  In  politics  he  is  a  Con.servative. 
He  is  a  member  of  .St.  Andrew's  T.od,i;e,  No. 
I,  F.  &  A.  M. 

On  June  7,  1882,  Mr.  Hart  married  Alice 
Maud  Taylor,  daughter  of  Robert  Taylor,  of 
Halifax,  a  separate  sketch  of  whom  apjiears 
elsewhere  in  this  volume.  .Mr.  and  Mr.s. 
Hart  are  the  parents  of  four  children,  three  of 
whom  are  r-^vv  livinj;.  namely:  I'"rederick 
Re<,'inald,  who  w.i.;  i>orn  in  Halifa.x:  Amy 
Maud,  born  at  Sheet  Harbor;  and  Ruth 
Vivian,  born  in  Halifa.v. 


(^AMi;S  IH'XTINGTOX,  prothonotary  of 
Yarmouth  County,  was  born  at  Yar- 
mouth, X.S.,  Jannary  21,  i.S,^i,  son  of 
Herbert  and  Rebecca  HuiUingtcin.  His  pater- 
nal grandfather  was  :\Iiner  Huntington,  a  native 
ot  Connecticut,  who  came  to  Xova  .Scotia  and 
settleil  at  \'annout!i  after  the  l\evolut  ioiiai  \- 
War. 

Miner  Huntington  was  a  crown-land  sur- 
veyor. He  followed  farming  and  surveying 
for  many  years,  and  died  at  the  age  of  about 
seventy.  He  was  clerk  of  the  court,  ])rothon- 
otary  of  \'armoiith  Count),  and  he  served  also 
as  Town  Clerk  and  as  Town  Treasurer  of    ^'ar- 


mouth.  He  was  a  Congregational ist  in  relig- 
ion. He  married  Martha  Walker,  a  native  of 
Xova  Scotia.  They  had  eleven  children,  of 
whom  the  tenth  in  order  of  birth  was  Herbert, 
father  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  Xone  of 
these  childieii  are  now  living. 

Herbert  Huntington  was  born   in  ^■armouth, 
N.  S. ,     in    the    }ear    i.S'oo.      In    his    youth    he 
learned  the  ait  of   surveying   from   his   father, 
and  subsec|uently  became  crown-land  surveyor. 
He  also  taught  school    Un-  a   number  of  years. 
Later    he    succeeded    his    father  as   clerk   and 
l)rothonotary,  which  olTices  he  held  until  1847. 
He  then  resigned  them,  and,  going  to  Halifax, 
X.S.,  was  apjiointed  financial   secretary  of  the 
Provincial  government.       This  jiosition  he  held 
I  ntil  within  a  .short  time   of   his   de..di,  which 
took  |)lace  in  1851.      In   politics  he  was  a  Lib- 
eral.     In  Xovembcr,    1S30,    he  was  elected   to 
represent  Shelburne   County  in   the   I'rovincial 
Legislature,  and   in    1836   he   was  returned  foi 
Va'm>>uth  County,  which    in   that  year  was  set 
off  troni  Shelbiiine.      Hi'  was  subsc(|ucntly  re- 
elected  three   times.      "p'or    twentv    yeais    he 
served   his  county  and  his  conntrv   faithfully." 
Hy  unanimous  vote  of  the  I.egislatme  a  monu- 
ment, a  .Mn)'ile  shaft  of  granite,  w:'.s  erected  to 
mark  his  burial-place  in   the   IVFountain    Ceme 
terv,  "to  be, "  as  said  Jose])h    Howe,  "anoina- 
nicpt    to  his    native   town    and    an    appropriate 
mcmori.il  of   pl.iin    manners,  enduring  virtues, 
aid  unbending  intcgrits'.  " 

His  wife,  Rebecca,  at  the  time  of  her  mar- 
riage to  him  was  the  widow  of  (icorge  Russell. 
Her  maiden  ii.uue  was  I'iiirkney,  uid  >he  w.is 
born  at   Pinckney's   JNjiiit,    \'.uni(iiitli   County. 


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Hi'iliiMl  ;uiil  KLlictiM  llnntinytnn  liad  five  chil- 
dren, (if  wlimii  ihrci.'  arc  imw  livin;;;  luiiiu-ly, 
James,  Jdhn,  ami  .V^nes. 

James  IIimtint;liin  received  his  education  in 
tiie  inihlie  schodls  ot  N'arnumth.  After  leav- 
ing' sch()(d  lie  en;;ai;ed  111  the  marine  mercan- 
tile husiness,  and  sii  continued  for  some  years, 
at  the  same  time  carryin;,'  on  a  farm.  He  was 
appointed  to  his  present  jiositinn  of  prothon- 
otary  in  1X68.  lie  has  also  been  Clerk  of 
the  County  Comt  since  i.Sjf).  lie  l)eluni;s  to 
Hiram  Lodt;e,  V.  &.  A.   M..  of  \armonth. 


(Sj|-ON'ATllAX  l-ARSDNS,  IV  A.,  nf  Ilali 
fax.  barrister  and  Ajicnl  for  Nova  Scotia 
of  the  :\Iarine  and  I'ishery  Department 
of  the  government  of  Canada,  was  liorn  in  Liv- 
erpool, N.S, ,  January  10,  1S41,  son  of  (ieorj^e 
and  Ann  Idi/a  (Howers)  I'arsons. 

His  j)aternal  j^randfatlier,  also  named  (;eor;;e, 
was  a  native  of  Yorkshire,  llngland.  In  1757 
Cieorf^e  I'arsons,  ln>t,  was  pressed  into  the 
Hritish  navy,  the  vessel  on  lina>  of  which  he 
was  taken  sailinj;  for  N'ovi  .Scotia.  His  indig- 
nation being  aroused  at  this  violation  of  the 
jiersonal  liberty  of  a  loyal  Mibject,  he  took  the 
first  opportunity  of  deserting,  and  settled  at 
l.iverpo(d.  Subseiiuently  he  became  master 
of  a  vessel;  and,  while  on  a  voyage  from  Hali- 
fax to  the  Mitliteiiane.in  with  ,1  cargo  ol  fish, 
his  vessel  was  cai;tuicd  by  Al,:;crian  pirates, 
and  he  was  cairicd  into  Algiers  and  xdil  as 
a  slave.  lie  died  there  ,1  few  niunlhs  before 
the  release  of  the  Hritish  ciptives,  which  was 
accomplished  through  tin.  exertions  of  the  Hrit- 


ish government,  backed  up  by  a  strong  naval 
(lemon.stration.  A  fellow-comrade  in  cajitivity 
at  the  first  opportunity  sought  out  his  family 
in  Liverpool,  and  told  them  the  .story  of  his 
death.  He  had  married  Diana  Crowell,  a  na- 
tive of  Livei'|)ool,  whose  father  had  .settled  in 
the  Catskill  Mountains  in  the  United  .States, 
and  removed  thence  to  Nova  Scmia  about  1757. 
George  and  Diana  Parsons'  children  were  three 
in  innnber     -George,  Jonathan,  and  Diana. 

(icorge   I'arsons   was  born    in    Liveriiool    in 
178S.      He  fidlowed  the  sea  as  his  calling  for 
forty-five  years,  making  voyages  to  the  United 
States,  the  West  Indies,  and   also   to   Mediter- 
ranean port.s.      His  la.st  days  were  spent  in  his 
native  town  of  Liverpool.      He  was  three  times 
married.      15y    his    first    wife,    whose    maiden 
name  was  Jerusha  Gardiner,  he  had  one  child, 
Jerusha,  who  died   in  Virginia,  United   .States 
of  America.     Hy  his  second  wife,  whose  maiden 
name  was  Mary  l'"raser,  he  had  seven  children 
-     James,   Abigail,    (iforge,   Charlotte,    .Mian, 
.Marv  J.,  ami    Il.mnah.      All    are   dead    except 
one  danghtc)-,  Mary  J.,  who  married  .\le\ander 
'rhoinpson,    and    is   now    living    in   Worcester, 
^lass. ,    a   widow   with    no   children.       Lor   his 
third  wife  George  Parsons  married  Ann   l'",li/:a 
Howers,    a   daughter   of    Iiannister    Howers,    of 
Oueens    County,    Nova    Scotia.       Her    father, 
who  was  a  native  of  Long   Island,  New  York 
Slate,  came  to  Nova  Scotia  in  early  manhood, 
and   f(dlowcd   the  occupations  of  farming  anil 
lishing  in  ( jucens  County  for  many  years.     The 
children  of   Captain   Parsons'   third   union  were 
two   in   number:  .\nn    Lliza,  now  the  wife  of 
Henrv    Harlow,    of     Sable    River,    Shelburne 


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County;   and   Jonathan,    the   direct    sul)jcct   of 
this  sketch. 

Jonathan  I'aisons  when  a  boy  attended  school 
in  his  native  town  of  Liverpool.      At   the  age 
of   ten    years    he    met   with    an    accident   that 
compelled    him   to   use  crutches  until  he  was 
filteen.      He  tauglit   school   four  years,  two   in 
Chelsea    and     two    in     Liverpool,    and    subse- 
quently attended  the  normal   school  at  Tnun. 
X.  S..    under    tiie    Rev.     Dr.     b'orrester,   where 
he    graduated    in    ( S60.     Then,    after   another 
two    years    s|ient    in    Liverpool     teacliing,    he 
went   to    the    Horton    Academy  at    Wolfville, 
wheie  he  was  both  a  student  and  teacher.      He 
graduateil   from  Acadia  College   :n  1867,  with 
the   degree  of    Baclielor   of    Arts    and    honors 
in  mental  and    moral  science,   being  also    the 
prize  essayist  of  his  class.      Immediately  there- 
after he  was  appointed  princijial  of  the  JJruns- 
wick   .Street   Scliodl  in  Halifax,  which  position 
he  held  one  year.      In    1868   he  was  api)oJnted 
(Government  Inspector  of  Schools  for  the  county 
of  Ilalifa.x,  and  held  that  office  four  years.      In 
1875  he  was  elected  Grand  Scribe  of  the  Sons 
of   Temperance  of  Nova  Scotia,   and  the  year 
previous    lie    began     the    study    of     law    witli 
tile    late     Hon.    Hiram    Ulanchard,    of    Hali- 
fa.\.      \\k^  was  Cirand    Worthy   i\itriarch,    Sons 
of    Temperance,      1872    ■;},,    and    then     (Irani! 
Scribe  lor  seven  years.       Being  aihiiitted  to  tiie 
bar  in  1876,  he  iiegan  law  practice   in  Halifa.v, 
alter  a  -hori    time   forming  a  partnersiii|)  with 
(ieorge    H.   l-icMing,    now   City   Court   Judge, 
which  continued  for  some  years.      In  1881  Mr. 
rarsons  was  app(]inted    i'rotlHinotary  and  Clerk 
of  the  Clown   of    Halifa.v   Couiitv,  which   oflicc 


he  held  one  year,  resigning  it    in  order  to  run 
for    the    Trovincial     Legislature.       Ik'ing    de- 
feated, he  formed  a   law  partnershij),  the  firm 
at    first    being    I'laton    &    Parsons    and    subse- 
quently l<:aton,  Parsons  &  Beckwith.      It  con- 
tinued   until    1892,    after    which    Mr.   Parsons 
|)ractised  alone  until  1894.      In  August,   1894, 
lie   was   appointed   to  his  present   position   as 
Agent  for  Nova  Scotia  of  the  IMarineand  P'ish- 
eries  Department  of  tjie  Dominion  of  Canada. 
I'"rom  1874  to    1894  Mr.   Parsons  was  cpiite  ac- 
tive in  politics.      In  1886  he  again  ran  for  the 
Legishiture,  but  was  again   defeated.      He  as- 
sisted greatly,  however,  in  the  local  organiza- 
tion   of    his   jiarty,    the   Liberal    Conservative, 
and  made  liis  influence  felt  in  many  ways. 

For  the  |)ast  thirty  years  Mr.  Parsons  has 
been  a  member  of  the  North  Baptist  Church 
on  Gottingen  Street,  Halifax,  and  for  si.xtecn 
years  superintendent  of  the  Sunday-school.  In 
1895,  at  .St.  John,  N.l).,  he  was  elected  presi- 
dent of  the  Baptist  Convention  of  the  Maritime 
Provinces  for  1895  96.  Besides  taking  an  ac- 
tive part  in  church  matters,  he  is  a  strong 
advocate  of  the  tempi'iaiue  cause,  and  has  lect- 
ured in  every  county  in  Nova  Scotia;  also  in 
Rhode  Islaiul,  Maiylaiul,  Delaware,  X'irginia, 
and  West  \'irginia. 

He  was  married  .M  ly  JJ,  i8f)8,  to  hileanor  W. 
Cutten,  daughter  of  De.icon  I:.  H,  Ciilten,  of 
Amherst,  N.S.  I'mir  chihhen  were  born  of 
tliis  uni<in;  namely,  Mabel  Helena,  William 
Rufus,  George  Handd,  and  Nellie  iiurdette. 
'"  ""■  I'lll  "I  I'^^M^  William  K.  married,  and 
settled  in  \'orkton,  I'lasteni  .Xssinihoia,  where 
he   practises   law.       His  wife   was    .Miss    Lilian 


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Nichols,  of  Horwick,  X.  S.  Cicor^c  II.  is  prac- 
tisin.i,'  law  in  Halifax,  tiini  of  O'.Mullin,  Tarsons 
&  (iioy.  Mabel  II.  is  i>u  the  tcachiiifi;  staff 
of  Spcliiiaii  Seminary,  Atlanta,  Ga.  ;  and  Miss 
Hirclic  is  s])L'n(lin,i;-  the  present  winter  ([899- 
1900)  with  her  sister  at  Atlanta.  Mr.  I'arsons 
is  six  feet  two  and  one-half  inches  in  heiglit, 
anil  stout  in  [iroportion,  bill  not  cor])ulent. 
His  life  has  been  active  ami  \ii;oi'ous  and,  his 
old-time  friends  say,  success! ul. 

Mrs.  I'arsons  died  December  9,  1S90,  deeply 
rei;retted  by  a  large  circle  of  friends  through- 
out the  Maritime  I'rovinces.  She  had  taken 
a  leading  part  in  the  Women's  .Missionary  So- 
cieties of  her  cliuich,  in  city  mission  work,  and 
temjierauce.  Both  sons  are  Hachelors  of  Arts 
graduates  of  Acadia  and  Hachelors  of  Laws  of 
Dalhousie  I'niversity.  The  two  daughters  are 
graduates  of  .\cadia  Seminary. 

It  is  rumored  that  ^Ir.  I'arsons  will  soon 
he  married  to  Mrs.  Mmma  I, undine  Maling, 
widow,  of   1  lalifax. 


7T\oi.()m;i.  jAMi'.s  J.  hri;m\i:r,  In- 

l  Jj  spector  of  Ciotoms  at  Halifax  for  the 
^■^— ^^  |)ominioii  of  Cnuuhi,  w.is  born  in 
Scotland  in  iSjS,  son  of  .\le\auder  and  ICliza 
(drant)  Hremner.  Colnuel  liremner's  paternal 
graudfather,  who  was  a  native  of  .Scotland, 
cinie  to  Halifax  on  business,  remained  therefor 
a  mnnbcr  of  years,  and  >ub'~ei|neutly  leturned 
to  his  native  land  with  hi-^  wife  and  yoimg 
son,  .\lexander,  the  latter  having  been  born  in 
Halifax  duiing  tlie  f.unily's  residence  there. 
Alexander    Ihcunici-   was   educated    in    Scot- 


land. He  became  a  surgeon  in  the  British 
army,  and  served  with  the  Third  Huffs  and  on 
the  staff.  He  subsequently  retired  from 
the  army  on  half-pay,  and  spent  the  re- 
mainder of  his  life  in  .Scotland,  where  he 
diet!  at  the  age  of  seventy-four  years.  He 
married  ICIi/.a,  daughter  of  Colonel  Grant,  of 
I'rospect  Lodge,  IClgin,  Scotland. 

James  J.  Hremner  was  educated  in  his  native 
land.  In  1X46,  at  the  age  of  eighteen,  he  came 
to  Halifax,  X.  .S.,  and  engaged  as  clerk  with 
the  old  West  India  tirm  of  G.  &  I.  Mitchell 
&  Co.,  afterward  G.  &  A.  Mitchell  &  Co., 
in  which  he  sul)se(|uentl\'  became  a  partner. 
Later  he  went  into  business  as  a  West  India 
merchant  on  his  own  account,  at  first  alone  ami 
afterward  taking  a  pari:ner.  This  comiection 
was  continued  until  1.SS4.  In  1S86  Colonel 
j  Hremner  was  ajipointetl   Inspector  of  Customs 

i  lor  the  Canadian  government,  which  office  he 

I 

[  has  held  uj)  to  the  present  time. 

Colonel  Hrennier  derives  his  military  title 
from  the  militia,  in  which  he  has  for  many 
years  been  a  very  active  member,  joining  the 
L'irst  Regiment  of  \'oUmteers  of  Halifax  as 
early  .is  iiS5,S.  (.^n  the  reorganization  of  the 
Nova  .'-^cotia  ]\niitia  ho  aceejited  a  lieutenancy 
in  the  l*"irst  Halifax  Regiment,  Nova  Scotia 
Militia,  and  rose  to  the  rank  of  Lieutenant 
Colonel,  cominaiiding  the  regiment.  Later  he 
became  l.ieuti'uant  Cidonel,  commanding  the 
.Sixtv-sixtb  Hattalion,  into  which  the  ITrst 
Regiment  was  mergeil  after  the  confedera- 
tion of  the  I'loviuces.  This  position  be  hehl 
for  twenty  years,  or  up  to  i.SSd,  when  he  re- 
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now  holds.  JIo  ;ils()  commniulcd  the  Halifax 
I'lovisioiial  Battalion,  on  service  in  the  Xoith- 
ue.st  in  1885,  suiipiessing  the  Riel  Rebellion, 
for  •■vhich  service  he  has  received  the  North- 
west medal.  Colonel  liren\  or  has  also  in 
many  ways  taken  an  active  part  in  ])ublic 
affairs,  and  has  been  a  leading  s]iirit  in  various 
enterprises  for  the  benefit  of  tlie  community. 
He  was  married  in  1857  to  Caroline  De.s 
Harres,  daugiiter  of  Judge  Des  l^arres,  of  Hali- 
fa.\,  and  lias  had  six  children,  of  wlioni  four  are 
now  liviii-;  namely,  William  ]•'.  D.,  Allan  1'., 
Arthur  Cr.,  ami  Josephine  C!.  Mrs.  lirenmer 
died  ill  iNijj.  Tlie  family  attend  the  I'resby- 
tei  ian  church. 


JA.MUi:i,  GA^■  lil.ACK,  a  represent- 
ative of  an  old  No\a  Scotia  family, 
is  now  leading  a  letired  life  in  Hal- 
ifax, where  he  was  born  on  JaiUKuy  12,  182^, 
son  of  William  .\nderson  and  Marv  Ann 
(hitter)  lilack.  His  father's  paternal  grand- 
father wa-  William  lilack,  first,  a  native  of 
.Scotland,  who  resided  for  some  lime  in  J'jig- 
land,  and  came  thence  to  Nova  Scotia  in  1774, 
settling  in  Cumherhuul  County,  'i'he  niaitlen 
name  of  William  Ulack's  wife  was  I':!izabeth 
Stocks. 

William  r>lack,  second,  son  ol  William  and 
ICIi/abeth,  was  born  in  1  luddcrstield,  Vnvk- 
shire,  Juigland,  in  \;(n<,  and  was  about  foui- 
teen  )'ears  old  when  he  acionipanied  his  par- 
ents to  \(jva  Scotia.  {•'celing  himself  cilled 
to  a  religious  life,  he  studied  tor  the  ministrv, 
and   subseipienlly   beeanu'   a    Wes]e\an    Meth- 


odist missionary,  in  which  cajjacity  ho  travelled 
all  over  the  Maritime  Provinces,  and  al.so  at 
one  time  preached  in  lioston,  Mass.  He  was 
witiely  known  and  highly  esteemed,  both  on 
account  of  his  eloquence  as  a  preacher  and  the 
worth  of  his  personal  character.  Ho  married 
Mary  Gay,  a  native  of  I-lngiand,  and  they  had 
five  children. 

William    Anderson    Ulack    was    the    .second 
son    of    William,    second,    and    Afary    Ulack. 
When   a  young   man   be   learned   the  hardware 
business,    and   subscpiently  founded  the  well- 
known   firm  of  Jilack  brothers,  which  is,  with- 
out a  doubt,  the  oldest  of  its  kind  in  the  Mari- 
time   Provinces    to-day,    besides    having    been 
(.lie    of  the  most   successful.       In   his  day    he 
was  one  of  the   leading  business  men  of  Hal- 
ifax,   and  he   retired    in    1.S40    with  a  compe- 
tency.      He    was    also    prominent    in    imblic 
affairs,  and  rejiresented   Halifa.\   County  in  the 
I'rovincial  I.egislatuie.      His  death  occurred  at 
the  age  of   seventy-five  years,  that  of  his  wife 
It  fifty-four.      She  was  a  native  of   Halifax,  in 
maidenhood    Mary    .\nn    luier.         riiey  had    a 
large   family,  consisting   of   fourteen   children, 
ot    wliom   two  .iied    in    infancy,    and   three  are 
now   living;    namely,    Samuel    (lay,  Celia    H., 
and  I'annie  II.       The  last  named  is  the  wife  of 
the   Hon.    Dr.    Daniel    Mc\.    Parker,  of  Dart- 
mout'i,  \.S.,  and   has  been   the   motlier  of   six 
children,  of  whom  four  aie  li\ing    -■  Marv  Ann, 
William   !•'.,   I, aura,  and    I'',ninie  .\.      William 
.\niierson  Hlack  w.is  ,1  Conserval  ive  in  juditics. 
With    his   faniil)    he  attended    the    .Methodist 
church. 

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lis  and  at  the  ^Vindsor  Academy  at  Windsor, 
N. S.  Making  choice  of  agriculture  as  his  life 
occupation,  he  followed  it  subsequently  for 
many  years  with  such  success  as  to  become  one 
of  the  leading  farmers  of  Windsor.  In  1883 
he  retired  from  active  labor,  and  has  since 
resided  in  Halifax. 

He  was  married  January  12,  1.S46,  to  Sophia 
Wright,  daughter  of  Mark  Henry  Hector  and 
Maria  (Denison)  Wright.  Mrs.  151ack  was 
one  of  five  chililren,  of  whom  two  are  now  liv- 
ing. Six  children  were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mr.s. 
Wack  in  the  early  years  of  their  wedded  life, 
and  five  of  them  survive;  namely,  William  A., 
Mary  Maria,  Kate  Di.xon,  Jilizabeth  Wilmot, 
and  Kllen  A. 

William  A.  married  Annie  IM\,  daughter 
of  Joseph  Hell,  of  Halifax,  and  has  three  chil- 
(lien  —  Walter  A.,  Muriel  I..,  and  Kalheline 
.St.  Clair.  Mary  Maria  is  the  wife  of  Daniel 
Jordan,  of  St.  John,  N.  H. ,  and  has  no  children. 
Kate  Dixon  is  the  wife  of  Herbert  L.  Jones,  of 
Weymouth,  N.  S.,  and  has  one  child,  Herbert. 
Mlizabeth  Wilmot  is  the  wife  of  !•'.  H.  Oxley 
and  the  mother  of  three  children  Constance 
Wilmot,  V.  Heresford,  and  lunest  Denison 
Black.  Mr.  Hlack  and  family  attend  the 
Methodist  church.  In  politics  he  is  a  Con- 
servative. 

««  •  *♦ — ___^— — 

kOHl'.KT  CORDON  MONRO!".,  of 
Digby,  one  of  tiie  leading  l)arristers 
)f  Digby  County,  was  bom  in  .\n- 
napolis  (.bounty.  Nova  Scotia,  Decomlier  11, 
iS^S,  son  of  Innes  and  Marion  (\'oung)  Mow- 
roe.       His    great-grandlather,    Colonel    Henry 


Monroe,  was  born  in  Cromarty,  Scotland,  and 
entered  the  British  army  when  quite  young. 
He  came  with  his  regiment  to  Massachusetts 
previous  to  the  American  Revolution,  and  soon 
afterward  was  ordered  to  Nova  Scotia.  For 
a  .short  time  he  had  command  of  a  battery  at 
Digby.  He  was  soon  transferred  to  Annapo- 
lis Royal,  where  he  was  second  in  command  of 
the  garrison  of  Fort  Anne  during  the  Revolu- 
tionary War.  At  the  close  of  the  war  he 
resigned  his  commission  in  the  regular  army, 
and  was  made  a  Colonel  of  militia  at  Annajio- 
lis.  When  he  resigned  iiis  command  in  the 
regular  army  he  was  granted  by  the  crown 
large  tracts  of  land  in  Annapolis  County  in 
recognition  of  meritorious  services  to  his  coun- 
try, and  about  the  same  lime  he  was  elected 
the  first  representative  for  the  township  of 
(iranville  to  the  Parliament  of  Nova  Scotia. 

Henry  Monroe,  son  of  Colonel  Henry  and 
grandfather  of  Robert  Gordon,  was  born  in  An- 
napolis County,  of  wliich  be  remained  a  resi- 
dent all  his  life,  following  the  occupation  of 
farming.  I'olitically,  he  was  a  Conservative, 
and  in  religion  a  Bajitist.  He  lived  to  the 
advanced  age  of  ninety  years.  His  wife, 
whose  maiden  name  was  b'.lizabeth  Creen,  was 
tiie  daughter  of  a  I'nited  ICmpire  Loyalist,  and 
she,  as  well  as  her  father  before  her,  vvas  a 
member  of  the  Society  of  I'riends  or  Ouakers. 
lie,  rather  tlian  bear  arms  or  fight  against  his 
king,  as  the  ie\ ulut ionists  were  about  compell- 
ing iiim  to  do,  abandoned  and  ga\'e  up  largo 
projieily  in  or  near  the  city  of  Montpelier  in 
the  .State  of  N'ernumt.  .She  attained  the  still 
greater  age  of    ninety-four  )ears.      They  were 


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the  parents  of  a  large  family  of  fourteen  chil- 
dren. 

Inncs   Monroe  was  the  eldest   child   of    his 
parents,  Henry  and  I-;iizabeth  Monroe,  and  was 
born   in   the  county  of  Annapolis.      He  began 
life  eni])ty-handed,    purcha.sed    back   a   ])ait   of 
his  grandfather's  estate,    and    was  one  of   the 
most  i)ractical   and    successful    farmers   in   the 
county.      I  lis  sterling  worth  and  integrity  won 
forhim.sclf  the  highest  jilace  in  the  esteem  and 
confidence  of  every  citizen  of  his  native  county 
and  beyond,  wherever  he  was  known.      He  was  ' 
a    Con.serva*-ive     in    politics   anil     a     lifelong 
member    of    the    Haptist    church.       His    wife, 
Marion,    who    died    at    the    age    of    sixty-nine  \ 
years,    was  a  daughter  of   Samuel   and    I.ydia  i 
(Morse)    ^onng,    of   Digby,    N.  S.      They  had  ' 
si.v  children  —  Grace,  (leorgeA.,  Lydia,  luJith, 
Robert  (i. ,   and    Howard    I.      George   A.    took 
his  medical  degree  at  Harvard  in    1.S62,  during 
the  war  of    the   rebellion,    and    was    immedi- 
ately appointed  a  surgeon  to  one  of  the   Rhode 
Island   regiments  tiien    stationed  at    Xewbern, 
N.C      He    was    afterward    traii>ferred    to    the 
Gulf  Department,  and  was  for  a  cou|ile  of  years  • 
or  more   in   the  northern   jiart  of  the   .State  of  , 
.Mississippi.      Here  his  b(dd  and  daring   spirit  i 
made  iiim  the  idol  of  the  regiment,  and  caused 
him   to   frecpiently   accompany   them   on    tiieir 
scouting  expeditions  to  different  |)arts  of  the 
.State.      His  was  a  regiment  of  ca\alry.      l)ur- 
ing   one    of    these    e\pediti(rns    his    men    weri' 
attacked   by  a   greatl\'  supericir  force  nf   rebels  i 
and    taken    pri.soners.      The     Doetur    had    his 
right  arm  broken  by  a  bullet.      He  and  a  rebel,   ' 
whom  he  shot,  were  the  only  ones  kihcd  and  { 


wounded.  This  jjroved  most  fortunate  for  the 
Doctor,  for  the  rebels  in  their  haste  could  not 
be  encumbered  with  a  wounded  prisoner,  and 
dropped  him.  The  others  were  all  sent  to 
Andersonville  Prison,  and  tliose  who  survived 
came  out  miserable  physical  wrecks.  The 
Doctor  was  soon  cared  for  by  Lieutenant  Mon- 
roe, his  cousin,  from  New  Orleajis,  and  fnr- 
loughed  until  his  recovery.  After  leaving  the 
army  he  practised  his  ])rofession  in  liiljerica, 
Mass.,  for  some  years,  and  then  removed  to 
I'rovidence,  R.I.,  where  he  died  in  December, 
1S97,  aged  about  sixty  years.  Ho  married 
Martha  J.   Waie,  <>(  Woonsocket,   R.  1. 

Robert  Gordon  Monroe  received  his  element- 
ary education  in  the  district  sclioids  of  his 
native  county,  and  sul)secpiently  became  a  stu- 
dent of  Acadia  College  at  Wolfville,  N.  S., 
where  he  graduated  with  tiie  degree  of  Hach- 
elor  of  Arts  in  i,S;j.  Having  apjdied  himself 
to  the  study  of  the  law,  he  was  admitte  I  to  the 
bar  in  1.S77.  He  innnediately  began  the  prac- 
tice nf  his  pnifession  in  Digby,  and  has  re- 
mained a  resident  of  thai  tnwn  e\er  since.  He 
h.is  jiroxed  iiiinself  In  iiavc  a  liidii.ugh  .^rasp  nf 
his  [irofession,  and  has  gained  a  large  clien- 
tage. Hischief  forte  iscriminal  law;  and  his 
care  in  working  u\>  the  details  of  ids  defence 
and  ids  elociueuce  with  the  jur\  rarely  fail  to 
clear  his  client  from  the  clutches  of  the  law. 
He  ranks  as  nne  nt  the  n)ost  elo(|ueut  ad\iic,ites 
at  ihe  liai,  aud  imt  infrerpiently  receives  the 
highest  eneniuiums  frniu  the  |ire>i(ling  judge 
on  ilu'  circuit.  In  pnlitie-,  tollnuin-  anee-tral 
traditions  and  his  own  ujuvietinns,  he  is  a 
Conservative,    .iiid     has    twice    contested     ins 


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county  in  the  iiitciesls  of  his  jKirty.  Ho  be- 
longs to  Kinj;  Solomon  Lodge,  A.  V.  &  A.  M., 
of  Digby,  "f  which  he  is  a  I'ast  Master. 

Mr.  Monroe  was  married  in  it>.So  to  Miss 
Minnie  Hallister  I'ellows,  a  daughter  of  James 
!•:.  and  Charlotte  (Morse)  I-'ellows,  of  liridge- 
town,  N.  S.  They  have  three  children  —  Lot- 
tie Gordon,  Minnie  Doris,  and  Innes  Fellows 
Monroe.  With  his  family  he  attends  the  Uaj)- 
tist  church. 


TlLIAM  a.  D.  MORSIC,  County 
Judge  of  Cumberland  County,  was 
born  in  1837,  in  the  town  of  Amherst,  N.S., 
where  he  now  resides  His  parents  were 
James  Shannon  and  Augusta  (Kinnear) 
Morse. 

In  176;,  Lord  Amherst  established  in  Cum- 
berland County  three  townships  —  Cumber- 
land, Amherst,  and  Sackville.  The  county 
at  that  time  included  what  is  now  Westmore- 
land and  Albert  Counties,  New  Hrunswick. 
The  western  portion  was  a  dense  wilderness, 
and  the  western  Ixuuuls  of  Cumberland  had 
probably  never  been  defined.  All  the  re- 
mainder of  what  is  now  New  Hrunswick  was 
then  the  county  of  Sunbury.  The  township 
of  Cumberland  embraced  all  the  lands  between 
ti>e  La  rianche  and  the  .\u  Lac,  extending 
east  to  Hay  Verte  and  west  to  the  15ay  of 
Inmdy,  and  comprising  over  eighty  thousand 

acres. 

Joseph  Morse,  great-grandlather  of  Judge 
Morse,  was  a  native  of  Medbury,  Mass.  He 
came   to    Nova   Scotia   in    1763   with   C.eneral 


Winslow,  Captain  Ayer,  Captain  Troop,  Lieu- 
tenant Richardson,  Captain  Uuston,  and 
Major  Allen,  in  the  early  part  of  the  year,  and 
settled  at  Fort  Cumberland.  He  was  a 
grantee  with  other  associates  of  thirty-four 
thousand,  five  hundred  acres  of  land,  situated 
between  La  I'lanche  and  Au  Lac  Rivers.  On 
this  land  was  founded  the  first  luiglish  settle- 
ment in  the  Dominion  of  Canada,  as  it  now 
stands,  between  the  Cobequid  Mountains  and 
the  Pacific  Ocean.  It  was  the  first  to  send  a 
member  to  Pari  lament.  The  settlement  was 
founded  by  the  seven  men  above  mentioned. 
They  constituted  the  committee  appointed  by 
the  government  to  admit  settlers  in  the  land, 
and  they  were  afterward  selected  to  go  to  Hal- 
ifax and  procure  their  own  grants  and  tho.sc  of 
their  associates. 

Joseph  Morse  was  in  the  commissariat  de- 
partment of  the  army.  He  was  shot  at  the 
taking  of  Fort  Oswego,  and,  dying  of  his 
wounds  at  I'ort  Lawrence  in  1769,  was  buried 
at  the  military  burying-ground,  I'ort  Lawrence, 
!  Cumberland,  His  wifi'  was  in  maidenhood 
Mary  Mason.  She  was  born  in  Virginia, 
where  they  were  mariied.  They  had  three 
children  -Olive,  Alpheus.  and  Thaddeus. 
Olive  married  Captain  luKly,  who  was  sta- 
tioned at  I'ort  Cumberland,  and  was  killed  in 
the  Anu'riean  uar  in  the  battle  at  Machias, 
Me.  Slu'  afterward  married  Captain  King. 
Thaddeus  married  Mary  Freeman,  of  Connect- 
icut. 

Alpheus    Morse,    son   of   Joseph   and   grand- 
father of  the  sidiject   of   this  sketch,  was  born 
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(Iniightcr  of  Major  Crane,  was  born  in  Connect- 
icut. Ilcr  father,  who  was  a  Loyalist,  emi- 
grated to  Nova  Scotia  in  1777  with  his  own 
and  twenty  other  families,  and  settled  at 
llorton.  Alpheiis  Morse,  with  John  Hent  and 
Klisha  l*"r-'eman,  two  of  the  early  settlers  of 
the  old  town  of  Cumberland,  were  the  first 
three  settlers  on  the  lands  taken  up  by  them 
al  Amherst;  and  the  location  was  from 
Morse's  Corner  to  Ktter's  Brook,  where  the 
town  of  Amherst  is  now  situated.  Aljjheus 
Morse  was  a  very  "lublic-spirited  citizen.  He 
gave  a  plot  of  land  to  the  town  of  Amneist  to 
build  the  first  school-house  on,  as  his  father 
had  done  at  Fort  Lawrence.  lie  had  eight 
children  by  his  wife,  Theodora.  Seven  grew 
to  maturity;  namely,  Caroline,  Lucy,  .S.uah, 
James  .Shannon,  John,  Silas,  and  Alpheu.s. 
I'3ach  of  them  lived  to  about  the  age  of  ninety 
years. 

James  Shannon  Morse  was  born  in  Amherst, 
N.S. ,  in  i7<Sj.  He  was  educated  by  a  private 
tutor,  Mr.  James  Noble  .Shannon,  of  I'arrs- 
boro,  N.  S.,  who  was  an  accomplished  man, 
having  been  a  student  ;it  Yale  College. 
Aiterward  he  studied  h;w  with  the  late 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Assembly,  Hotsfoid, 
of  Sackville.  When  quite  young  he  left 
home,  intending  to  go  to  the  United  Stites, 
but  on  his  way  thither  he  called  on  I.awver 
I?otsford,  and  was  persuaded  by  him  to  remain 
with  him  and  study  law.  He  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  18 10,  and  for  .nany  years  was 
the  only  lawyer  in  Cumberlami.  He  was 
elected  several  times,  generally  by  acclama- 
tion, to  rejiresent  the  township  of  Amherst  in 


the  Assembly.  He  was  also  a  member  of  the 
legislative  and  executive  councils  of  the 
Province.  He  was  in  public  life  for  forty- 
three  years,  a  member  of  the  local  House  for 
thirty  years,  and  in  the  Legislative  Council  for 
ten  years.  He  attended  the  Church  of  Eng- 
land, was  a  large  contributor  to  churches  of 
different  denominations,  and  built  the  first 
Anglican  church  in  Amherst  at  a  cost  of  nine 
hundred  pounds  to  himself,  four  hundred  and 
fifty  pounds  of  which  sum,  however,  was  sub- 
sequently returned  to  him.  This  was  due  to 
the  fact  that  the  church  would  not  at  first  ad- 
vance the  money  to  build,  but  decided  to  pay 
for  the  building  after  it  had  been  erected 
through  the  liberality  of  Mr.  Morse,  accept- 
ing from  him  the  other  four  hunilred  and  fifty 
pounds  as  a  donation.  An  enterprising  man, 
he  was  connected  with  many  industries 
throughout  the  county,  and  was  very  success- 
ful, acquiring  a  large  real  estate  proiierty. 
He  (lied  in  1881,  at  the  age  of  ninety-nine 
years.  His  wife,  .Augusta,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Andrew  Kinnear,  of  Halifax,  was 
born  at  Halifax  in  1808,  and  died  in  1865,  at 
the  age  of  fifty-seven.  They  had  five  chil- 
dren, three  of  whom  are  now  living;  namely, 
William  A.  D.,  Clinton,  and  Robie.  Clin- 
ton, who  is  now  a  practising  physician  in  Am- 
herst, married  Mary  Hoggs,  of  .\mherst,  and 
has  three  children  —  Theodora,  Isabelle,  and 
How.      Robie  is  unmarried. 

William  A.  I).  Morse  was  educated  at 
Mount  Alli.son  Academy,  .Sackville,  and  also 
was  a  pupil  of  Dr.  Hea,  of  llorton,  N.S. 
Subsequently   he  studied    law    with    the    late 


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Chief  Justice  Young,  and,  bein^  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  1850,  began  practice  in  Halifax, 
where  he  remained  for  ten  years.  He  then 
returned  to  Amherst,  and  was  Jutlge  of  Probate 
of  the  county  of  Cumberland  for  eij,'ht  years. 
In  1876  he  was  appointed  County  Judj^e  of  the 
counties  of  Cumberland  and  Pictou,  which 
office  he  now  holds.  In  politics  he  was  a 
Liberal.  He  is  an  attendant  of  the  Church  of 
Enjfland,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic 
order,  hcloni;ing  to  Virj;in  Lodge,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.,  of  Halifa.x. 

Judge  Morse  owns  large  tracts  of  marsh  land 
and  otlier  property,  and  is  engaged  quite  ex- 
tensively in  farming.  He  has  done  much  to 
improve  the  marsh  lands  and  develop  the  agri- 
cultural resources  of  the  county,  and  is  an  en- 
terprising and  useful  citi/en.  He  is  the  only 
living  descendant  resident  in  the  county  of 
any  of  the  seven  men  who,  as  above  noted, 
were  ajipointed  to  introduce  settlers  on  the 
original  townshij)  of  Cumberland.  He  is 
much  interested  in  local  history,  of  which  he 
has  made  an  extensive  study.  He  has  been 
requested  by  prominent  citizens  of  the  town  to 
write  a  history  of  the  early  settlers,  which 
proposition  he  is  inclined  to  consider  favor- 
ably. Sliould  he  do  so,  it  would  doubtless 
prove  a  work  of  much  value  and  interest  to  all 
residents  of  the  county,  and,  it  is  to  be  ho|)ed, 
would  receive  proper  encouragement  and  sub- 
stantial support.  Judge  Morse  was  married 
in  1872  to  i;ila  Hoggs,  daughter  of  How  and 
Isabelle  (Russell)  Hoggs,  ot  Amherst.  He 
has  seven  ehililren  —  James  S. ,  Roy,  Hilda, 
William,  Cuy,  Isabelle,  and  Waldo. 


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AVID  W.  ROBH,  a  well-known  and 
IC)  J  highly  esteemed  citizen  of  Amherst, 
president  and  general  manager  of  the 
Robb  Kngineering  Company,  Limited,  was 
born  in  that  place,  May  9,  1856,  son  of  Alex- 
ander and  Liiielinc  (Logan)  Robb.  His  pater- 
nal grandfather,  also  named  Alexander,  was 
born  at  Hangor,  near  Belfast,  Ireland. 

About  1825  Alexander  Robb,  .Sr.,  emigrated 
to  Nova  Scotia,  and  settled  at  Leicester,  Cum- 
berland County,  where  he  engaged  in  farming 
until  his  death,  at  the  age  of  about  eighty 
years.  His  wife,  in  maidenhood  Ami  Hrown, 
was,  like  himself,  a  native  of  Ireland,  in  which 
country  they  were  married.  They  were  Pres- 
byterians in  religion. 

Alexander  Robb,  the  second  of  that  name, 
was  born  in  Leicester,  N  S. ,  in  1S27.  When 
a  yf)ung  man  he  learned  the  trade  of  tin  and 
silver  smith  under  Amos  Page,  of  Amherst. 
In  1848  he  established  the  busiiiess  now  ..ar- 
ried  on  by  the  Robb  Kngineering  Company, 
which  was  begun  on  a  limited  scale. 

In  1865  a  foundry  and  machine  .shoji  was 
built  by  him,  and  the  business  continued  dur- 
ing the  active  period  of  his  life.  His  death 
occurred  in  i8gi,  when  in  his  sixty-fourth 
year.  He  was  an  excellent  type  of  the  suc- 
cessful, self-made  man.  Winning  his  own 
way  in  the  world,  he  rose  from  comparative 
obscurity  to  the  position  of  head  of  one  of  the 
most  important  industries  of  v\niherst.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church  ami 
in  politics  a  Con.scrvative.  His  wife,  Imiic- 
line,  who  is  still  living,  was  a  daughter  of 
David     Dickey     and     Margaret      (Cummings) 


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Logan,  of  Amherst  I'dint.  Her  Lhildicii  now 
living  arc:  David  \V.,  \V-iltcr  R.,  Margaret 
A.,  and  Aubrey  G.  Frederick  M.,  late  secre- 
tary and  treasurer  of  the  Rolih  Mugineering 
Comiiany,  born  in  (^ctoljcr,  1.S57,  \va:i  drowned 
wiiile  attending  the  Young  Men's  christian 
Association  lioys'  camp  at  Fox  Harbor,  July 
20,  1897.  He  was  an  I-^lder  in  tlie  Presbyte- 
rian churcii,  and  toniv  i;reat  interest  in  tlie 
Young  Men's  Christian  Association.  He  mar- 
ried Jessie  ^McFarlane,  a  niece  of  the  late 
Senator  McFarlane,  of  Walhuc,  Cumberland 
County.  Walter  R.  resides  in  California,  nnci 
is  engaged  in  finit  ranching.  Margaret  r.  is 
the  wife  of  the  Rev.  D.  McGregor,  a  I'resLv- 
terian  r.iinister  of  Amherst.  Aubrey  C  is 
superintendent  of  the  Robb  luigineering  Com- 
pany, Limited. 

David  W.  Robb  was  ed  icated  in  the  schools 
of  Andierst.  After  acquiring  a  soimd  general 
education,  he  applied  himself  to  the  study  of 
mechanical  engineering,  md  in  i8S,S  he  was 
elected  a  member  of  tlir  .American  Society  of 
Mechanical  J'jigineers.  In  i.s;.S  he.  in  com- 
pany with  his  brother  Frederick,  was  adniitti d 
a  partner  in  his  father's  business,  being  in- 
trusted with  its  eiilire  management.  They 
carried  it  on  undei'  the  tirm  name  of  .\,  Robb 
&  Sons  u\)  to  1S90,  in  which  year  it  was  incor- 
porated as  the  Robb  l-jigo  eering  Companv, 
Limited,  with  Da\id  \V.  vobb  as  president 
and  chief  engmeei'.  The  coinjiau)-  manufact- 
ures steam  engines  and  boilers  Uiv  electric 
trannvavs  and   (jther  iiurposes;  and  it  has  filled 


a  director  of  the  Amherst  Hoot  and  Shoe  Com- 
pany and  (jf  the  Canadian  Flectric  Light 
Comjiany  of  Amherst.  He  is  a  Free  Mason, 
belonging  to  Amherst  Lodge,  of  which  he  is 
a  I'a.st  Master. 

Mr.  Robb  was  married  in  1882  to  Ida  S. 
Tui^per,  daughter  of  the  late  Dr.  Nathan  'I'lip- 
per,  of  Amherst,  a  brother  of  Sir  Charles  Tup- 
per,  Hart.  They  have  three  children  —  Roland 
W.,  Vera]:.,  and  D.  Wendell.  Mr.  Robb  is 
a  Conservative  in  politics,  and  ho  and  his 
fanv'y  are  menibers  of  the  Presbyterian  church, 
lie  is  recognized  by  his  fellow-townsmen  as  an 
enterprising  and  public-spirited  citi/.en,  and 
is  at  ])reseiit  serving  as  a  member  of  the  Town 
(-■'iimcil,  having  been  elected  in  1899. 


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HARLKS  1:DWARD  HARRLS, 
manager  of  the  Merchants'  Hank  at 
Antigonish,  was  born  in  Canning, 
Kings  County,  N.S.,  in  1859,  son  of  JCdward 
and  I'^li/a  (  Hest)  Harris.  He  comes  of  Loyal- 
ist ancestry,  being  a  great-grandson  of  David 
Harris,  a  native  of  New  iMigland,  who  eair.e 
to  Nova  Scotia  at  the  time  of  the  Revolution- 
ary War,  and  who  settled  at  Wolfville,  where 
he  took  up  ,'  large  grant  of  land.  Here  he 
followed  farming  for  the  rest  of  his  life,  which 
closed  at  the  venerable  age  of  ninety-five 
years.  David  Harris  was  a  prominent  citi- 
zen, and  was  held  in  high  esteem  by  his  fel- 
low-townsmen. He  performed  useful  service 
lor  the  town  as  a  member  of  tiie  coinmissirn 
that  had  charge  of  the  building  of  the  dykes. 
His  wife,  in   maidenhood   Sarah  Travers,  was 


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of  Irish  descent.  They  tiad  ten  chil'lren,  of 
whom  the  third  son  was  William,  the  jjrand- 
fatlier  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

William  Harris  was  horn  at  Wolfville, 
Kings  County,  N.S.,  in  1801.  For  many 
years  after  reaching  manhood  he  followed 
farming  in  Horton.  In  1849  he  removed  to 
Canning,  where  he  spent  the  balance  of  his 
life,  dying  at  the  age  of  seventy-five  years. 
In  politics  a  (Jonservative,  he  was  elected  to 
various  town  offices  in  Canning,  and  was  a 
man  held  in  high  esteem  by  his  fellow-towns- 
men. He  married  luinice  Harris,  a  native  of 
Cornwallis,  N.  S.,  born  in  1804,  who  died  at 
the  age  of  si.\ty-five.  They  had  nine  chil- 
dren, of  whom  si.\  are  now  living;  namely, 
iMlwanI,  Whitney  T.,  Rachel,  Iv.ekiel  U.. 
Albert,  and  Rupert  1).  ti. 

lulward  Ilarriswas  born  in  llorton,  N.S., 
in  18J4.  He  married  Mliza  Hest,  a  daughter 
of  Charles  Frederick  Hest.  Her  father,  who 
was  a  native  of  New  Minas,  N.S.,  died  at  the 
age  of  seventy-eight  years.  Her  mother,  I-'liza 
Fit/  Kamliilpli.  born  at  Round  Hill,  AnnajKi- 
lis  County,  \.S.,  died  at  the  age  of  eighty- 
three  years.  iOdward  and  ICliza  Harris  had 
two  children —  I-'mma  Hhmche  antl  Charles 
Ivluard.  Fnuna  H.  is  the  wife  of  J.  T.  1'. 
Knight,  of  Montreal,  and  the  mother  of  three 
children  — CharleK  R.,  A-chibald  F.,  and 
(luy  C.  Fdward  Harris  moved  to  Canning 
before  his  marriage,  and  becatne  a  merchant 
there.  I. .iter  he  went  to  Halifa.x,  in  which 
city  he  was  engaged  in  business  to;'  some 
lime.  Returning  suli.sequently  to  Canning, 
he  w.is  appointed   Customs    Collector  ol    that 


port,  and  still  holds  that  office.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Conservative,  and  he  and  Mrs.  Harris 
attend  the  Haptist  church. 

Ciiarle.s  Edward  Harris  was  educated  at 
Halifax,  N,.S.  After  leaving  school  he  be- 
came book-keeper  for  J.  .S.  Cochrane  &  Co., 
of  that  city,  remaining  in  their  employ  for 
three  years.  In  1879  he  became  con- 
nected as  junior  clerk  with  the  Merchants' 
Hank  at  Halifa.\,  and  by  1S84  had  been  pro- 
moted to  the  position  of  paying  teller.  In 
the  same  year  he  was  further  promoted  to  the 
position  of  manager  of  the  branch  institution 
(Merchants'  Hank)  at  Antigonish,  which  he 
still  holds,  and  in  which  he  has  performed 
capable  service.  He  enjoys  a  wide  popular- 
ity, the  result  of  his  upright  character  and 
genial  personality. 

Mr.  Harris  was  married  in  1887  to  KUa  C. 
Randall,  daughter  of  Willoughby  and  Marion 
(Macdonald)  Randall,  of  Antigonish.  He  has 
five  children  living  —  Charles  H.,  Walter  G., 
Ralph  !•;.,  b.dith  H.,  and  Reginald  C.  The 
family  attend  the  I'resbyterian  church. 


AMK.S  M(GRHGOR  ANDKRSON, 
I'ostmaster  of  Lunenburg,  N..S.,  was 
born  in  that  place  in  \S66,  son  of 
Alexander  and  Louise  .Sophia  (Me(iregor) 
Anderson.  He  is  a  grandson  of  John  Ander- 
son, also  a  native  of  lAUienburg,  whose  first 
wife  was  in  maidenhood  a  Miss  Howers. 
John  Anderson  was  a  blacksmith,  and  fol- 
lowed that  occupation  all  his  active  life  in 
Lunenburg,  where  he  died  at  the  age  of  eighty 


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years.  He  married  for  his  second  wife  a  Miss 
Hecknian,  wiio  l)ore  him  four  children,  two 
of  whom  are  now  living':  Alexander,  father  of 
the  subject  of  this  sketch;  and  ICliza,  who  is 
the  wife  of  John  Hums,  of  Luncnburj;. 

Mr.  Anderson's  great-grandfather  on  tlie 
paternal  side  was  John  Anderson,  who  was 
born  in  Pennsylvania.  He  was  a  Loyalist 
and  a  Lieutenant  Colonel  in  a  militia  regi- 
ment (.1  light  infantry.  After  the  war  ol  the 
American  Revolution  had  resulted  in  the  in- 
dependence of  the  thirteen  revolted  colonies, 
he  settled  in  Lunenburg,  N.S.  His  father 
was  a  native  of  Glasgow.    Scotland. 

Alexander  Anderson,  who  was  the  second- 
born  child  of  his  parents,  was  born  in  Lunen- 
burg, N.  S..  in  1834.  lie  became  an  exjiert 
boat-buiider,  which  trade  he  followed  in  his 
native  place  during  his  entire  active  period, 
where  he  and  his  wife  still  rcsiilc.  They  at- 
tend the  Church  of  jjigland,  and  in  politics 
he  is  a  Conservative.  Mrs.  Anderson,  who 
was  born  in  Lunenburg  in  1838,  is  a  daughter 
of  James  McGregor,  also  a  native  of  Lunen- 
burg, N..S.,  and  a  grand-daughter  of  John  Mc- 
Gregor, who  was  born  in  Aberdeen,  .Scotland, 
and  who  in  1784  settled  in  Lunenburg,  where 
he  followed  his  trade  of  shoemaker  among  the 
early  settlers.      Mr.    and   Mrs.    Anderson   had  ; 

four  children,  two  of  whom  are  now  living 

James  .McGregor  and  Howard  A.  { 

James  McGregor  Anderson  received  his  ed-  i 
ucation    in   the    schools    of    his    native   town.    '■ 
After     leaving    school    he    was    emjiloycd    as 
clerk  for  seven  years  by  the  firm  of  Anderson 
&  Co.     Then,  feeling  the  need  of  a  more  thor- 


ough business  education,  he  went  to  I'ougli- 
keepsio,  N.Y.,  where  he  took  a  course  at  a 
commercial  college.  On  returning  home  he 
engaged  in  the  grocery  business,  which  he  fol- 
lowed for  two  years,  and  only  gave  nj)  to  ac- 
cept his  jiresent  position  of  Postmaster  of 
Lunenburg,  to  which  he  was  appointed  in 
1 89 1.  For  the  last  nine  years  he  has  per- 
formed the  duties  of  this  office  efficiently  and 
with  general  .satisfacticm.  He  belongs  to 
Unity  Lodge,  V.  &  A.  M.,  of  Lunenburg,  of 
which  he  is  now  Senior  Warden.  In  politics 
he  is  neutral. 

Mr.  Anderson  was  married  in  1889  to  Miss 
KUa  Louise  luineau,  of  Lunenburg,  and  has 
one  child,  Bessie  Louise.  The  family  attend 
the  Church  of  luijiland. 


RTHLR  CHARLKS  HAWKIN.S, 
M.l).,  of  Halifax,  was  born  in  Hants 
County,  Nova  Scotia,  July  12,  1861, 
son  of  Charles  A.  and  Charlotte  (Simpson) 
HaukiiiN.  Dr.  Hawkins's  paternal  grand- 
father, (iiles  Hawkins,  was  a  native  of  the 
Island  of  Guern.sey,  in  the  Lnglish  Channel. 
He  accomjjanied  his  parents  to  America,  tiie 
family  settling  in  Kings  County,  IVince  i;d- 
ward  Island,  where  they  engaged  in  farming. 
Here  (iiles  Hawkins  met  and  married  a  young 
woman  of  the  name  of  I.e  Lacheur,  who  also 
had  come  with  her  ]iarents  from  Guern.sev. 
•After  their  marriage  and  for  the  remainder  of 
their  lives  they  continued  to  reside  on  the 
Island.  They  had  eight  children,  five  of  whom 
are  living  to-day. 


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Tlu'ir  son,  Charles  A.  Hawkins,  father  of 
Arthur  C,  went  to  Hants  County,  Nova  Scotia, 
when  a  boy,  and  learned  the  trade  of  ship-black- 
smith, which  he  followed  there  for  some  time. 
Later  in  life  he  removed  to  Halifax,  where  he 
devoted  his  energies  to  the  same  craft  for  many 
years,  retirinj^  from  active  work  a  few  years 
a<;o.  He  and  his  wife,  Charlotte,  are  both 
livinJ,^  and  are  residents  of  Halifax.  The 
latter  is  a  daughter  of  the  late  John  Simpson, 
of  Hants  County,  whose  father  was  one  of  the 
original  settlers  of  the  county,  .'^ix  chiklren 
were  born  to  Charles  A.  and  Charlotte  Haw- 
kins, and  four  now  survive;  namely,  Anna- 
bell,  Arthur  C,  Giles  N.  C,  and  Ella  M.  S. 
Annal)ell,  wiio  is  the  wife  of  James  W. 
Ihehant,  has  two  children  —  Wilfred  Hawkins 
and  l";ilerti>n  James.  (liles  .\.  C.  married 
Rachel  ]'lntwistle,  of  Moncton,  .\.  H.,  and  has 
two  cliildren  —  Robert  and  Lucille.  KUa  is 
unmarried. 

.Arthur  C.  Hawkins  in  his  boyhood  attended 
school  in  Hants  County  antl  at  Halifa.x.  Sub- 
sec|iiently  he  pursued  a  course  of  study  at 
I'la/ee  &  W'histon's  Business  C(>lleL;e,  and 
hitei-  lie  entered  the  Halifax  Medical  College. 
In  iiSSj  he  i;railuated  from  McGill  University 
at  Montreal,  and  afterward  he  spent  one  year 
in  the  Provincial  and  City  (now  the  Victoria 
(leiieral)  ll(is|iital  at  Halifax.  He  has  since 
been  engaged  in  tiie  duties  of  iiis  ])rofession, 
anil  has  met  with  good  success,  having  ac- 
(|iiired  an  excellent  practice.  I'or  several  years 
he  served  as  one  of  the  Coroners  of  Halifax 
County.  He  was  elected  .\ldcinian  from  Ward 
.Six   of    the  city   of   Halifax    in    1897,  and   has 


taken  an  active  ]iart  in  the  meetings  of  the 
Council.  He  is  a  Past  Master  of  Virgin 
Lodge,  A.  V.  &  A.  M.,  of  Halifa.x.  He  is 
well  known  as  a  successful  jihysician  and  an 
energetic  citizen. 

Dr.  I Fawkins  was  married  in  1890  to  Caro- 
line McL.  Spike,  daughter  of  the  late  James 
Spike,  of  Halifa.x.  He  has  four  children — • 
Gertrude  May,  Rupert  C.  G.,  Dorothy  Char- 
lotte, and  Arthur  Cowie.  'I'he  family  attend 
the  Church  of  luigjand.  In  ])olitics  Dr.  Haw- 
kins is  a  Liberal. 


R1:DKRICK  T.  CONGDON,  barrister, 
s  of  LLalifax,  was  born  in  Annapolis, 
N.S. ,  in  1858,  son  of  H inkle  and  Catherine 
(Tomkins)  Congdon.  He  is  of  Loyalist  de- 
scent, his  first  progenitor  in  this  country  being 
the  Rev.  David  Congdon,  a  Congregational  min- 
ister, a  native  of  Rhode  Island,  who  at  the  break- 
ing out  of  the  Revolutionary  War  came  to 
Nova  Scotia,  and  settled  in  Herwich,  formerly 
known  as  Congdon's  Town.  He  was  a  man 
widely  respecteil. 

Wells  Congtlon,  son  of  the  Rev.  David  Cong- 
don,  was  born  in  .Annapolis,  N..S.  He  liecame 
a  merchant,  and  for  many  years  was  very  suc- 
cessful, but  in  later  life  engaged  in  some  un- 
fortunate speculations  which  greatly  diminished 
his  fortune.  He  died  in  his  native  town  at 
the  age  of  eight} -six  years.  His  wife,  in 
maidenhood  Abby  Phinney,  and  a  native  of 
Annapolis,  died  at  the  age  of  sixty.  Of  their 
nine  childien  but  two  are  now  living  -- ICliza- 
beth   and  .Sophroni.i.      The  tir.-t   named,  Lli/.a- 


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both,  is  the  widow  (if  Francis  WoDclbury,  of 
Halifax,  and  the  mother  of  three  children: 
liibbcrt  Woodbury,  D.D.S.  ;  Maria,  wife  of 
George  Ik-ll,  M.I). ,  of  Kinij;s  County,  Nova 
Scotia;  and  I'"rank.  Sophronia  is  the  wife  of 
William  II.  Tierce. 

II inkle  Conj^don,  the  second  son  of  Wells, 
was  born  in  Annapolis  in  1.S27.  Receiving 
a  L;dod  educr.tion  in  his  youth,  he  sul)sequently 
taught  school  foi-  many  years.  In  1S71  he  was 
appointed  Insjiector  of  Schools  foi-  Halifa.x 
County,  wliicii  office  he  hehl  uji  to  tlie  time  of 
his  (leatii  in  1S96.  His  wife,  Catiierine,  who 
was  born  in  London,  I'jigiand,  in  1S35,  was 
a  daughter  of  l-'rederick  J.  Tomkins,  an  ICng- 
lish  barrister,  who  was  subsequently  for  a  time 
pre.sident  of  Dalliousie  College  at  Halifax, 
X.S.  'I'hey  had  five  children,  of  whom  these 
three  are  now  li\ing:  Hemietta,  wite  of  S.  G. 
Ciiambers,  of  'I'ruro,  X.  S.  ;  l""rederick  T.,  the 
direct  subject  of  this  .sketch;  and  I-'rank,  who 
is  now  in  London,  I'.ngland. 

b'rctlcrick  T.  Congdon,  who  was  the  second 
child  born  to  his  paients,  was  educated  at  \'ar- 
mouth  High  .Sclio(d  and  at  Toronto  I'niversity. 
In  1S74  he  went  to  London,  J'lnghind,  and  en- 
teied  the  office  of  his  maternal  grandfather, 
]''rederick  J.  Tomkins,  witii  whom  lie  studied 
law  fur  one  year.  Then,  ret'.niiing  to  (Janada, 
he  grad.iated  in  arts  at  tiie  'I'oronto  I'niversity 
in  1879  and  in  law  ir  iH.Sv  In  the  yeai;  last 
named  he  was  admitted  to  tiie  bar  of  Xova 
Sidtia,  and  began  practice  in  Halifa.x  in  part- 
nership \\ith  l)r.  Henjamin  Russell,  M.I'. ,  with 
v.'hiim  lie  c<intinued  until   1  Scjc). 

-Mr.  Congdon  has  a  large  and  growing  ilien- 


tage,  and  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  leading  bar- 
risters of  the  city.  In  Marcii,  1898,  be  was 
ajipointed  to  ser\e  on  the  commission  to  rexise 
the  statutes  of  the  I'lovince  of  Nova  Scotia. 
He  is  a  member  of  tiie  Council  of  the  Barris- 
ters' Society  of  Nova  Scotia.  In  188S  he 
unsuccessfully  contested  Siielburne  County  for 
the  House  of  Commons  of  Canada  against 
Cicneral  Wimburn  Laurie.  He  is  tiie  author 
of  a  Digest  of  Nova  Scotia  Law  Keiiorts. 

;\Ir.  Congdon  married  in    1884    Miss    Louise 

Gladwin,   daughter  of    Dr.    Ciladwin,    of  .Mus- 

cpiodol)iiit,  M.S.     i  lebas  two  cbildien       ("iU)(L 

i  and  Winnifrcd.      .Mr.  Congdon  and  his   I'amily 

attend  the  Church  of  lui^land. 


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t)\.\LD  KI':iTli,\i  well-known  busi- 
ness man  and  retired  furniture 
dealer  of  lialifax,  was  Iiorn  in 
Scotland,  October  10,  18:52,  son  of  John  and 
Christina  (.Sutlierland)  Keith.  1 1  is  paternal 
grandfather,  Donald  Keith,  tirst,  whose  wife's 
name  cannot  now  be  ascertained,  was  a  life- 
long resident  of  .Scutland  and  l>y  occupation 
a  fanner.  Gramlfather  Keith  ilied  at  aliout 
eighty  years  of  age. 

John  Keitli,  younL;er  son  of  DonaM,  first, 
and  one  of  a  family  of  tnur  children,  two  sons 
and  two  daii^htei's,  ,L;rew  to  nianli I  in  Scot- 
land, his  native  coimtrv,  and  there  le.nncd 
the  trade  ol  brewer.  in  iN^f,  afti  r  liis  mar- 
riage, be  came  to  Nova  Scnti,!.  scttlin-  in 
llalif.ix,  where  he  found  emplivnunt  in  a 
small  brewery,  (if  this  he  sMbse(|uent l\-  be- 
came tlie  pro|iiietor  and  built  up  a  lari;e  busi- 


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ncss,  which  he  coiulucted  until  his  death  at 
the  age  of  sixty-seven.  His  wife,  Christina, 
who  was  a  liaiighter  of  Donald  Sutherland,  of 
Caithness-shire,  Scotland,  lived  to  be  about 
eij;hty  years  <dd.  'I'hey  had  seven  children, 
of  whom  four  are  now  living-  Donald,  John, 
Christina  Jane,  and  I'.li/abcth.  John  married 
Barbara  Hell,  of  New  Brunswick,  and  had  six 
chihhen,  namely:  Christina,  wife  of  A.  W. 
Reiiilon  and  the  mother  of  one  child,  John  K. 
Reddon ;  I'^lizabeth,  wife  of  Howard  Shaw,  of 
Windsor,  X.S.  :  Alexander,  who  married 
Oritta  Little,  of  Pictou,  X.S.,  and  has  five 
children  —  Katheliiie,  John  T.,  Arthur  R., 
Alexander,  and  I  hit;h  H.  Keith;  Isabelle, 
wife  of  J.  W.  Diminett,  of  Windsor.  N.S., 
and  the  mother  nf  four  children;  Georgiana 
Keith:  and  John  S.  Keith. 

Donald  Keith,  the  direct  subject  of  this 
sketch,  was  fourteen  years  old  when  he  accom- 
panied his  [)arents  to  Halifax.  \lc  obtained 
his  tirst  knowledge  of  the  furniture  business 
in  the  eniploy  of  i'"ielding  &  I'lman,  of  that 
city.  Subset|uentlv  he  went  to  WolfvilK', 
X.S.,  where  he  learned  the  art  of  furniture 
manufacturing.  Then  going  to  Windsor, 
X.S.,  he  remained  there  three  years,  during 
which  time  lie  was  engaged  in  business  for 
hiinsell  as  a  maiuifaclurer  of  furniture.  In 
()ctolu'r,  i.S(H),  he  ri'tuiiied  to  Halifax,  and, 
in  C(inip,iny  with  Mr.  James  (iordon,  pur- 
chased the  fui'iiture  business  of  Messrs. 
riiiinipMin  vS;  Ivsson.  .Sume  time  after  form- 
ing their  p.nlneiship  Ihey  .idded  carpets  to 
theii-  stock  in  ti'.ide,  their  stort'  occupying  two 
lloors,  one   for   fiuniture  ,tnd  mie   for  car|)ets, 


Mr.  Gordon  having  charge  of  the  latter  de- 
partment. In  i88t  Mr.  Gordon  retired  from 
all  connection  with  the  furniture  department; 
and  Mr.  Keith  took  as  partner  in  that  branch 
Mr.  J.  !•:.  G.  Holton,  the  firm  name  remaining 
Gordon  &  Keith.  The  business  was  thus  con- 
tinued up  to  1S96,  when  Mr.  Keith  retired, 
and  his  place  as  Mr.  Bolton's  jiartner  was 
taken  by  his  nephew,  Mr.  .Alexander  Keith. 
The  business,  now  one  of  the  largest  of  its 
kind  in  the  Province,  is  now  cat'ried  on  by 
them  under  the  old  firm  name  of  Gordon  & 
Keith.  .Mr.  Keith  is  a  director  of  the  Hali- 
fax 'las  Light  Company,  and  also  of  the 
-Acadian  Fire  Insurance  Company  and  of  the 
.Academy  of  Music,  lie  is  one  of  the  gov- 
ernors of  the  Lady's  College  of  Halifax.  He 
attends  the  Presbyterian  church.  He  was 
married  first  to  Mary  L.  Clarke,  of  Charlotte- 
town,  P.!'",.  I.,  who  died  at  the  age  of  thirty- 
seven  years,  having  been  the  mother  of  seven 
children  P'lorence  May,  .Alexander  W., 
William  L.,  .\nnie  Lea,  Donald,  Royden  C, 
and  \'era  l^leanor.  Mr.  Keith  married  for  his 
second  wife  .Annie  M.  Randall,  a  native  of 
Ireland.      Of  this  union  there  are  no  children. 


XGLS  MrLI'Ol),*  piincipal  of  Kings 
County  Academy  at  Kent\ille,  X.S., 
was  born  at  N'alley  l''ield.  Kings 
Coimty,  P.  !■:.  i..  in  18.48.  son  n\  Xorman 
,nul  Mary  (.McPherson)  McLeod,  His  pater- 
nal grandf.ither,  William  Mel.eod,  who  was 
born  in  Scotland,  emigrated  in  i.S.)j;,  and, 
settling  on  Print-e  lulward  Isi.uul,  Icdloued  the 


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occupatidii  ot  farming  at  Valley  Field.  Will- 
iam McLcoil  married  his  cousin,  Catherine 
McLeod,  also  a  native  of  Scotland.  They  had 
eight  children  wlio  attained  maUnity,  only 
three  of  whon),  however,  aie  now  livinj;; 
namely,  Murdoch,  .\nj;us,  and  Dou,i;'ias. 

Xornian  Mcl.eod  was  born  in  Scotland  in 
1S17,  bein<;-  tiie  eldest  child  of  his  jiarents, 
whom  he  acconi[)anied  in  1S43  to  .America. 
IV'side.s  followini;-  his  trade  of  stone  mason, 
learned  in  Scotland,  he  carrieil  on  a  farm  at 
Valley  l-'ield,  where  he  sjient  most  of  the  lat- 
ter pait  of  his  life,  dyint;  there  at  the  a.i;e  of 
sevent\-si.\-  years.  His  wife,  Mary,  wlu)  was 
born  in  Scotland  in  1.SJ4,  still  resides  on  this 
farm.  They  had  a  family  of  twelve  chililrcn, 
ot  whom  there  are  now  six  suivi\ors  -  Anj^us, 
I'eter,  Catheiine,  William,  John,  and  Norman. 

Angus  Mcl.eod,  tiie  direct  subject  of  this 
brief  sketch,  obtained  his  earl\-  eihication  in 
Prince  {•'.dward  Island  schools,  including  tiie 
normal  school  at  Charlottctown.  Later  he 
tollowed  lor  three  years  tlie  occu])ati(jn  of 
school  teacher,  in  tiiis  manner  earning  money 
enough  to  pay  the  expc'nses  of  a  full  course  at 
the  I'rince  of  Wales  College,  Charlottctown. 
After  attending  thiit  inslitutinn,  lie  taught  for 
one  year  in  the  schcmls  of  Charlotletown. 
'I'lien  at  the  earnest  rcl|ue^t  of  l''ather  Dosle 
lie  acicpted  an  offer  to  teach  at  l!cde(|ue, 
r.  I!,  1.,  and  lemaincd  there  for  tiftcen  months 
thus  occupietl.  raiteiing  Dalhousie  (  ollege  at 
Halifax,  he  pur>ued  the  usual  I'ourse  ol  stiuK'; 
and,  receiving  a  license  to  teach  in  N'uva  .Sco- 
tia, he  went  to  Ippcr  Stewiacke,  .\.S.,  where 
he  t.iughl  for  three  years,      Later  he  spent  one 


year  in  Stellarton  as  princijial  of  the  high 
school  tiiere.  Subsecpient  to  this,  for  two 
years  and  a  half  he  was  ]uiucipal  of  the  high 
school  at  New  Gla.sgow,  N.  S. ,  and  while  there 
pinsued  a  course  of  study  foi-  the  |uirpose  of 
obtaining  an  aeadem}-  license,  which  he  re- 
ceived May  I,  1884.  In  that  year  he  was 
offered  and  accepteil  his  present  resp<H)sil)le 
position  as  principal  of  the  Kings  County 
.Xcademy  at  Kentville,  where  he  has  since 
remained,  having  performed  his  duties  in  such 
a  maimer  as  to  give  general  satisfaction  to  the 
diiectors  and  friends  of  the  cidlegc.  Mr.  Mc- 
l.eod is  a  member  of  the  I'resbyleiian  church, 
of  which  he  has  been  an  J'iUler  for  niany  years. 
He  is  also  an  earnest  advocate  and  strong  sup- 
porter of  the  temperance  cause;  and  in  general 
;  his  aid  and  intluence  mav  be  counted  upon  in 
j  beii.df  ol  all  practicd  measures  for  the  nmral 
or  phvsical  improvement  of  the  conmnniity,  (if 
which  he  is  one  of  the  mcist  t'sleemed  nii'mliers. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Lil)er.il. 

He  m.uried    in    iSjo    Mis.  I.alie    ll.miilton, 

daughter  of  Jubn    liell,  who  was  a  resident    nf 

Halilax,  X.S.,   to   whieii   plaie   he  came   fmm 

'  Scotland,    his   native  country.      Mr.    ami    .Mrs. 

Mcl.eod    luive    b,id    eight    chilihcn,    nf    whom 

I  seven   -avc   now    living       .M.irv    M,itilda,  jc>sie 

;  Catherine,    I'.flie    Hell,    Ndiin.ui    Jtibii,     l.illie 

Hall,    Dciugl.is    Aithiir,     and    (  lainue    .\binl- 

:  f^omeiv'. 


.,f-r  I.liLk  1    J.\Mi;S    I'CI.l.I'K,   .M.I).,'  ,,| 

Wirninulb,  w.is  1)11111  at    llinton.   Kings 
County,   .\.S.,   in    i.srin,  hj^   parents 
Ijeiiig  David  and   Aiaiv.\nn    (Steiiitl)    i'ullei. 


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IIo  is  ;i  i^raiidsoii  nf  TiiiKithy  I'ulk'r,  whose 
fiithcf  came  from  Massachusetts  after  tlie  Rev- 
olutionary Wat-  and  settled  at  Horton,  liaving 
there  received  a  j^rant  of  land,  'liinothy  I'"ul- 
ler,  who  was  born  in  Horton,  N.S.,  married 
Martha  Jane  lUichanan.  They  had  two  chil- 
dren, one  of  wliom  is  now  deceased,  the  sm- 
vivor  heiny  David,  father  of  Dr.  I'uller. 

J)a\id  l-'uller  was  horn  at  Horton  in  1.^.56, 
and  has  tliere  followed  farming  from  early 
manhood  n|)  to  the  present  time.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Liberal.  His  wife,  Mary  i\nn,  who 
was  boin  at  ].ondonderr_\-,  N..S. ,  in  i'S37,  is  a 
dauj;hter  of  James  Sterritt,  of  that  place.  Mr. 
anil  Mrs.  I'uUer  ha\e  had  eleven  children.  Of 
these  nine  are  now  liv'^^f;,  namely:  Laura, 
wife  of  I'Alward  McDonald,  of  {•■almoulh,  N.S.  ; 
All)ert  James;  Alice;  Maitha  Jane,  wife  of 
(ieor.ne  I'ye,  of  (inysiviro,  N.  S.  ;  l';va  ]■.., 
wife  of  Levi  Daniels,  of  Windsor;  Hessie  ]■;.  ; 
Lewis  O.  ;  Leverett  S.  ;  and  I'lthel  ("i.  The 
parents  were  members  of  the  Methodist  church. 

Albert  J.  ]'"uller  was  educated  in  Halifax  and 
New  \'orl\  ('it\-,  and  in  the  normal  school  at 
Tivuci,  N.S.  lie  sliidied  medicine  at  the 
Meilical  t'oUege  in  llalifav  and  at  Hellcvue 
Medical  C"(dK'j;e  in  New  \'ork,  from  which 
bitter  institut  ion  he  L;radnatt'(l  in  iSiST).  He- 
j;innini;  the  practice  of  his  profession  at  Yar- 
inoiith,  he  remained  theri'  sc\eial  wars,  then 
removed  to  Clarke's  Harbor,  Shellnnne  County, 
where  he   reuKiined    for  two  years.      Returning 

•  it   the  end   ol    that    time   to    Wirinnnth,  he  has 
since   practised    as  a    physician    in   that    place, 

•  md   has   been   very  sueci'ssfiil.      Iksidcs   being 
one  of  the  le.iding  plu  sicians  of  Varmonth,  Dr. 


Fidler  is  one  of  the  most  [irominent  citizens. 
He  holds  the  position  of  City  Medical  Officer, 
and  also  that  of  Marine  Fishery  Ofifieer  of  the 
county.  He  belongs  to  the  Masonic  order, 
and  also  to  the  Odd  L'ellows  and  I'"oresters, 
having  held  various  offices  in  the  I.  O.  O.  1". 
He  is  now  a  ilirector  (jf  the  Odd  Fellows' 
Huilding  Associati<ni. 

Dr.  l'"uller  and  Miss  Hessie  Lent  Knowles, 
daughter  of  tb.e  Kev.  Charles  Knowles,  of  Tus- 
ket,  N.S.,  were  married  on  August  7,  1886. 
They  have  si.\  children -— Caroline  M.,  Annie 
A.,  Charles  T.  K.,  John  R.  B.,  Albeit  .S.,  and 
David  Carlisle.  Tiie  family  attend  the  W'es- 
leyan  !\Iethodist  Church,  Dr.  I'"uller  being  a 
meniher  of  the  Ouarterly  Hoard.  In  1898  he 
was  a  representative  in  the  Nova  .Sc(j|ia  (icn- 
cral  Conference  at  Toronto,  Ont. 


DWARD  MORTON  MACDONALD, 
M.IM'.,*  a  leading  barrister  of 
I'ictou,  was  born  in  that  town,  August  16, 
1865,  a  son  of  John  D.  Macdonald.  lie  is  a 
grandson  of  (ieorge  Macdonald,  a  native  of 
.Scotland,  who  came  to  Nova  Scotia  in  1815, 
the  year  of  the  battle  of  Waterloo,  and  settled 
in  I'ictou,  where  he  followeil  farming,  and 
where  his  de;ith  occurred  in  1869.  (Ieorge 
Macdonald  was  also  a  Justice  of  the  I'eace  for 
many  years  and  a  very  i)roininent  citi/.en. 
He  was  a  Liberal  in  politics  and  a  I'resby- 
terian  in  religion.  II  is  wife,  whose  name  in 
inaideidiood  was  .\rabella  Cameron  ami  who 
also  w;is  a  native  of  Scotland,  preceded  him  to 
the  grave  by  ten  years,  dying  in    1859.       They 


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were  the  jiarents  of  a  large  family,  consisting 
of  fourteen  children,  of  whom  there  are  to-day 
three  survivors,  namely:  Grace,  who  married 
James  Macdonald:  Nancy,  who  is  the  widow 
of  Daniel  .McCloud;  and  Arabella,  who  sur- 
vives her  husband,  the  late  David  Cameron. 

In  the  family  of  George  Macdonald  there 
were  two  sons,  besides  John  ]).,  who  are 
worthy  of  special  mention  —  lulward  M.  and 
A.  C. 

l-;dward  M.  Macdonald  was  editor  for  some 
years  of  the  old  Halifax  (»/,:c«  and  a  member 
of  rarliament  from  Lunenburg  County  from 
1S67  to  iS;j.  lie  was  a  close  friend  of  the 
late  Joseph  Howe.  In  later  life  he  was  Col- 
lector of  Customs  for  the  port  of  I'ictou,  which 
office  he  held  until  his  death  in  1874.  He 
married  Jane  Jogo,  of  I'ictou,  and  three  of 
their  children  are  now  living,  namely:  Jane, 
wife  of  James  .Stairs,  of  Halifax;  Hessie,  wife 
of  W.  11.  Throop,  of  Halifax;  and  K.  J.  Mac- 
donald. 

A.  C.  Macdonald,  <J.C.,  the  other  son  re- 
terred  to,  became  a  leading  barrister,  and 
represented  the  county  <if  I'ictou  in  the  House 
of  .\ssembly  from  1.S53  to  1865.  He  was 
also  .Speaker  of  the  House  in  iSs/and  sub- 
se(|uently.  lie  died  in  I'ictou  in  LSrirt, 
widely  known  and  greatly  esteemed.  He 
married  Amelia  DeWolf,  of  Cumbirland 
County.  .Vosra  .Scotia;  and  of  their  children 
lour  are  now  living. 

John  D.  Macdonald,  lather  of  the  subject  of 
this  sketch,  was  born  .it  West  River,  I'ict.ui 
County,  N..'-^.,  in  1.SJ4.  H,.  heraine  a  jour- 
nalist,   and    lor    niany   years  was     editor    of 


the  Eastcni   C/iiviiic/c,   a  paper    published    in 
I'ictou.      He  later  became  Treasurer  of  I'ictou 
County,    which   office   he   retained    up   to    the 
time  of  his  death    in    18S8.      He  was  a  well- 
known  and  influential  citizen.      In  politics  he 
was  a  Liberal  and  in   religion  a  Presbyterian. 
His  wife,  Mary  bllizabeth,  was  born    in    1839, 
and  was  a  daughter  of  William  McLean,  a  na- 
tive of  Scotland,    who   was   one  of   the  early 
agricultural  settlers  of  I'ictou.      Mr.  and  iMrs. 
John  I),   Macdonald  had  seven   children,  all  of 
whom  are  now  living;  namely,   Ivdward   Mor- 
ton,   George   W.,    1'.    M.,   J„hn   1).,    Charles, 
Anna,    and    I'lleanor.     Anna    is    the    wife   of 
J.     C.     McMillan,     of    Seattle,     Wash.      The 
mother,  Mrs.    .Mary    i:.    Macdonald,    still   sur- 
vives, and  makes  her  home  in  i'ictou. 

Ldward    M.     Macdonald     was    educ;ited    at 
I'ictou    Academy    and    Dalhousie    College    at 
Halifax,  in  which  latter  institution   he  gradu- 
ated in  the   law  class    in    18S7,      Admitted   to 
the  bar  of  Nova   Scotia   in   the  same  year,  he 
began   practice  at  I'ictou,  where   he   has  since 
remained.      We  has  i)een  successful  in  his  |)ro- 
tession,  ,and  has  also   taken   a   |iroinineut    part 
in  i)ublie  life.      IK'  was  a  member  ot   the    Mu- 
nicipalit  ■  ((uirt  from  i8(^j  to  i.Si);.      hi    181)4 
he  contested  the  county  for  the  l.ical   Legislat- 
ure, but  was   defeated.       I.atei'      he     contested 
the  county  lor  a  scat  in  the    Dominion    Senate 
as  a   colleague  of   Senator  C.irmiehel,  of  New 
Glasgow,    and    was   again    deteated.      He   also 
ran    for    the    local    House,    ,uid    was     elected 
as  Representative,  which  olfice  he  still  ludds. 
His  public  career  h.is  been  marked  by  ability 
and   fidelity  to  the    interests  o|    his    constitu- 


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cuts,  and  he  is  widely  i<no\vii  and  respected. 
He  belongs  to  tiic  Masonic  order,  beinj;  a 
member  of  Pictoii  Lodge. 

Mr.  MacdonaUl  was  married  on  July  10, 
1889,  to  i'.dith  Lillian,  youngest  daughter  of 
tiie  late  Hon.  James  Ives,  of  I'ictou,  N. S. 
lie  has  three  children -- Welsford,  Constance, 
and  Ldward  Morton,  Jr.  With  his  family  he 
attends  the  Presbyterian  church. 


■iiy^T^ARTIX  ii.  IIL'I'.STLS,*  jirovincial 
manager  for  the  I^'ederated  Life 
.Association  at  Halifax,  was  born 
at  Wallace,  X.  .S.,  1843,  son  of  Joshua  and 
Rebecca  O'nlton)  Huestis.  He  is  a  grandson 
(in  the  paternal  side  of  Thomas  Huestis,  a 
nati\e  of  Westchester  County,  New  York,  who 
at  the  time  of  the  American  Revolutionary 
Wai'  reiiioxed  from  \e\v  \'ork  to  New  Bruns- 
wick. .Subsc(iuenlly  he  removed  to  Wallace, 
N.  .S. ,  where  iie  resided  for  the  remainder  of 
his  life,  dying  at  the  venerable  age  of  ninety- 
thiee  \  ears. 

'Ihonus  Huestis  was  twice  married-  tlrst 
li>  rhiL'he  ^layliee,  whu  lioie  him  live  children, 
of  whom  tlie  eldest  was  J<i>hii,i,  father  of  the 
subject  lA  this  sketch.  .\ll  lue  are  now  de- 
ceased. Hv  bi^  second  wife  Thomas  had  three 
children,  all  nnw  living;  n,unel\,  John,  Jas- 
pci',  and  (  liarlntte.  The  two  tlrst  named  are 
bachelias,  and  reside  tngcther  nn  the  old 
Huestis  lidmesti'.id  at  W.dlace.  L'hailotte  is 
the  widnw  iif  jiihn  Re. id. 

JosIhi.i  iliH'-tis  was  born  at  Wallace,  N..S., 
in  1788.      ilis  le^ular  oceupat  ion  was  faiining  ; 


but  he  also  held  the  position  of  Postmaster  at 
Wallace  for  fifty  years,  and  was  besides  for 
many  years  Cu.ster  (or  chief  magistrate;  of  the 
town  —  in  fact,  from  the  time  of  his  attaining 
the  age  of  twenyone  until  his  death  at  the  age 
of  eighty-one.  His  integrity  and  general  ca- 
pacity must,  therefore,  have  been  held  in  high 
esteem  by  his  feliow-townsmcii.  He  was  a 
Liberal  in  politics. 

Joshua  married  for  his  first  wife  .Sarah 
IMack,  who  bore  him  seven  ciiildren,  of  whom 
there  are  now  twf)  sur\i\drs — William  J5.  and 
Sarah,  the  latter  being  the  wife  of  Angus  Liv- 
ingston. ]^y  his  second  wife,  Rebecca,  who 
was  a  daughter  of  William  and  Lydia  (Arnold) 
Fulton,  of  Wallace  (her  father  being  a  farmer 
there),  he  had  ten  children,  eight  of  whom  are 
now  living;  namely,  Stejihen,  Lydia,  Phodie 
.\nnie,  Susan,  Martin  K,  Mary  Adeline,  Julia 
Elizabeth,  and  Ceorge  A.  The  first  named  of 
these,  Stephen,  now  the  Rev.  Stephen  Fulton 
Huestis,  was  educated  in  the  common  schools 
and  at  Mount  Allison  C(d!ege  at  Sackville, 
\.  P.  Peing  onkiined  to  the  Methodist  minis- 
ti_\-,  he  preacheil  for  several  )ears,  and  in  1884 
became  the  steward  of  the  Methodist  l^iok  Store 
at  Halifa.v,  which  position  iie  now  Indils.  lie 
married  Louise  F.  .Archibald,  of  Tnud,  X.S., 
and  has  five  children  -  (Rev.)  Charles  H., 
.Albert  I'ldward,  .Archibahl,  Harry  ]•:. ,  and 
ITorence,  the  last  named  being  the  wife  (if  the 
Rev.  (ieorge  Hawson,  of  Prime  Ldward  Island. 
Lydia  Huestis  became  the  wife  of  the  Rev. 
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her  children  arc;  CJKules  P.,  l''.!!.,,  and  .M.i- 
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Holland,  of  Priiuo  I'.ihvard  Island.  Susan  is 
the  wife  of  Conrad  W.  Morris,  of  W'alhue, 
N.S.,  hy  wlioni  slic  has  liad  four  children  -• 
l-'rank,  luhvard,  tdiirad,  and  one  otlu'r.  She 
maiiiod  liist  Homy  Morris,  a  brother  of  her 
present  luishand,  and  of  that  union  has  one 
ehiUl  living,  Thomas  I!.  Morris.  Mary  A. 
Hucstis  is  the  wife  of  l^van  Kennedy,  M.l)., 
of  New  Glasgow,  \.S.,  and  lias  tlirec  children 
—  Cora,  Kena,  and  Walter  .Sc<itt.  Julia  I'diz- 
ahcth  is  the  wife  of  the  Rev.  John  I^.  Warner, 
of  Ciranville  l-'erry,  .\..S. ,  and  the  mother  of 
three  children.  (!eori;e  A.  Huestis  married 
I.ydia  Webster,  and  has  three  chililren. 

M.utin  H.  Huestis  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Wallace.  .Snbsui|uently  he  suc- 
ceeded his  father  as  Postmaster  at  that  place, 
which  ])osition  he  held  foi'  ten  years.  He  was 
then  fi.u'  seven  years  assistant  steward  of  the 
Methodist  Hool<  Store  at  Halifax,  after  which 
he  en,i;a!;ed  in  the  hook  business  for  himself  at 
Windsor,  where  he  remained  for  eight  years. 
In  iSSShe  entered  upon  his  |)iesent  position 
as  provincial  manaL;er  of  the  l'"ederated  Life 
Association  with  lu'ad(|uarters  at  Halifa.x,  and 
has  since  conducted  the  business  of  that  ofHce 
in  a  capable  and  satisfactory  manner.  In  pol- 
itics he  is  a  Liberal. 

He  was  married  in  iSTiS  to  N'ictoria  M. 
Jolinsoi\,  d.uighter  of  the  Re\'.  (ieorge  and  \'ic- 
toria  ((.atei)  Johnson,  her  jiarents  being  na- 
tives of  Lngland.  Of  this  union  there  ha\e 
been  si,\  liildrcn  -  Lizzie  Starr,  Josephine 
\'ictoiia.  Cieorge  Johnson,  Lthel  .Stuait,  Annie 
Campbell,  and  Sadie  Mills,  .\nnie  Can)|)bell 
Huestis  at  the  earl)'  age  of  eleven  )'ears  began 


to  show  talent  as  a  writer,  and  has  since  be- 
come a  freiiuent  and  welcome  contributor  to 
various  magazines  both  in  the  I'nited  States 
and  Canada.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Huestis,  with 
their  family,  are  members  of  the  Methodist 
church. 


7?)Tl>\.  'IHOM.XS  M.K.W/  a  promi- 
nent business  man  of  Truro,  dealer 
in  hay,  grain,  and  feed,  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Dominion  .Senate,  was  born  in  I'ic- 
tou  C(umty,  Nova  Scotia,  Januar)  ,S,  1S59,  son 
of  W  illiani  and  Nancy  (Mcl.eod)  McKay.  His 
pateinal  grandfather  was  Thomas  McKay  a 
native  of  .Scotland.  This  Thomas  McKay 
ni.o'ied  Christina  liealon,  and  thev  bad  five 
sons,  of  wlxnn  the  si'cond-born  was  William. 
Hut  one  of  the  five,   lleitor,   is  now  living. 

Willi, im  McKay  was  born  in  .Sutherland- 
shire,  Scotlaml,  in  iSio.  He  settk'd  in  I'ic- 
tou,  X.  S.,  in  1.SJ5,  and  at  fnst  engaged  in 
farming,  but  subsei|uently  he  became  a  railway 
contractor,  in  which  si)here  of  industry  he 
achieved  a  fair  measiue  of  success  for  bis  day. 
'I'iie  latter  part  of  his  lite  was  spent  in  Truro, 
where  he  died  at  the  age  of  sexenly  six  yeais. 
His  wife,  Nanc}-,  was  a  dau;;hter  ot  John  .Mc- 
l.eod, a  n,iti\e  of  .Scotland. 

Thomas  McKay,  the  diiect  subject  of  this 
sketch,  was  eilucated  in  I'ictou  t'ciuutx.  After 
leaving  school  he  worked  for  his  father  for 
some  years,  assisting  him  in  his  railwax-  con- 
struction work.  In  iSfi.i,  at  the  agr' of  twent\- 
live,  he  engaged  in  his  preseni  business  as  a 
dealer  in  mill  Iced,  oats,  grain,  etc.,  in  whith 
he  has  sinci- lontinued.      l)e:;inninv    at    tirst  in 


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a  small  \va)',  lie  lias  worked  up  a  lar;;o  and  suc- 
cessful business,  and  is  now  one  of  the  substan- 
tial cil  i/.ens  of  the  town.  In  |)olitits  lie  is  a 
('(inseivative.  In  1M74  bo  was  elected  a 
number  of  rarlianunt  in  tbc  House  of  Com- 
mons at  Ottawa,  and  was  re-elected  lo  the  same 
olfice  in  1.S7.S.  Fn  iS.Sj  he  was  appointed  to 
the  Senate,  which  office,  as  it  is  for  life,  he 
still  holds.  Mr.  McKay  is  a  good  local  type 
of  the  successful  man.  Kesiiected  and  influ- 
ential, his  present  position  has  not  come  to 
iiim  as  a  meie  matter  of  chance,  but  has  been 
earned  by  a  life  of  honnralde  industry  and  a 
personal  conduct  founded  upon  |)rinci|)les  of 
moral  rectitude,  lie  is  a  member  of  the  Ma- 
sonic lodge  in  Truro,  in  which  he  has  held 
several  ofTices. 

In  i.S6cS  Mr.  McKay  was  united  in  mar- 
riage with  Miss  Jessie  lilair,  daughter  of  John 
Ulair,  of  I'ruro,  \.  .S.  He  and  his  wife  are 
the  parents  of  two  children  -Agnes  and  Will- 
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I^IOIU'-.RT  riCKhORl),  member  of  the 
timi  of  I'iekford  &  Hlack,  ship-owners, 
and  agents  for  various  steamslii]) 
lines,  was  born  in  Ilalifa.v,  \.S.,  /\|  ril  6, 
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|i:V.  D.WFJ)  .\.  .STi:i:i.i:,*  of  Am- 
herst, \.  S.,  was  born  in  Hertford- 
shire, I'lngland,  in  1S3S,  a  son  of 
John  ami  Mary  (llobb)  .Steele.  lie  is  a  de- 
scendant in  the  fifth  "cneration  of  (ieorjie 
Steele,  <if  Annandale,  .Scotland,  who  married  a 
Miss  Mcdcorge,  a  native  of  the  Scottish  High- 


lands. The  line  of  descent  is  through  David, 
of  Annandale,  John,  who  was  born  in  Dum- 
fries, and  John,  .second,  father  of  the  subject 
of  this  sketch.  John  .Steele,  the  grandfather, 
was  a  farmer  and  large  cattle-owner.  He  died 
in  middle  life,  at  the  age  of  forty-two.  His 
wife,  whose  maiden  name  was  Jean  Hell,  and 
whose  birtlii)lacc  was  not  far  from  Dumfries, 
died  in  early  womanhood,  at  the  ago  of  twenty 
years.  John  Steele,  secoiul,  son  of  John  and 
Jean  .Steele,  was  born  in  bis  mother's  native 
place  in  iSii,  Sejitember  14.  Coming  to 
Nova  Scotia,  he  was  for  a  luniber  of  )cars  in 
the  custom-house  at  Halifa.\,  and,  having 
received  a  government  i)ensi(jn  since  his  retire- 
ment, has  since  resided  in  St.  John,  N.H. 
His  wife,  Mary,  was  a  daughter  of  Richard  and 
Ann  (I'arker)  Hobb,  of  Hertfordshire,  I'jig- 
land.  Horn  in  1S12,  .she  lived  to  the  advanced 
ago  of  over  ninety  years,  dying  in  1894.  They 
had  seven  children,  of  whom  the  onlv  ones  now 
living  are  David  A.  and  .^[arion.  The  latter 
is  the  wife  of  Henry  I..  I.everelte  and  the 
mother  of  four  children  -  (Jliarlcs  S. ,  I'annie 
I..,  h'lorencc,  and  Mainest.  I'annie  I.,  is  the 
wife  of  Clinton  Hrown,  of  St.  John,  V.  H. 
r'lorenee  is  the  wife  of  Donaldson  Hunt,  also 
of  that  city. 

David  A.  Steele  was  educated  at  Acadia 
University,  Wolfville,  N.S.,  graduating  there- 
from in  1865.  Ordained  to  the  Jiaptist  minis- 
try, he  was  jiastor  at  Canso,  N.S.,  from  1865 
to  1867,  and  from  1867  to  1896  pastor  of  the 
liaptist  church  in  .\miierst.  His  ministrv  has 
proved  of  much  bencllt  to  the  cause  of  religion 
and  morality,  and  lie  is  widely  resfiected. 


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Ho  was  married  in  1865  t(i  Sarah  Hart 
Whitman,  a  ilautjhtcr  of  S.  Whitman,  I'lsti.,  of 
C'ans(/.  They  have  hail  eight  chilcircn  ;  namely, 
Sidney  W.,  Noel  K,  A.  Dary,  Mary  IM.,  War- 
ren M.,  Grace  L. ,  Walter  E.,  ami  O.  Chrichton. 


ILISIIA  WILLIAM  HUDD  MOODY/ 
an  enterprising  and  successful  busi- 
ness man  of  Yarmouth,  was  born  at  St.  John, 
N.H.,  in  1S63,  son  of  John  Wentworth  and 
Jeanette  (Hrainc)  Moody.  He  is  a  descend- 
ant of  Colonel  James  Moody,  the  well-known 
Tory  partisan  and  scout,  who  at  the  outbreak 
of  the  Revolutionary  War  left  his  large  estate 
in  New  Jersey  tf)  enter  into  this  most  daring 
and  necessary  part  of  the  conflict.  After 
much  service  for  his  king  and  country,  and 
having  gained  a  widespread  reputation  for 
courage,  ingenuitv,  and  loyalty,  he  after  the 
war  went  to  Weymouth,  N.  .S. ,  where  he  died 
in  1809.  He  during  his  last  years  wrote  an 
account  of  his  adventures  and  experiences  dur- 
ing the  war,  which  was  published  under  the 
name  of  Moody's  Narrative.  The  father  of 
Colonel  Moody  was  John  Moody,  of  Lgg  Har- 
bor, N.J.  Colonel  Moody  had  two  children: 
a  daughter,  Maria,  who  married  an  Lnglish- 
man  named  Taylor,  and  always  after  her  mar- 
riage resided  in  Havre,  l''rance;  and  one  son, 
John,  born  in  New  Jersey  before  the  war,  who 
marrieil  Margaret,  daughter  of  Captain  IClisha 
iiudd,  of  Annapolis,  N.S. ,  before  that  a 
wealthy  citizen  of  Troy,  N.  Y. ,  who,  being  a 
Loyalist,  headetl  an  e.xpedition  of  others  who 
were  loyal   from    that    State    to   Nova  Scotia, 


where  Captain  Mudd  was  made  Major  and  put 
in  command  of  the  fort  at  Annapolis  (Tort 
Royal).  The  children  of  John  and  Margaret 
(15udd)  Moody  were:  a  daughter,  IClizabeth, 
who  died  in  childhood;  and  four  sons  —  James 
Hudd,  John  Wentworth,  Charles  Colburn,  and 
Klisha  William  Budd.  Klisha  William  Hudd 
Moody  was  born  at  Weymouth,  November  28, 
1799.  He  moved  to  Yarmouth,  and  became  a 
merchant,  and  was  also  the  Yarmouth  agent 
of  Lloyd's  for  many  years.  Successful  in 
life,  he  was  also  a  citizen  of  high  moral 
character,  and  was  much  respected.  He  mar- 
ried Sarah  R.  Harding,  a  native  of  Horton, 
N.S. ,  born  August  20,  1806.  They  had 
eleven  children,  of  whom  four  are  now  living 
—  Ralph  F.,  Robert  R.,  Margaret  H.,  and 
Jane.  The  mother  of  these  children,  Mrs. 
Sarah  R.  Moody,  died  November  14,  1844. 
In  1853  he  married  Mary  Stuart,  of  whose 
four  children,  two  girls,  Grace  and  Kate,  are 
now  living  in  luigland.  He  died  March  5, 
1863. 

John  Wentworth  Moody,  son  of  Llisha 
W.  H.  and  Sarah  R.  ^ioo(ly,  was  born  at  Yar- 
mouth in  1826.  lie  was  for  many  years 
Lloyd's  agent  for  the  ccast  from  Cajie  Sable 
along  the  Hay  ol  l'"unily  and  Minas  Hay  to 
Cumberland.  1  le  was  also  engaged  iiuite  ex- 
tensively in  the  insurance  business,  rejiresent- 
ing,  among  other  comj  'ies,  the  Liverpool 
Underwriters"  Association  and  the  National 
Hoaril  of  Marine  Underwriters  of  New  \'ork. 
Besides  this  he  was  \'iee-Consul  at  \'armouth 
for  Sweden  and  Norway  (which  position  he 
held  for  many  years)  and   Consular  .\gent  for 


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Spain  and  the  Arj^ontinc  Rei)ul)lic.  He  was 
also  larj^cly  interested  in  shipping,  and  was  a 
director  of  the  Hank  of  Yarmouth  and  of  the 
Yarmouth  Steamship  Company,  besides  hav- 
ing personal  interest  in  other  of  the  various 
industries  of  Yarmouth,  lie  died  at  the  age 
of  sixty-eight  years,  regretted  by  a  large  num- 
ber of  friends  and  acquaintances.  II is  wife, 
Jcanette,  was  horn  in  New  York  City  in  1836, 
a  daughter  of  James  Hraine.  They  had  five 
children,  four  of  whom  survive  —  Helen  M., 
Klisha  VV.  H..  Klizabeth  H.,  and  Julia  M. 
Helen  ^I.  is  the  wife  of  Charles  T.  Grantham, 
of  Yarmouth,  and  the  mother  of  five  children 
—  Helen  M.,  Jeanette,  Geraldine,  Kthel,  and 
Victor.  Julia  M.  is  the  wife  of  C.  W.  H. 
Grant,  of  St.  John,  N.H. 

IClisha  W.  H.  .Moody,  the  direct  subject  of 
this  sketch,  was  educated  in  the  schools  of 
Yarmouth  and  at  King's  College,  Windsor. 
After  comi)leting  his  studies  he  went  to 
lUieniis  Ayrcs,  Argentine  Republic,  whore  for 
five  years  he  was  in  the  emjiloy  of  a  railroad 
(Central  Argentine).  Returning  to  Nova 
Scotia  in  1892,  he  entered  tlie  Hank  of  Yar- 
mouth as  clerk,  and  has  since  continued  in 
the  employ  of  that  institution.  He  has  also 
other  business  interests,  having  upon  his 
father's  death  assumed  the  latter's  duties  as 
tlie  district  agent  of  Lloyd's  and  also  as  Vice- 
Consul  of  the  Argentine  Rejiublic  and  Con- 
sular Agent  for  Spain.  Wc  also  carries  on 
the  insurance  business  conducteil  by  his  father, 
in  all  of  which  various  enterprises  he  has  been 
very  successful.      In  politics  ho  is  a  Liberal. 

Mr.  Moody  was  marrieil   in    1889  to   listhcr 


Lewis  Doane,  daughter  of  George  H.  Doane, 
of  Yarmouth.  He  has  two  cliildren  —  Philip 
D.  (born  in  Huenos  Ayres)  and  Olive.  With 
his  family  he  attends  the  Church  of  I''ngland. 


|OBERT  THKAKSTON,*  City  Col- 
lector of  Halifa.N,  was  born  in  Lon- 
don, luigland,  December  13,  1849, 
his  parents  being  Major  Taylor  and  Sophia 
(Wood)  Thoakston.  Ho  is  a  grandson  of  Fran- 
cis Thcakston,  who  was  born  at  Ri[)on,  \'ork- 
shire,  England,  and  who  married  Hannah 
Wood,  a  native  of  the  same  place.  Francis 
and  Hannah  Thoakston  had  four  chiUhen,  none 
of  wiiom  are  now  living,  I'ayhir,  the  fatlier  of 
the  subject  of  tliis  sketcii,  iia\ing  been  the 
youngest. 

Robert  Theakston  in  iiis  boyhood  attended 
school  in  London.  Coming  to  Nova  Scotia  at 
the  age  of  fourteen,  he  first  found  employment 
as  clerk  for  David  .Starr  &  Co.,  liariKvare  mer- 
chants of  Hnlifa.x,  witii  whom  he  remained  ton 
years,  being  promoted  in  tiiat  time  to  the  posi- 
tion of  head  clerk.  In  1874  ho  loft  tlioir  em- 
ploy to  become  manager  of  Chiiimau  Hrothers' 
hardware  stciro;  but  after  a  year  in  the  employ 
of  the  Chipmans  ho  wont  into  l)usinoss  for 
liimsolf  as  hardware  merchant,  taking  as  a  jiart- 
ner  Mr.  Angwin,  tlie  (inn  name  being  Tiieaks- 
ton  &  Angwin.  Tiiis  continued  until  1888, 
when  Mr.  Theakston  gave  up  the  business  to 
enter  the  employ  of  tlie  city  government  of 
Halifax  as  Collector,  wlucli  ottice  ho  lias  since 
retained.  He  luul  previous!)-,  in  188O,  been 
a  monibor  of  the  .School  Hoard.      Ho  also  rop- 


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1883  to  18S8.  Ill  politics  he  is  a  Liberal. 
He  is  a  Free  Mason  and  a  member  of  the  So- 
ciety of  J-'oresters. 

On  August  25,  1S7.4,  .Mr.  Tiieakston  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Georgie  Cook,  a 
daughter  of  John  Cook,  of  Gay's  River,  N.  S. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Theakston  are  tiie  parents  of 
seven  children;  namely,  Robert  Frank,  Lucy 
Matilda,  ICditha  Georgie,  Arthur  Cook,  Albert 
La  Mart,  Mabel  Salina,  and  John  Clarence. 
The  family  attend  tiie  O.xford  Street  Methodist 
Church,  Mr.  Theakston  having  been  .superin- 
tendent of  the  Sunday-school  for  the  last  eigh- 
teen years. 

|0L()M:L  CHARLES  JOHN  MAC- 
DC  )XALD,  of  Halifax,  Inspector  of 
Post-offices  for  the  Province  of  Nova 
Scotia,  and  formerly  Commander  of  the  Sixt)- 
si.xth  Regiment  of  \'oluntcers,  was  born  in 
Ilalifa.v,  .\'.S.,  .April  4,  1^41,  son  of  Robert 
and  Catherine  (Gray)  Macdonald.  His  pater- 
nal grandfather  was  James  Macdonalil,  a  native 
of  .Scotland,  born  in  1726,  who  followed  farm- 
ing in  his  native  land  from  his  early  years 
until  his  death  in  1825.  He  was  a  well-to-do 
farmer  and  prominent  citizen  of  his  locality. 

Robert  ]\Iacilonald  was  born  on  the  old  home- 
stead in  Scotland  in  tiie  year  1790.  He  f(jl- 
jowed  farming  there  for  a  while,  and  also 
taught  school  in  bis  native  land  until  reaching 
the  age  of  twenty-five.  He  then  emigrated  to 
Nova  Scotia,  and,  entering  the  customs  de- 
partment at  Halifa.K  as  a  clerk,  continued  in 
the  employ  (jf  the  government  until   his  death 


in  1866,  at  the  age  of  se\enty-si.\  years.  His 
wife,  Catherine,  was  born  in  .Sar.bro,  N.  S. ,  in 
1808,  and  'liei'i  111  Halifax  at  tile  age  of 
seventy  . ex i...  They  had  seven  children,  of 
whom  five  are  now  living  —  James,  Clia  s 
Jolin,  .Sinion,  (ieorge  Francis,  and  ^Andrew. 
James  married  Grace  Thoniiison,  of  Halifax, 
antl  has  two  children  —  Colliii  and  Fva. 
Sinion  married  Jerusl.  .  Hamilton,  i/f  Ilalifa.x. 
George  Francis  married  Fva  Kangan,  of  Phila- 
delphia, and  has  two  children.  Andrew  mar- 
ried Jane  Cole,  of  Halifa.x,  N.S.,  and  lias  three 
children. 

Charles  John  Macdonald  was  educated  at 
Ualhousie  College,  Halila.v.  After  complet- 
ing his  studies,  he  entered  the  office  of  the  late 
Sir  John  Thompson,  who  was  at  that  time  one 
of  the  leading  barristers  of  Halifax,  and  en- 
gaged in  the  study  of  law.  Ik'ing  admitted  to 
tiie  bar  in  1872,  he  practised  his  [irofession  up 
to  1879,  when  he  was  ap|)ointed  Post-office 
Ins])ector  of  the  Pioxince  of  .Ndva  .Scotia, 
which  office  he  still  holds.  This  ap[)ointinent 
was  made  but  one  year  after  Colonel  Mac- 
donald had  entered  politics,  lie  lia\ing  been 
elected  to  the  Le,.;islatiire  in  187S  as  Rejiresent- 
ative  from  Halif.ix  County.  He  was  also  a 
member  in  that  year  of  the  Hohnes  Thdmp.son 
government,  though  without  pent  folio.  Colonel 
.Macdonald  is  one  of  the  oldest  living  members 
of  the  old  .Sixty-third  \iiliiiiteer  Rifles  of  Hal- 
ifax. He  was  Adjutant  of  the  Second  Col- 
chester and  Thirteenth  Halifax  N'obinteers, 
and  was  made  Captain  Adjutant  <if  the  Sixty- 
sixth  Regiment  at  its  organization.  Appointed 
.Senior  Alajor   in    1885,    he    served    with    that 


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rank  in  the  Halifax  Provincial  Hattalion  at  the 
time  of  tile  Nnrtli-west  raids.  On  his  return 
he  was  made  ..onimaiuier  of  the  Sixty-sixth 
Regiment,  which  position  he  held  until  iHqo, 
when  he  retired  and  was  ])laced  upon  the  spe- 
cial reserve  list  of  office/s.  In  1897  he  was 
l)laccd  upon  the  regular  reserved  list  of  officers. 
He  still  takes  a  keen  interest  in  military  mat- 
ters, and  is  one  of  those  upon  who.se  readiness, 
courage,  and  efTiciency  the  country  could  de- 
pend in  case  ol  emergency.  He  is  a  Free 
Mason  and  Past  Master  of  Alhol  Lodge  of 
Halifax. 


Colonel  Macdonald  has  been  twice  married. 
His  first  wife,  to  whom  he  was  united  in  1872, 
was  in  maidenhood  Mary  'I .  luans,  a  daughter 
of  William  Kvans,  of  Halifax.  Slu  died  at 
the  age  of  thirty  year.s,  leaving  one  child  — 
]':iiza  Jane,  who  is  now  the  wife  of  Andrew 
Hayne,  of  Halifax,  and  the  mother  of  a  son, 
Charles  M.  Colonel  Macdonald  married  for 
his  .second  wife,  in  1878,  Miss  Annie  Maclean, 
daughter  of  James  Maclean,  of  Halifa.x.  Of 
this  union  there  are  two  children  Mary  Gray 
and  Zillah  Katherine.  'I'he  family  attend  the 
Presbyterian  church. 


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^^^^y.SAAC-      Al.LI'.X    JACK,    (j.C 
^^^1       D.C.  I..,  banistcr-al-lawaiul  hir- 
'^^-'/fli      iiiLTlv    Recorder  of    the  city  n\ 
'i"^^^       St.  John,  was  horn  in  St.  John. 
■^^14  V       Jiiiic  26,  KS4,:;,  a  son  of  William 
17^       Jack,  IJ.C.      I  lis  paternal  t;ianch 
0       lathei"  was  David  William  Jack, 
^  who    came    to    New     liruiiswick 

Ironi  Cooper  h'ile,  Scotland.  D.ivid  W.  Jack 
married  Rebecca,  a  dau,:;lUer  ot  'I'homas  W'ver, 
,,ne  ot  the  Loyalists  ol  i;.S;v  who  had  served 
the  crown  as  Lieutenant  Colonel  duiiiiL;  the 
Rcvidutionary  War,  and  who  came  to  St.  .\n- 
drews,  N.li.,  from  what  was  then  l^'almouth, 
Mass.,  but  is  now  I'ortlaiul,   Me. 

William  Jack,  (J-'-  bither  ol  the  suhject  ol 
thi>  sketch,  w.is  born  in  St.  Andrew'.,  Ch.ir 
Idtte  County,  in  iSii.  lie  w, is  cduc.ited  in 
his  n.ilive  lown,  and  on  ariiviu-  at  maturity 
m.ide  choice  ol  the  law  as  his  prolo>sion, 
.\itor  bein,^  .nhnitted  to  the  bar  he  removed  to 
St.  (ieori;r,  where  he  lem.iiueii  until  .dioul 
1X411,  when  he  remoxcd  to  Si.  John,  ,ind  soon 
secured  ,1  lar.no  and  1  euiuner.U  ive  pr.utice. 
lie  w,is  lur  some  ve,ir>  NLisler  in  Ch.imeiy, 
and  was  aNo  .\d\o.  ,ite-,i;i'uer,il.  Aside  Irom 
a  -ood  undeist.indiii^  ot  hi-,  pi.itc'.sion,  ope 
ci.ill\   in  eipiitv,  he  h,ul  a  wide  -ener.il   knowl 


edi;e    in    liirrature   and    natural     science.       A 
lover  of  nature  and  devcjted   to   his   family,  his 
tavorite   recreation  was  the  beautify inj;-  of   his 
home,    Cari,L;leaL;b,    ainl   many   of   his   liap|iiest 
hours  were  spent    in   the  .-.nden.      He  was  one 
of   the  charter  members  and   vice-president   ot 
the  Mechanics'    Institute  of   St.  John  and  pres- 
ident  of  the    Xatural    History  Society  o|'   Now 
r.runswiik,  and   be   was   also   chairman    of   the 
town   ol    I'oitland,  warden  of   the  municipality 
,,f  St.    |olm,  .md  president  of  the  St.  John  L.iw 
Sociel\.      Ilemarried  l-'.mnia  Carletoii,  daughter 
of  C.iptain  Joseph  Keiiah,  of  the  One  Hundred 
;'ud    l-'oiuth    Re-iment.      llcr    mother,    whose 
m  lidcn    name  w.is    M.irv  .\llen,  was  a  dau,L;hter 
lit    Isaac   Allen  iforwdiom   the  subject   of    this 
sketch  w.is  named),  a  Loyalist   from    New  Jer- 
sey, who  >crvcd  under  the  cniwn  as  Lieutenant 
C(doncl,    ,ind    who    upon    his    .uiival    in    New 
lirunswiik    in    \-J^\    was   appointed   one   ot    the 
|ud,i;cs  u|    the  .Supreme   Comi   ..1    ihe  pro\  iiice. 
.\  -landsiin  ol    bis  w.is  Sii"  John  ('.   .Mien,  the 
lite  Chief  liisiiic,      Willi, im.uul  I'.iuma  Carle- 
ton   |,uk  we'c  the   parents   ol    eleven    children, 
III    whom    the    two   eldest,    twins,    died    yoimj;. 
I  he  other  nine  still  suia  i\e. 

Is.i.ic    .\llen    J.uk,    ,ifter    reccix  in-    his    ele 
menl.us  educ.itinn,  Ik cime  a  pupil   ol    the   late 


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Canon  Lee,  under  whom  he  studic.l  for  scvcnl  est  in  literary  \vori<,  and  has  eontrihiiU-.l  to 
years.  He  then  entered  the  Collegiate  Sehool  '  various  mn-a/.ines  and  jouraals  and  learned  so- 
at  Fredericton.  and.  after  l,dlowin^  the  regular  ■  eieties.  Owing  to  ill  h.alth  he  resigned  his 
enurse  there,  .-atrieulated  at  King's  College.  '  offue  of  Recorder  at  the  eh.se  ..f  1S94,  and 
Fredericton,  afterward  removing  to  KM,g\  ^  retired  from  active  life  in  the  ensuing  June. 
College,    Windsor,    N.  S. ,    where    in    1X63    he,  ^ ^^^ 


received  the  degree  of  Hachelor  of  Arts,  In 
1S77  he  received  from  the  last  mentioned  col- 
lege the  degree  of  Hacholor  of  Civil  Law  and 
in  1SS4  that  of  Doctor  of  Civil  Law.  Cpon 
leaving  college  he  began  the  study  of  law  with 
his  father,  and  was  admitted  attorney  in  Octo- 


rM  DON',  D.D..  D.f.L.,  Church  of 
-L  V_^  I'lngland  Hishoi)  of  New  Hnmswick, 
w.islioin  in  London,  luiglaml,  .Xpril  ifi,  1^35. 
'riic  famih  of  which  iic  is  a  worthy  represenla- 

her.    iSr.r,.    and    barrister   the    following   year.      live  has  been   traced   hack   to   the  year    1450; 

He' was    appointed    Recorder  ol    St.    John    in      and  an  account    of    its  origin,  together  with  its 

April.  1SS5.  and  was  again   api-mntcd  to  that  |  coat    of    arms,    may    he    found    in    hooks    ol 

olTiee   in    18S9,  upon  the   union  of  the  city  of  '  hciaUhy. 

St.     John    with    that    ol     Portland.      lie    uas  Hishnp  Kingd.m  began  his  education    in   St. 


created  (J.  C.  March    iS,   1S91.      * 


111   the  death      Paul's  School,  Lonilor..  where   he  was   cajitam 


of  Mayor  barker  he  filled  the  vacant  olhce 
until  the  election  of  a  new  mayor,  at  the  same 
time  i)erforming  his  duties  as  Recorder. 

Mr.  Jack  is  a   member  of   St.   .Xndrcw's  So 
eiety  an.l  of    the    Loyalists'    Societ\     of    New 
Prunswuk;  a  fellow  of   the    Literary  .md   His- 
torical Society  of   nuebcc;   lellow  of  the  li.di-      II.    P.   Liddon,    where  he   u-a>   elected   schoKu 
burton   Societv,  Windsor,  X.S. 


of  the  scho(d.  In  iSiS  he  gr.iduated  at  Trin- 
it\-  College,  (.'ambridge.  He  was  granted  a 
place  in  the  honor  list  in  m.itheniatics ;  but, 
a>  he  fell  sick  and  could  not  hnish  the  c\ami- 
u.itioii,  he  w.is  not  classed.  He  was  then  fi.r 
a    ye.u-    at    Cudciesd.m    College,    under    Canon 


a  member  ot 
the  Associated  .\lumni  ol  King's  College, 
Wind-or,  .N'.S.  ;  a  member  ol  the  laculty  u|  the 
L.iw  School  of  St.  John,  conilucted  in  coniicc 
tion  with  King's  College,  Wind.-.,  ;  and  a 
mcnd)er    of     the     New     Prunswick     Historical 


le    vv.is  ord, lined    Deacon   by    Bishop   Wilber- 
lorce.  of  ().\ford,  and   priest  by  Pishop    llamil 


ton.  n[  Salisluu).  i'or  ;ibout  three  years  .uid 
a  h.ilt  he  was  curate  of  Sturminster  Marshall, 
and  he  sub-ei|ueiit  ly  oftici  ited  in  a  like  cipac- 
jt\  lor  two  \c,irs  at  Devi/e.-.  'i'hen  for  a 
Soeiety  He  was  lor  manv  vears  a  mcnd.er  of  perind  ol  hve  years  he  was  vice  principal  of 
the  IKud  ol  Directors  and  lor  two  u^ars  prci-  Sali.buiy  I'hcolo.ica:  College,  alter  which  lor 
.lent  of  the  Mechanics'  InMitnte  n|  St.  John.  nine  se,,r>  be  uas  curate  ul  .St.  Andiews 
He  is  a  member  ol  theCbinvb  o|  baigl.md.  and  ;  Church,  Wells  Street,   London.      Subse.pienlly 


in  iJolitie,s  is  a  Liberal.      He  t.ikes  -real  inter- 


ior some  time  he  w.is  \i(.ar  ol    (iood    Laster  (a 


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cnrriiption  of  "God's  Ivister"),  near  Chclms- 
foRl.  While  there  lie  was  elected  Coadjutor 
Hishop  of  ]''re(lerictcin,  and  was  consecrated 
July  10,  18.S1.  In  the  same  year  he  received 
his  degree  of  IJoctor  of  Divinity  at  Cambridge, 
i:iii,dand,  in  1893   that   of   Doctor  of  Divinity 


from     King's    College,    Windsor,    X.S.,    and      how  manv  there  are. 


dent  and  lover  of  books,  and  the  possessor  of  a 
large  and  valuable  library,  containing  some 
works  s(,  rare  as  to  Ije  almost  i>ricelo,ss. 
AuKjng  them  is  a  Latin  manuscript  dated 
1268'.  lie-  has  not  yet  found  time  to  cata- 
logue the  books,    and    does    nut    himself   know 


later  that  of  Doctor  of   Civil  Law  from  Trinity 
College,  Toronto,  Canada. 

A  man  of  earnest  purpose  and   scholarly  at- 
tainments, Hishop  Kingdiin  has  not  onlv  faith- 
fully and  efficiently  perfdrmed  the  high   duties 
nf   his  sacred   office,    but   has  also   omtributed 
effectively  by  his  ])en  and  otherwise  to  advance 
the  cause  of  religion   and   imre  m.iraiity.      In 
iS-^  he  wrote  a  book   entitled    'h'asting   Com- 
munion"   (published    by    Ldiigmans.    (uven   & 
Co.).      'i'his  work,  so  full  i>(  erudite  references 
as  to   be   practically  unanswerable   b\'   chtirch- 
iiieu  "f  different   views,  attracted   so   much   at- 
tention in  ecclesiastical    circles  as  to  eause  the 
publication   of  a  second   edilimi    in    1S75.      JIc 
is  also  the  author  of  a  pamphlet  <in  "  Divorce,  " 
the    main    tenets    of    which    h.ive   since    been 
crystalli/ed  into  part  of  the  repoii  of  the  Lower 
House    of     Convocation     of     \',)\k.      baigland. 
Tliis  pamplilet  was  written  while   he  was  serv- 
ing'  "II    'lie    Chunh    Committee    on    Divoive, 
having   been,   ajipointed    by  the   bishops  o|    the 
Lcclesiastical    Province   of   Canada.      In    iS.to 
li'shop  Kin-don  was  apjiointed   to  delivei    the 
"Hishop    Paddock    le;tuies"    at    the    Ccneral 
'i'heological    .Seminary  at   \ew  \,nk,  beiiiL;  the 
first   alien  t(.  aei    in    this   .ap.uily.      In    i.S.SS 
and  iS.i;  he  .ittend-  •  t    ,    «    ,hf,Teiue   (.1    Hisli 
oils  at  l.anibvih,   ICngland,       lie  is  a   deep   stii- 


In  1890  Hishop  Kingdon  was  married,  in 
the  cathedral,  Lreclericton,  X.H.,  to  Anna 
Heverl(;y,  daughter  of  Lieutenant  Colonel 
Heverley  Adino  Robinson  and  widow  of 
George  William  Marsh.  One  child,  a  daugh- 
ter, Anna  Phillipps  Kenordcn,  has  been  born 
of  this  union.  Mrs.  Kingdon's  first  husband, 
by  whom  she  has  two  daughters,  was  a  de- 
s-viulant  of  Archbishop  Marsh,  of  Dublin, 
through  his  s,..i,  who  married  a  daughter  of 
Hishop  Jeremy  Taylor. 

Mrs.  Kingdon  is  of  the  fifth  generation  in 
descent  In.m  Colonel  Heverly  Robin.soii,  who 
cnnimanded  a  regiment  of  Loyalists  in  the 
.\merican  Revolution.  .As  is  well  known, 
Heverly  Robinson  was  an  early  friend  and 
schoidmate  of  n-ashington,  Jk-  married  Su- 
saniie  Philipse,  daughter  of  Frederick  I'iiilip.se. 
second  lonl  of  the  manor  of  Pbilipseborough, 
N-N.;  :;ud  it  iv.is  at  his  home  in  \ew  \'ork 
that  Washington  in  1756  niet  and  admired 
Mrs.  Robinson's  sister,  the  beautiful  Mary 
Philipse.  co-lieiress  with  her  of  a  l.irge  estate. 
"That  he  sought  her  hand,  and  was  refused,  is 
tr.iditioiial,  "  sa\  s  Irving. 

I'roiii  Colonel  Heverly  Robinson  the  line  of 
descent  is  through  his  son,  Heverly,  who  mar- 
ried .\nn,i  1).  H.ucl.iy,  ,ind  their  .son.  P'rcderick 
I'hilipse,  who  m.uriei.   J.nie    Padd -ck,  to    Hev- 


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erlcy  Ailinn,  above  named  (Mrs.  Kin,i;(l(.n's  j  soumis  like  those  (if  the  rin-ing  of  a  jieal  of 
father),  who  married  his  cousin,  Anna  M.,  |  he]ls.  If  a  jicasant  is  asked  what  that  sound 
daughter  of  John  V.  and  Anna  (i'adiiock)  lis,  lie  will  reply,  "Hottreaux  hells."  In  the 
Thur"ar.      Mrs.   Kini;(lon's  {grandmothers  were     namiiii;-  of  his  attractive  and  commodious  resi- 


sisters,  daughters  of  .\dino  Paddock,  M.D.,  ot 


dence    Hisliop    Kinj^don    is   thus    perpetuatinf^ 


I II. 1 1'  NA.Sl':,  foimder  ol  the  lirm  of 
1'.  Nase  &  .Son,  merchants,  St.  Joiin, 
w  IS  horn  at  Nerepis,  parish  of  West- 


Xew  l^runswick,  and   -rand-dau.-hters  <if   t  ap-  j  an  interesting  bit  of  tiie  folklore  ol  his  native 

lain  Adino  I'aildock,  or   Major  I'addock,  a  sub-      land. 

stantial   and    useful   citizen   of   !!ost<in,   Mass., 

in    pre- Revolutionary  times   sometimes   spoken 

of,  from  his   business  and   the   place  where   he 

had    his    business    training,    as   "the    London 

coach-maker."    now    remembered   as   a    public 

benefactor.      The  "I'addock   elms  "  and  •' Tad-      field.    N.  H. ,    April    26,   i82i,,son   of   William 

dock's  Mall,"  in  front  of  the  (iran.ii\  DuiMng-      11.  and  Charlotte  (Harding)  Nase.      He  was  a 

n-round,  whidi  they  sh.nled  for  upwar.ls  of  'OiK'     descendant   in   the   fifth   generation   of    Henry 

hundred  yea.rs,  took   their   name   Iroin   him,  he      X  ise,  who  was  bcu-n  in   (Germany  in  1695,  and 

having   been   chieflv    instriniieiital    in    phmi  iiig      eim-rated  to  America    in    172H.      Henry  Nase 

them  about  the  year    1762.      C'apt.iiii    I'addock      settled    in    Dutchess  County,    New    \'ork.  and 

died  on  the  Isle  of  Jersey  in   1S04.  resided  there  until   his  death,  which  occurreil 

liishop       Kiiigdon's       rc-ideuce.       l!otlreau\  '•  in    1759. 
House,  is  thus   named,   after  .1   castle,  or  re-i-  I'iiilip  Nase,  first,  son  of   Henry  and  great- 

deuce,  built  at  l!o.c.i-lle,  Cornw.ill,  by  -Sir  grandlather  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was 
lonathaii  I'liillipp'^,  an  uncle  of  his  grand  boru  in  Cermany  in  1 724,  and  came  to  Amer- 
mother,  .ind  known  .is  ■■Hottreaux  Ca-tle.  '  ■  iea  with  his  p.irents  when  four  years  i>]i\. 
Comuclcd  with  the  n.ime  is  ,1  well-known  The  rest  of  his  life  was  spent  in  New  Voik, 
legend  of  the  Cornish  co.isl.  Il  -cms  ib.U  afld  he  died  October  lo,  iSoS.  His  wile  w.is 
some  centinies  ,igo  a  -hip  with  .1  cngo  of  IkIN  h.^in  in  Dutchess  ',  ounty.  May  10,  T7J4, 
from  .Spain  was  trying  to  m.ike  port  .it  P-is  daa-hter  ol  John  Dutcher.  a  native  of  Hol- 
caslle.  ■■.Ml,"  said  the  iiiloi,  ■•tlumk  C.od  1  land,  .^he  died  in  New  N'ork,  December  7, 
We  are   now   almost   safe'"      ■■No,"  said   the      i.Sdi. 

captain,  '■thank  not  Coil,  but  the  go,„|  >hip  '  Their  son.  Colonel  Henrv  Nase.  who  was 
and  the  capt.iin."  They  were  not  -ale,  how  "  born  June  J,S.  I75_'.  served  as  an  officer  in  the 
ever;  .md  the  ves-el  found. led.  on.tnount,  it  j  lirit ish  .army  with  (ieneral  Coffin  before  he 
is  said,  of  the  cipt.iin'-  blas|ihemv.  The  h.id  attaineil  his  lull  rank  duriuL,  the  Aineri- 
acoustic  proper!  il--  o!  the  ca\o,-  that  line  the  .111  Kev.dution,  and  settb'd  in  New  Hruns- 
coast  are  such    that   at    times  they  give   forth  |  wick    prior   to    the   coming   ot    that    l.oy.dist. 


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Locating  upon  a  tract  of   land  at  the  mouth  of 
the  Nerepis  Rivur,  in  tho  parish  of  VVesttiekl, 
he  enJ,^'l<,'e(l   in   aKricuitural   jnirsuits,   and   for 
f--inc   time  was  Jud<,a'   of    I'rohate   for    Kinys. 
County.      As  a  prominent   churehman   he   was  ) 
lay  reader  whenever  the  parish  was  without  a  \ 
resident  elerjiyman;  and,  there  l)ein<;  no  church 
edifice  at  that  time,  services  were  held  in   pri- 
vate houses  nr  in  a  large  ham   near  Alwington  ' 
Manor,  the  residence  of  General  Cufifin.      Sev- 
eral of  his   sons  were   'oap-tized    in   that   huild- 
in--.      Colonel  Nase  died    in    May,    i,S:;6.      On 
March    i  ?,    i-SS,    he   married   Jane    (  )uinton, 
who  was  horn  January  27,   1767,  and  died  Mav 
2<).     1S5J.        They   reared    four  sons    and    six 
daughters,  William    H.  being  the  second   son 
and  the  fourth-horn  child, 

William  11.  Nase,  the  father  df  I'hilip,  was 
horn  at  the  homestead  in  Nerei)is,  June  19, 
1793.  He  was  engaged  in  general  farming 
during  the  active  period  of  his  life,  whic!i 
terminated  June  f,,  iS.So.  dnrlotte  Harding 
Xase,  his  wife,  whom  he  marri.'d  October  Ji, 
KSr7,  was  b.uii  July  4,  171)4.  They  were  the 
parents  of  three  snns  and  seven  daughters: 
and  I'hilip,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  wa.s  the 
second  son  and  the  Lhird-horn  child. 

I'hilip  Nase  was  reared  upon  the  homeste.n! 
farm,  and  resided  there  until  i,S.;7  Coming 
to  .St.  John  in  tli.it  year,  he  established  him-  ■ 
self  in  merc.intile  business  at  liuliantown.  ' 
where  he  remained  in  tnide  until  sellim:  out  ' 
Hi  I.S5.|.  Kepiirchasmg  the  store  in  \H(',i,  he  ' 
carried    it    nu    siiccessfuHv    until    his    death 


whose  confidence  he  had  gained  by  his  strict 
adherence  to  upright  principles;  and  his  many 
commendable  qualities  were  heartily  appreei- 


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ited  by  all  who  knew  him. 

Mr.    Xase   contracted   the    first    of   his   two 
marriages,    March    23,    1847,    with    Mlizabeth 
Mary   Hamm,    daughter  of    David    llamni,    of 
Westtield.      She  died   October    13.   1872.      On 
October   13.    1S7S,  he   married   for  his   second 
wile    Cydia    Ann    \an    Wart.       lie    was    the 
father  of  eleven  children,  ten  by  his  first  wife 
and   line    by   his   second,    namely:    David    H., 
horr    I'ebruary  3.   i,S48:    .Mary    M. ,    burn    Sep- 
tember   7.     1849,    who    married     Charles    F. 
Wjiodman:    Sarah    C. ,    born    April    22,    1851, 
who   died    April    29,     1868;     Leonard    Tilley, 
born  August  20.    1.S53;  Ccorge   H. ,  born    Ma) 
"'>.   1857:    Helen  M.,  who  married    Robert    U. 
I'aterson:  James    1'.,    born   January    26,    1863, 
who  is  now  residing  at   the  old   homestead    in 
We.stfield;    Mathias    Hamm.    Imrn    December 
26.     i8r,4:     William    Henry,    b,,rn    November 
10,    iS(,r,:     |-,ank,    b.irn    May    15.     186,):    nm] 
Otto,  iiorn  {■'i.bruary  5.    1S81,  the  latter  bv  the 
second  union. 

I.cou.nd  Tilley  Xase,  who  is  a  member  of 
th.'  linn  o|  p,  \;,se  vS:  Son,  successors  to  P. 
Nase,  married  Susie  C.  Case,  and  has  one 
son,  I'hilip,  born  October  12.  1886.  Ceorge 
H. .  who  is  residing  in  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  mar- 
ried hanily  li.  Roggenbau.  Mathias  Hamm 
N.ise,  who  is  a  building  contractor  in  New 
\'ork,  married  Adcbiiii-  Louise  l-'crrcl. 
Willi, im  lleiii'v.  who  is  .ilso  in  the  tirni  r)f 
1'.  Nase  ^K:  Son,  marrie.l  Mary  Massie  I'leiii^ 
ing.      I'rank,    who    is   an   accountant    for    tlic 


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Anaconda    Mining  Company    of    lUitte    City, 
Mont.,  married  Mina  S.  Hedge. 

The  late  Mr.  Nase  was  a  member  of  tlio 
Chinch  of  Ijigland  and  for  some  years  a  ves- 
tryman of  St.  Lui<e"s  Church,  and  took  a  deep 
interest  in  religious  work. 


'OX.   iii:nrv   rohi;rt   i;mmkr- 

.S()\,  (J.  C,  of  Dorchester,  X.H., 
Premier  of  the  I'rovince  nl  New 
Mi-'Tjiswick,  has  been  prominently  identilied  with 
public  affairs  for  a  numlier  of  years,  anil  is 
well  known  in  legal  circles.  A  son  of  the  late 
Rev.  Robert  II.  Mt^nnerson,  he  was  born  .Sep- 
totnber  2^.  li^'53.  in  MaiigerviUe,  N.H.  His 
paternal  grandfather,  John  bannierson,  was  en- 
gaged in  linnbering  and  farming  in  Xew 
Hiun^wick  during  his  earlier  life,  but  suhse- 
(luentl)-  removed  to  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  where 
he  continued  his  chosen  occu|iatinu  until  bis 
death,  at  a  i;ciod  old  age.  His  wife,  whose 
maiden  name  was  Maria  'ln/er,  attained  the 
venerable  age  of  ninety  \eais.  They  had  nine 
children,  of  whom  live  aie  now  'i\ing. 

Robert  II.  Mnnnerscjn  wa>  the  third  child  of 
|ohn  and  M:iria  b'.inmersnn.  After  nhtainiiig 
the  nidiineiUs  of  his  ediicatinn  in  tin-  disf.ict 
school,  he  studied  first  at  the  i.apti^t  .Seini- 
nai\-  in  P'rcdcricton  and  later  at  .\iadi,i  Col- 
lege in  No\a  .Scotia.  On  leaving  the  latter 
institution  he  prepared  for  the  inini>tiy,  and 
then  accepted  a  call  In  the  Baptist  chinch  in 
Maugerville,  Stinbiny  County,  wiicre  he  re- 
mained some  time.  He  suhsecpicntly  became 
the  pastcir  of   the    Haptist    (lunch   at    Moiutnii, 


X.H.,  and  was  preaching  there  at  the  time  of 
his  death,  which  occurred  when  he  was  but 
thirty-one  years  idd.  He  married  Augusta, 
daugiiter  of  Jo.seph  Read,  of  Minndie,  X'.S.  ; 
and  she  is  still  living,  her  home  being  with 
her  son,  the  Hon.  Henry  R.  ICmmerson,  in 
Dorchester.  Of  their  happy  union  three  chil- 
dren were  born,  as  follows:  Henry  R.  ;  V.  \V.  ; 
and  banma.  wife  of  Harvey  Atkinson,  O.  C. ,  of 
Monctiin,   X.H. 

Henry  R.  lunmerson,  O.  C. ,  pursued  his  early 
studies    in   various  educational    institutions  of 
note,  including  St.  Joseph's  College,  Meinram- 
cook,     X.H.  ;     Amherst     .Academy,    Amherst, 
X..S.  ;     Mount     Allison    Academ)',     Sack\ille, 
X.IS.  ;     the     I'lnglish     High     School,     Hoston, 
Mass.;  tiie   IJorton   C"ollegiate  Academy;  and 
Acadia   College,    in   Wolfville,   X.S.      Having 
decided    upon  a  profession.il     career,    he    tiicn 
began  the  stud}  of  law,  and    in    i.S;;  graduated 
'  from  the    Huston    I'niser.sity  Law  Scho(d    with 
;  the  degiee  of  Bachelor  of  Laws.       Immediately 
i  bleating  in  Dorchester,  X.H.,  he  was  admitted 
I  to  the  bar  duriii.L;   the   same  year,  and   at   tmce 
j  beg, HI   the   practice    of   bis   profession.      He  is 
:  now    a    (Jneen's    CJum^cl     for     the     I'rovince. 
'  Since  taking  up  his  residenci:  in  Westmorland 
j  Coiint\-,    Mr.    LanmeiMin    has    excited    ,i    gie.it 
inlbience   in   political    circles,  and    lias    sei\ed 
with    .ibility    and     fidelit\-     in    many   oHices   ol 
I  trust    and    responsibility,    although   at  one   or 
I  two    elections    ot    the    gener.il    Dominion   he 
|iro\ed    an    unsuccessful    candid, ite   tor    politi 
j  cal  honors.      I'"or  scxcial  ye.iis  he  was  a  .School 
I'riistee   and    the    secretary  of    the    Hoard.         In 
iSS.S   lie   was   elected   ,i   uu'nibei   o|  the  I'l  .i\  in- 


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cial  l*;irliLiiiii'nt,  represent ing'  Albert  County. 
Ill  i8i)i  Ik-  became  a  member  nf  tlie  Mxeeii- 
tive  Conn  On  tbi-  luth  (if  (ktober,   1S92, 

lie  was  ^  \  .111  ill  as  Cbief  Conmiissioiier  nf 
I'ublic  Wiirks;  and  in  October,  1S97,  lie  a.s- 
siinied  llie  duties  cdiiiieitcd  uitb  the  rreiiiier- 
sbij)  iif  this  pKJviiue.  He  was  at  one  time 
a  meiulier  of  the  I-C};!'  '  ivc  Council  of  the 
rroviiue,  in  which  he  vi'ted  for  its  aholitinn  ; 
aiul  this  came  about  in  l.S(j2.  This  honorable 
recoitl  of  service  in  hi,i;ii  olticial  positions  is 
siieaking  evidence  of  the  j;reat  estimation  in 
which  Mr.  ICmmersoii  is  held  throii^boni  his 
native  proviiu'c,  and  is  a  cons[)iciious  luiiute 
to    bis  talents  and    inte,:;iity. 

Mr.  Mmmerson  ami  l-'.mily,  daiiybter  of  the 
late  C.  li.  kc  ni(j,  of  Moncton,  N'.H.,  were 
married  on  June  \2,  1S7S,  and  tlu\'  have  live 
I'hildren,  namely:  h'.thel  R.  ;  lleiiiy  R.,  jr.; 
iMiiily  K.  ;  liernice  .S.  ;  and  Marion  1!.  Hotb 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  lunnuTsdii  are  meiiibeis  of  the 
Baptist  church.  Mr.  h'.mmerson  is  president 
of  the  Haptist  C'oiivention  for  the  Maritime 
I'roviii'cs;  also  a  member  of  the  Uoard  of 
(ioveniors  of  .\cadia    I'liiversil v. 


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ICOKCih;  K()Iii:kI'  SA.VC.STI'K.  a 
j^l  prominent  and  prosperous  citi/en  of 
Moncton,  N.I?.,  is  living;-  somewhat  retireil 
from  active  jiursuits,  enjoyint;  the  fruit  of  bis 
earlier  years  of  industry.  lie  was  born  N'o- 
vember  JS,  iSj4,  in  I'almoutb,  N'.S.,  the 
town  in  which  his  father,  the  late  John 
.Sanj;ster,  Ji..  first  opened  his  eyes  to  the 
liLrht   of   this   be.iiitilul    world.      lie   conies  of 


Scotch  ancestry  on  bis  father's  side,  his  pa- 
ternal ^jrandf.ither,  John  San^ster,  .Sr.,  havinj^ 
been  born  and  brouj;ht  up  in  Aberdeen,  .Scot- 
land. 

When  a  youn^  man  John  San<;ster,  .Sr., 
emij^rated  with  two  of  his  brothers  to  Amer- 
ica. One  brother  settled  in  Toronto,  Canada, 
and  one  at  Cape  Breton,  while  John  himself 
boiii^ht  land  in  l''almouth,  N.S.,  where  he  car- 
ried on  i^eneral  farming  with  excellent  results, 
and  also  kept  a  house  of  public  entertainment, 
the  Sangster  Inn,  which  was  well  patronized 
for  many  years.  He  was  tv  remarried;  and 
his  first  wife,  whose  family  name  was  Cleve- 
land, was  the  paternal  tjraiulmother  of  George 
K.  .Sangster. 

John  .Sangster,  Jr.,  was  born  at  the  old 
homestead  in  l*'almoutJi,  N..S. ,  ami  there  spent 
the  :;riater  portion  of  his  sixty-five  years  of 
life,  but  died  in  Cornwallis,  N'.S.  I"'ollow- 
ing  the  occupation  in  which  he  was  reared,  be 
became  one  of  the  leading  agriculturist',  of 
that  part  of  the  country,  and  was  highly  re- 
s|)ected  for  his  manliness  of  character  and 
honest  dealings.  He  married  Mrs.  Aiii 
Xortbrup  Church,  who  lived  to  the  age  of 
seventy-si.\  years.  Both  were  attendants  of 
the  Methodist  church.  They  bad  si.\  chil- 
dren, of  whom  (ieorge  K.  is  the  only  one  now 
living. 

(ieorge  R.  S.tngster  pursued  his  elementary 
studies  in  the  schools  of  Canning,  N.S.,  later 
ciunpleting  his  iducaton  at  the  academy  in 
Lower  llortiui,  a  neighboring  town.  Then, 
little  inclined  to  spend  bis  life  in  tilling  the 
Soil,  be  Went  to  Boston,  .Mass.,  where  for  sev- 


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oral  years  he  was  emiiloyccl  as  the  (h-iver  of  a 
horse-car.  Ambitious  and  venturesome,  how- 
ever, lie  determined  to  find  some  other  mode 
of  mal:ing  a  living,  and  soon  joined  a  [larty  j 
going  by  mule  train  to  the  Rocky  Mountain;; 
in  search  of  gold.  After  being  there  success- 
fully engaged  in  mining  for  some  time,  he  re- 
turned to  Nova  Scotia,  and  for  five  years  was 
engaged  as  caterer  in  the  Kentville  Station 
Dining-rooms.  In  1876  he  came  to  Monclon, 
and  for  ten  years  was  caterer  01  the  dining- 
room  at  the  Moncton  depot.  Retiring  from 
business  in  1886,  Mr.  Sangster  continued  his 
residence  in  Moncton,  and  has  ^ince  been 
busily  employed  Iti  looking  after  his  jnivate 
interests,  which  are  numerous  and  important. 
He  is  a  shareholder  in  phosphate  huids  in 
Florida,  and  also  in  the  Acadian  Coal  and 
Coke  Comiiany,  of  which  he  is  one  f)f  the  di- 
rectors. 

A  Liberal  in  his  political  views,  he  is  ac- 
tive in  local  affairs,  and  for  two  years  served 
as  Town  Councillor  fiom  Wanl  Three.  In 
1854  he  was  made  a  Mason  in  Mount  'i'abor 
T.odge  of  b'ast  Boston,  .Mass.  He  was  de- 
mitted,  and  is  now  an  honorary  member  of 
Keith  Lodge,  V.  ik  A.  M.,  of  Moncton,  and 
is  I'ast  Master  of  Kentvillj  Lodge.  He  was 
made  a  Royal  Arch  Mason  in  St.  joim  Royal 
Arch  Chapter,  I'last  Boston.  lie  belongs  to 
Ivanhoe  Preceptor)-  nf  Moncton,  X.  I!.  ;  also  to 
I'rince  Albert  Lodge,  I.  <).  O.  I'". ,  nl  Monc- 
ton. Having  never  swerved  tmm  the  relig- 
ions faith  in  which  be  was  reared,  Mi'.  Sang- 
stei-  is  an  iniluential  meml)er  of  the  .Methodist 
church,  to  wliich   his   family  also   belong,  and 


he  is  very  liberal  in  his  gifts  to  that  denomi- 
nation. He  erected  the  Wesley  Memorial 
Church  of  Moncton,  and  on  its  completion  in 
1890  presented  it  to  the  IVIethodist  Society. 

Mr.  .Sangster  and  Rebecca  1"!.,  daughter  of 
I'llisha  Loonier,  of  Canning,  N.S.,  were  mar- 
ried on  .September  9,  1857.  They  have  three 
children  living,  namely:  John  H.,  born  March 
'7>  '''^59'  ^vho  married  on  IVLiy  13,  1885, 
Alma  L.  Mcb'arland,  and  has  two  childri;n  — 
John  C,  born  July  2,  1886,  and  ICmma  R., 
born  November  11,  1893;  Lizzie  .S.,  who 
was  born  March  24,  1861,  and  is  now  the  wife 
of  Harry  L  Brown,  of  Moncton,  and  has  one 
cliild,  Jean  S.,  born  February  5,  1893; 
and  George  I-.,  born  Noven.ber  24,   1863. 


CALUS  LOCKWOOl)  I'ALMICR, 
late  JCquity  Judge  of  the  Supreme 
(lourt  of  New  Brunswick,  a  jurist 
of  nice  tli.in  Provincial  rei)Utation,  was  at  the 
time  of  his  death,  wiiicli  occurred  August  10, 
1899,  one  of  the  oldest  menil)ers  of  the  New 
Brunswick  bar.  He  was  born  at  .Sackville, 
N.B.,  in  1.X20,  son  of  Pbili])  Palmer.  His 
grandfather,  (lideon  Palmer,  who  was  the  first 
of  the  faniil)-  in  this  Province,  was  living  in 
Westchester,  N.  \'.,  when  the  American  Rev- 
(dution  broke  (Uit ;  but,  remaining  loyal  to  the 
Lnglisli  crown,  he  forfeited  his  estate  and 
came  with  others  to  New  Brunswick.  Here 
he  was  appointed  by  Go\ernor  Carleton  Coro- 
ner fi'r  the  county  of  Westmorland.  His  son 
Philip  represented  that  count}  for  many  years 
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Acaliis  Lockwooii  Palmer  received  his  early 
education  at  Sackville.      He  began   the  study 
of  law  in  the  ofHce  of  the  Hon.   K.  H.  Chand- 
ler  in    February,    1X42,    one    of    his    fellow- 
students  being  the   late  Albert  J.  Smith.      In 
1846    he    was   admitted   to   the   bar   of    Nova 
Scotia  and   to  that   of    New   Brunswick.      He 
soon   rose   to   prominence    in    his    profession, 
winning  laurels  both    in    the    Provincial    and 
in  the   hijrher   courts,    where   his  contentions 
were  almost  invariably  sustained.      In  1867  he 
was   created  a  Queen's   Counsel.      He   was  a 
leading  figure   in   the   Province,  and   acted   as 
counsel  in  many   important  criminal   cases,  in 
which,  as  well  as  in  dealing  with  questions  of 
commercial  law,  he  jiroved  a  formidable  antag- 
onist at   the   bar.      For  several  years  he  was 
president  of   the    liarristers'    Society   of    .New 
Brunswick.      From  the  year  1S50  to  the  time 
he  took  his   seat   on    the  bench,    a    period   of 
nearly  thirty  years,  he  was   jirobably  the  fore- 
most   lawyer    in   the    Province,    and   was    em- 
ployed in  nearly  all    cases  of   impo'-tance  that 
came    before    the    courts.      A    glance   at    the 
records   of   the   Supreme  Court   for  that  time 
discloses  the  enormous  amount   of   legal   work 
he  handled.      His  biography  would   cover  the 
legal  history  of  the  Province  during  his  time. 
He  was  not  only  engaged  in  most  of  the  cases 
of   importance  during  thirty  years,  but   was  a 
most    prominent    ligure    in    the   contests;    for, 
while  he  was  never  considered  a  great  orator,   \ 
his  knowledge  ot  law  and  business  lent  power- 
ful   intluence  to  his  arguments  with  both  court 
and  jury,  and  bis  success  was  marvellous. 
He  also  engaged  actively  for  mar.y  years  in 


the  political  contests^of  the  time.  He  was  a 
strong  advocate  of  confederation,  and  was 
twice  a  candidate  in  Westmorland  County  in 
the  confederate  interests.  Although  unsuc- 
cessful then  and  again  in  1870,  when  he  ran 
in  St.  John  as  candidate  for  the  Legislature, 
he  was  elected  in  1872  as  Representative  of 
St.  John  in  the  Parliament  of  Canada,  and 
successively  held  the  seat  until  1878.  When 
first  elected  he  had  been  a  resident  of  St.  John 
for  only  five  years.  He  was  a  warm  sup- 
porter of  Sir  John  McDonald's  government, 
and  always  took  a  prominent  part  in  debate. 

On  the  creation,  in  1879,  of  an  additional 
judgeship  for  the  Supreme  Court  of  New 
Brunswick,  Mr.  Palmer  was  appointed  to  fill 
it,  his  standing  at  the  bar  attesting  his  emi- 
nent fitness  for  the  place.  His  acceptance  of 
this  appointment  was  a  great  pecuniary  loss 
-o  him,  his  income  as  a  barrister  having  been 
far  in  excess  of  the  salary  paid  a  judge. 
When  he  assumed  the  office  of  Judge,  he  dis- 
played a  breadth  of  legal  knowledge  and  an 
ability  to  deal  with  the  most  intricate  points 
of  law  that  won  for  him  a  place  among  the 
ablest  of  Canadian  jurists.  Such  was  his  suc- 
cess as  a  judge  tliat  it  may  be  truly  said  that 
out  of  the  old,  cumbersome,  and  dilatory  Court 
of  Chancery  he  has  made  a  most  useful,  e.\i)e- 
ditious,  and  poinilar  court  in  the  Province, 
and  one  which  has  absorbed  the  greatest  part 
ol  the  legal  business  of  the  county. 

He  was  well  known  and  highly  respected  by 
many  of  the  leading  jurists  of  the  neighboring 
reiniblic,  ami  doubtless  not  less  so  because  of 
the  tearless  manner  in  which,  on  various  ocea- 


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sions  in  that  country,  he  upheld  the  honor  of 
Canada  and  the  Empire  and  the  memory  of  the 
Loyalist  founders  of  his  native  Province,  from 
whom  he  himself  was  descended.  Judye 
I'ahncr  took  a  deep  interest  in  medical  juris- 
prudence, and  was  a  i^rominent  member  of  the 
Medico-Legal  Society  ot  New  York,  of  which 
he  was  for  some  years  the  vice-president  for 
New  Hrunswick.  He  frequently  attended  the 
sessions  of  that  body  in  New  York,  where  he 
on  several  occasions  presided  and  where  lie 
had  many  friends.  Shortly  before  his  death, 
despite  his  advanced  age,  Judge  I'aliucr  was 
in  full  possession  of  bodily  vigor  and  the  keen 
faculties  of  mind  that  made  him  so  long  a 
man  of  mark  among  his  fellows.  Palmer's 
Chambers  in  Princess  Street,  containing  law 
offices,  was  erected  by  him  in  187S. 

In  1850  he  was  married  to  Martha  Ann, 
daughter  of  Andrew  Wcldon,  I-^sti.  Hy  her  he 
had  thi-ee  children,  one  son  who  died  in  in- 
fancy: a  daughter,  l'"annie  1^.  ;  ami  Cliarles 
Artluir  Palmer,  of  whom  mention  is  made 
elsewhere  in  the  Ri,vii;\v.  Mrs.  Martha 
Palmer  died  in  November,  1882;  and  on  De- 
cember 14,  1886,  Judge  Palmer  married 
Amelia  Ray,  youngest  daugliter  of  Cilhert 
Ik-nt,  ICsq.,  of  St.  John. 


maiden  name  was  Martha  Ann  VVeldon.  His 
father  was  a  Judge  of  the  Supreme  Court  of 
New  Brunswick. 

Mr.  Palmer  received  his  education  at  Mount 
Allison  College,  Sack\ille,  X.  H.,  and  the  law 
school  at  Harvard  University.  Admitted 
barrister,  he  subsequently  practised  his  [)ro- 
fession  until  his  death,  gaining  for  himself  a 
wide  reputation  and  a  large  and  important 
clientage.  In  politics  he  was  a  Coivservative, 
and  took  an  interest  in  the  affairs  of  his  party, 
but  never  aspired  to  Parliamentary  honors, 
being  too  much  engrossed  with  liis  profr's- 
sional  duties.  Mr.  Palmer's  success  was  the 
result  of  his  real  worth  of  character  and  dili- 
gent application.  He  gained  a  leading  place 
in  his  profession  early  in  life.  In  religion  he 
was  a  Methodist. 

He  was  married  October  20.  1881,  to  Aiki 
Louisa  Sancton,  daughter  of  George  I'.  Sanc- 
ton, iCsq.  He  had  two  sons  —  Arthur  1..  ;uid 
Cieor're  S. 


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^HARLHS  ARTHUR  PALM1:R, 
LL.  H.,  O.C.,  late  of  St.  Joiin,  X.H., 
who  died  on  January  7,  1899,  was 
born  June  6,  1855,  at  Dorchester,  Westmor- 
land County,  N,H.  He  was  a  son  of  Acalus 
I.(JCkwood    Palmer    by    his    lirst    wife,    whose 


SIDXICY  SMITH,  born  at  St.  John, 
\mJ.  N.  11,  May  4,  1834,  is  the  eldest  son 
of  Henry  How\er  and  Charlotte  L.  Sn,ith. 
Henry  Hovvyer  Smith  in  1824,  at  the  early  age 
of  twenty-lour  years,  was  apixiinted  by  lUc  Im- 
perial government  Comptroller  of  the  [lort  of 
.St.  John,  anil  shortly  afterward  succeeded  to 
the  collectorship,  whieh  position  lie  I'ontiiuu'd 
to  hold  until  the  Imjierial  go\Trnment  was 
transterred  to  tlu  colonial  authorities  in 
1848,  when  he  was  ri'tired  with  a  pension. 
He  continued  to  reside  in  St.  John  ii])  to  the 
time  ol    his   death    in    i8r)8.       jjis   lather  was 


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Charles  Douglass  Smith,  an  officer  of  dragoons 
in  the  British  army,  a  brother  of  Admiral  Sir 
Sidney  Smith,  who  fought  and  held  in  check 
Napoleon  Bonaparte  at  Acre. 

(i.  Sidney  Smith  was  named  after  his 
father's  elder  brother,  Captain  George  Sidney 
Smith,  of  the  Royal  Navy,  who  as  a  midship- 
man at  the  age  of  eleven  years  was  captured 
by  a  i-'rench  man-of-war  in  (Juil)eron  Hay,  and 
spent  the  succeeding  seven  years  of  his  life  as 
a  prisoner  of  war  in  a  French  prison,  return- 
ing after  marvellous  hairbreadth  escapes  to 
his  father's  house  at  Bath  at  the  age -of  eigh- 
teen years.  By  a  strange  coincidence  some 
time  afterward,  as  a  Lieutenant  in  tlie  navy, 
be  was  in  comman<I  of  the  boat  which  conveyed 
Napoleon  from  the  beach  to  IL  M.  S.  "Un- 
daunted "  on  the  occasion  of  his  exile  to  E\h\, 
and  he  assisted  the  ex-emperor  along  the  gang- 
plank into  tile  boat. 

After  a  course  of  private  tuition  G.  Sidney 
Smith  entered  the  St.  John  Grammar  School, 
under  the  late  Dr.  I'aterson,  and  remained 
there  some  years.  He  then  went  to  tiie  Col- 
legiate School  at  iM-edericton,  wliere  he  ob- 
tained the  Douglas  silver  medal  as  "Dux"  of 
the  school.  He  then  entered  King's  College, 
l'"redericton  (now  the  University  of  New 
Hruiiswick),  where  lie  remained  for  tjie  fnll 
course,  winning  a  foundation  seiiolarsliip  ;ifter 
a  keen  eon^petitioii,  taking  his  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Arts  with  honors,  and  winning 
the  Douglas  gidd  medal  for  an  essay. 

He  entered  on  the  study  of  the  law  in  the 
office  of  William  Jack,  n.C.  Advocate^  Gen- 
ei.il    in    St.    John,    was   admitted    attcu-ney    in 


October,  185S.  and  was  cailed  to  the  bar  in 
October,  i,SS9-  He  has  since  [nactised  law 
in  the  city  of  St.  John,  devoting  himself 
largely  to  the  management  of  trust  estates  and 
real  estate  generally,  in  whicli  he  has  bad  a 
wide  experience.  In  1X73  he  was  appointed 
solicitor  and  notary  to  the  Bank  of  New  Bruns- 
wick, and  this  office  he  still  holds. 

('.  Sidney  Sniith  married  in  i,S6i  IClizabeth 
Sands  Thorne,  only  child  of  Stephen  k. 
Thorne,  a  barrister-at-law  of  Loyalist  descent. 
He  has  one  son,  Bowyer  Sidney  Smith, 
barrister-at-law,  residing  in  St.  John,  and 
four  daughters. 


TgrON.     WH.LLA.M     IIKXRV     TUCK, 

tsl       '^'^'^^  Justice   of    New    Brunswick,    a 

> — '  resident  of  St.  John,  is  a  son  of  the 

late  Moses   Tuck,  and   was   born    in    Portland, 


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of  his  mother  was  bilizabeth  Travis.  His  first 
paternal  ancestor  in  America  was  Robert  Tuck, 
who  came  over  in  1656  from  Gorleston,  a  .sea- 
board town  in  the  north-easterly  part  of  Suffolk 
County,  luigland.  He  liv.  '  for  a  time  in 
Watertown,  Mass.,  but  two  years  later  was  a 
petitioner  to  the  General  Court  at  ]5ost'iii  for 
leave  t.)  settle  at  Hampton,  Rockingham 
Comity,  X.IL,  and  removing  to  that  place 
there  made  his  home  till  his  death,  in  1664. 
Robert  Tuek's  son  b'.dward,  who  was  horn  in 
I'.ngland  befoie  the  family  came  across  the 
ocean,  married  Mary  I'hilbrick,  and  settled  on 
a  part  of  his  father's  estate,  where  he  died  on 
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Jiiliii  Tuck,  s(in  of  lAlwarcl,  was  born  in 
1652.  He  married  on  NovcmbLT  9,  1677, 
Ik'thia,  ilaughtor  of  Aiorris  and  Sarah  (l^astow) 
Hol)l)s.  Slie  was  boni  in  llamptnnon  Decem- 
ber 28,  ifjjS,  and  died  on  May  29,  173.S. 
John  Tuck  died  on  January  4,  1742,  at  ninety 
years  of  as^^e.  Tlie  next  in  line,  luiward  Tuck, 
son  of  John,  was  born  on  February  7,  1C94  or 
1695,  and  died  on  June  7,  1772.  He  was  a 
cariienter  by  trade,  and  settled  in  Kensin_i;ton, 
N.  II.  His  wife,  whose  maiden  name  was 
Sarah  Dearborn,  was  tiie  daughter  ot  Samuel 
and  Mercy  (iiatchelder)  Dearborn,  of  Hamp- 
ton. She  was  born  on  June  17,  1699,  and 
died  nn  January  15,  1756.  Tiieir  son  Samuel, 
great-yrandlather  of  tlie  Hon.  William  Henry 
Tuck,  was  born  in  Kensington  on  September 
'3>  ^73^-  He  was  married  on  September  30, 
1762,  to  Anna,  daughter  of  John  and  Mary 
(Marston)  Moulton,  of  Ham|)ton,  who  was 
born  June  24,  1744.  After  living  for  some 
time  in  Kensinglon,  Samuel  removed  to  I5rent- 
wood,  \.  II.  Later  he  was  a  soldier  in  the 
Revolutionary  War,  and  on  Xovemlier  12, 
1777,  he  died  in  the  army.  His  widou-,  wjio 
survivetl  him  more  thai'  fifty-eight  years,  died 
on  August  S,  1836,  over  ninety-two  years  of 
age. 

Judge  Tuck's  grandfather,  .Samuel  Tuck, 
son  of  the  above-named  Samuel,  was  boiii  in 
Hientwood  on  April  '),  1765,  and  was  married 
on  July  19,  1795,  to  Sail)-  Watson,  who  was 
])orn  on  New  Year's  Day,  1773.  He  settled 
in  Favette,  Kennelicc  Count)',  .Me.,  wheie  he 
liecrmie  C"aptain  in  the  militia  and  Justice  ol 
the  I'eace.      He  was  a  member  in    i8ji    of  the 


first  legislature  of  the  .State  of  Maine.  His 
dcatli  occurred  on  July  8,  1.S40,  and  that  of 
his  wife  on  January  2,  1S6.S,  at  the  age  of 
ninety-five  )ears. 

Moses  Tuck,  father  of  tlie  Judge,  was  born  in 
I'"ayette,  Me.,  on  March  25,  1799,  and  was 
married  to  Fli/abeth  Trasis  on  Novendier  15, 
I1S2S.  He  wasaresideiU  in  St.  John  for  about 
half  a  centur)-,  and  died  there  on  April  2S, 
I  SriS. 

Judge  Tuck  was  educated  in  the  local  schools 
and  at  Mount  Allison  University,  Sackville, 
N.  15.  In  1855  he  was  called  to  the  bar,  and 
subsequently  for  manv  yeais  he  practised  the 
profession  of  law  in  .St.  John  with  marked 
success.  He  became  Clerk  of  the  Crown  and 
(Jueen's  Counsel  in  June,  1867,  ar.d  succeeded 
the  late  Hon.  R.  L.  Hazen,  (J.  C. ,  and  Re- 
corder of  St.  John  in  1874.  In  the  latter  year 
also  he  was  president  of  the  Marristers'  Society, 
and  received  the  honorary  degree  ot  Doctor  of 
("i\il  Law  from  Mount  Allison  L'niversity. 
L"or  many  years  he  was  a.i  active  politician  on 
the  Conservative  side,  and  labored  earnestl)  in 
behalf  of  a  Uritish-.Aineiican  union.  In  18S2 
he  unsuccessfully  contested  the  city  and  county 
of  .St.  John  for  the  Canadian  I  louse  of  Commons. 
His  a|)pointinent  as  Judge  of  the  Supreme 
(,'ourt  of  New  Ihunswitk  bears  the  date  Maich 
17,  1SS5,  and  his  appointment  as  a  locrJ  judge 
in  admiralty  cases,  October  13,  1891,  In 
1892  be  was  a|)pointed  lectiuer  in  the  .St.  John 
Law  .School,  in  i8()5  piofessor  of  statutoiv  law 
in  King's  College,  Wiiuisoi-,  and  oi\  .Ma\'  13, 
1896,  was  promoted  to  be  ('hief  Justice  of 
New     ]{rin)swick.      The     .St.     Jcjjni      /(/n^idiii 


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s])cnks  (if  Chief  Justice  Tuck  as  "a  hard 
worker  niul  [irnmiit  in  the  transaction  of  jjusi- 
ness, "  an  encDmium  which,  though  wholly 
true,  is  cons[)icii()iisly  inadequate,  especially  in 
the  omission  to  give  the  learned  Judj;e  due 
credit  for  his  quickness  of  a|)])rehension  and 
clearness  of  expiession  and  for  his  shrewd 
coninion-sense,  combined  with  knowledge  of 
law.  He  married  in  December,  1857,  Sarah 
I'lummer,  daughter  of  Colonel  II.  S.  I'avor,  of 
Kastport,  Me. 


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i;ORGK  1;D\VARI)  FENKTV,  who 
\pj.  died  in  h'redericton,  September  30, 
1899.  was  a  former  Mayor  of  the  city.  He 
was  well  known  in  literary  and  political 
circles,  and  was  for  many  years  Oucen's 
Printer  for  the  I'rovince  of  New  Brunswick. 
He  was  born  in  Halifa.v,  N. S.,  the  fourth 
son  of  William  Fenety,  an  architect  and 
draughtsman,  who,  previous  to  his  death,  in 
1826,  was  enga-ed  on  the  King's  Works. 
William  Fenety  married  Mary  Hall,  daughter 
of  Richard  Hull,  a  sturdy  Loyalist,  who  went 
to  \ova  Scotia  in  178:;,  and  settled  in  Sbel- 
liuiiie,  a  town  built  u[)  large! v  by  Loyalists 
from  New  York,  New  Jersey,  ami  Massachu- 
setts. 

George  !•;.  l""enety  began  his  active  career 
when  a  youth  of  seventeen  by  entering  the 
ofMce  of  the  .\(i;v7  Sr,>//,i//,  a  Liberal  pa|)er, 
owned  by  the  late  Hon.  Joseph  Howe,  who  at  i 
the  time  of  his  death,  in  1875,  was  Lieutenant 
Governor  of  Nova  Scotia.  While  he  was  con- 
nected  with   that   paper,  Mr.  I'enety  travelled 


extensively  throughout  the  Provinces  collect- 
ing accounts.  In  1835  he  went  to  New  York, 
and  the  following  year  became  connected  with 
a  Southern  paper,  the  Phmtci's  Advocate, 
which  was  published  at  Donaldsonville,  a 
sm.ill  town  on  the  Mississi])])!  River,  and  of 
which  he  was  afterward  half-proprietor.  In 
1839  yellow  fever,  the  annual  scourge  of  that 
climate,  proved  fatal  in  .so  many  cases  that  he 
disposed  of  his  interests  in  the  paper  and 
returned  home.  Settling  in  St.  John,  Mr. 
Fenety  continued  his  journalistic  work  by 
starting  the  first  penny  paper  issued  in  the 
Provinces,  calling  it  the  Morning .Wws.  The 
weeklies  in  this  section  of  the  country  then 
sold  at  ten  cents  each,  and  in  the  United 
States  there  were  but  four  that  sold  so 
cheaply,  the  New  York  Ilnald,  the  New 
Orleans  Piciyiinc,  the  Philadelphia  I.alga; 
and  the  Boston  Herald.  This  penny  paper 
was  a  great  innovation;  and  greatly  dis- 
couraged by  other  publishers,  but  in  spite  of 
all  obstructions,  Mr.  Fenety,  before  he  retired 
from  its  editorship  in  1863,  succeeded  in 
making  the  W.wv  the  leading  political  [japer 
ot  St.  John.  The  name,  however,  was 
changed  from  the  Morning  .Wre.v  to  the  Ihiily 
Xcws,  and,  though  now  out  of  existence,  it 
was  for  a  long  time  the  oldest  established 
paper  in  the  I'rovince. 

Mr.  F'enety  was  for  many  years  a  trusted 
government  official.  In  1856  he  was  made 
Justice  of  the  Peace  for  the  city  and  county  of 
St.  John,  and  the  next  year  was  appointed  as 
a  Commissioner  to  investigate  the  manage- 
ment of  the  Asylum  lor  Lunatics,  the  Provin- 


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cial  i'l.'iiitciitiary,  the  Marine  Hospital,  ami 
the  lij^ht-hotises  on  the  coast,  he  heini,^  one  ot 
five  commissioners,  of  whom  the  Hon.  David 
W.irk,  of  whom  a  brief  sketch  may  be  found 
on  another  paj;c  of  this  volume,  is  the  only 
other  survivor.  (Ireat  ^ood  resiilted  from  the 
commissioners'  investigation.s,  which  Mr. 
Fcnety  as  a  journalist  was  credited  with  in- 
citinj;,  the  current  expenses  for  runnin;^  the 
various  institutions  beini;  thereby  materially 
lessened.  In  1847  he  was  chosen  as  a  di- 
rector of  the  Mechanics'  Institute,  and  in  1863 
was  appointed  (jueen's  Printer,  a  position 
which  he  resigned  in  1S95. 

The  literary  work  of  Mr.  I'enety  is  volumi- 
nous and  of  much  interest  antl  importance. 
In  1867  he  issued  "Political  Notes  and  ()!)- 
servations,"  a  book  which  gives  a  complete 
account  of  the  legislative  struggles  in  New 
lirunswick  from  1 840  to  1S55:  and  he  subse- 
cpiently  published  a  second  vcdume  if  the 
same  work,  which  covers  a  jjcriod  f  five 
years.  He  has  also  written  a  novel  .lescrib- 
ing  Halifax  life,  and  is  the  author  of  "  I'larly 
Recollections  of  Halifax."  "Imperial  I'ede- 
ration.  Its  Impracticability,"'  and  various 
pamphlets.  In  1896  he  wrote  "The  Life  and 
Times  of  the  Hon.  Joseph  Howe,"  and  almost 
to  the  close  of  his  days  he  kept  iiis  pen  in  use 
by  contrii)uting  to  different  periodicals. 

In  1877  he  was  elected  Mayor  of  I*"rederic- 
ton,  and  he  was  subsequently  re-elected  to  the 
same  office  four  times.  It  is  notable  that  of 
the  five  occasions  when  he  was  candidate  for 
the  [josition  he  ran  three  times  without  oppo- 
sition.     In  1887  he  retired  from  politics.      ( >n 


leaving  the  Mayor's  chair,  he  was  presented 
by  the  citizens  with  a  beautiful  epergne,  val- 
ued at  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  and  a 
testimonial  signed  by  three  hundred  leading 
citizens.  While  at  the  head  of  the  city 
government,  he  not  only  gave  freely  from  his 
own  private  purse  toward  improving  the  city, 
but  he  generously  gave  his  salary  of  two  hun- 
dred dollars  a  year  toward  paying  for  the  clock 
placed  in  tlie  tower  of  the  City  Hall.  Mr. 
I'enety  at  different  jjcriods  was  a  director  of 
the  Joggins  Coal  Mines  Association  of  St. 
John;  president  and  secretary  of  the  Auxiliary 
Hible  Society;  trustee  of  the  local  .School 
Hoard:  director  of  the  local  b'ire  Insurance 
Comi)any;  president  of  the  (ias  Company; 
president  of  the  b'orest  Hill  Cemetery  Com- 
pany; president  of  the  Historical  .Society, 
which  has  now  passed  out  of  existence;  chair- 
man of  the  Hoard  of  Health;  vice-])resident  of 
the  Church  of  I'jigland  Temperance  .Societv; 
director  of  the  Leather  Company;  |)resident 
of  the  Trotting  Park  Association  and  of  the 
.Society  tor  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to 
Animals;  chairman  of  the  Hoard  of  Directors 
of  Wilniot  Park,  for  which  the  endowment 
fund  of  twenty  thousand  dollars  was  jjlaced  in 
his  hands  in  i8c)4  by  Mr.  Wilmot;  delegate 
from  Christ's  Church  Cathedral  to  tlie 
Diocesan  .Synod  :ind  to  the  Cluneli  .Society. 
He  was  also  a  delegate  from  l'"redericton  to 
Ottawa  to  confer  with  the  members  of  the 
Dominion  government  in  li  ,■  interests  of  the 
Can.idian  ICastern  Railw.iy  just  prior  to  its 
construction.  ( )f  these  positions,  more  of 
them  honorary  than  remuiierati vi',  and    recpiir- 


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iiit;  miR'li  timi-  tn  pnipc-ily  discliarj^^e  liio 
duties  comiL'CtccI  tliorcwitli,  he  held  lour  when 
suiniiKined  from  earth.  Amonj^  the  distin- 
l^'uished  [lersons  whom  he  introihiceil  to  I'red- 
ericton  auiliences  while  he  was  Mayor  of  the 
city  were  the  Rev.  Jiise|)h  Cook,  the  Rev. 
Henry  Ward  lieeeher,  the  Rev.  iJr.  Talmage, 
Justin  McCarthy,  .Sir  John  A.  McDonald,  and 
the  Marquis  ot  Lansdowne,  from  whom  he  re- 
ceived a  letter  written  in  recognition  cf  his 
services  as  Mayor. 

In  .Stptember,  1847,  in  New  York,  Mr. 
l-'enety  married  ]\]\/.a  A.,  youngest  daughter 
of  Robert  Arthur,  a  distant  relative  of  the 
late  Chester  A.  Arthur,  I'resident  of  the 
United  .States.  Of  the  nine  children  born  of 
this  union  six  are  now  living.  One  son, 
Harris  I'enety,  is  editor  and  publisher  of  the 
/Kii/j'  Kifoni  at  .St.  John,  N.H.  ;  and  one  of 
liis  daughters  is  the  wife  of  Charles  G.  D. 
Roberts,  the  Canadian  poet. 


^.I,IA^r  MUNSOX  JARVIS,  bar- 
rister, a  representative  eiti/eii  of 
St.  Ji'hn,  X.I!.,  is  a  native  of  the  city,  and 
was  born  on  Octuber  9,  iS^.S,  his  parents 
being  William  and  Mary  Caroline  (Hoyd; 
Jarvis. 

The  name  Jarvis  or  Jervis,  or,  in  its  orig- 
inal form,  Gervais  m  Gervaise,  is  of  I'Vench 
origin,  though,  like  m my  other  names  which 
have  had  their  source  abroad  and  have  been 
common  in  England  since  the  Xorman  (Jon- 
(|Uest,  it  has  now  become  thoroughly  Angli- 
cised.     It  appears  in   its    h'rench   form    in   the 


Parliamentary  writs  of  the  fourteenth  century. 
Gradually,  however,  this  form  passed  away 
and  the  luiglish  form  was  assumed,  Jervis  or 
Jarvis  in  the  mother  country,  and  Jarvis  al- 
most universally  in  Canada  and  the  United 
States. 

The  name  occurs  frequently  among  tho.se  of 
the  earlier  settlers  in  New  England.  The 
Canatlian  members  of  the  family  in  most 
cases,  however,  trace  their  descent  from 
William  Jarvis,  who  resided  at  Iiimtington, 
L.I.,  at  the  end  of  the  seventeenth  century. 
One  of  his  sons.  Captain  Samuel  J.irvis,  born 
in  1698,  removed  to  Norwalk  in  Connecticut. 
In  1738  his  name,  with  those  of  two  of  his 
.sons,  appears  among  the  signatures  to  a  me- 
morial addressed  to  the  General  Assembly  by 
those  in  thi.  c(dony  who  then  professed  them- 
selves adherents  of  the  Church  of  England. 
It  was  only  si.vteen  years  before  that  several 
members  of  Yale  College  had  resigned  their 
offices,  crossed  the  Atlantic  for  ordination, 
and  returned  as  missionaries  of  the  Church  of 
England  to  their  native  colonv,  where  its 
ministrations  were  before  unknown.  A 
younger  ;;on.  Dr.  Abraham  Jarvis,  subse- 
quently became  the  second  Bishop  of  Con- 
necticut; while  the  eldest,  Samuel  Jarvis,  who 
iiad  joined  his  father  in  signing  the  memorial, 
removed  to  Stamford  in  the  same  colony,  and 
was  Church  Warden  of  St.  John's  Church 
there  for  many  year.s. 

When  the  Revolutionary  War  broke  out,  it 

!  found  the  Church  Warden   of   Stamford  with  a 

family  of   live  sons  and    five   daughters.     He 

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giancc  to  the  crown,  am]  finally  he  was  seized 
and  sent  in  an  oi)en  boat  in  inclement  weather 
across  Long  Island  Sound  to  join  his  Loyalist 
friends,  the  exposure  resultiuLC  '"  his  death. 

Three  of  his  sons  and  two  sons-in-law  were 
prominent  amonj,'  the   Loyalists  of  the  time. 
William,  one  of  the  sons,  seived  as  an  officer 
in  the  (Jueen's  Rangers,  the  most  distinguished 
of  the  Colonial  Corps,  under  Lieutenant  Colo- 
nel   Simcoe:    and    sui)sec|uently,    on    Colonel 
Simcoc's  appointment  to  the  Lieutenant  Cnv- 
ernorship  of  L'pper  Canada,  Captain  Jarvis  ac- 
companied him  as  its  fiist  Provincial  Secietacy 
to  York,  now  Toronto,  where  he  (iied  in  1S17. 
Munson     and    John    Jarvis    settled     in     \ew 
Hrunswicl<,    where  the   former   died    in    1825, 
and  the  latter  twenty  years  later,  at  the  ripe 
aijc  of  ninety-three. 

Munson   Jarvis  was  a  warm    Loyalist   from 
the  first.      In   April,   1776,  he  was  summoned 
before  a  committee  representing  the  Revolu- 
tionary element,  which  had  now  po.ssession   ot 
Stamford,  and  called  on  to  pledge  himself  to 
the  Continental  Congress.      He  brought   him- 
self  to   express   his   willingness   to    obey   the 
orders   of   Congress    "except    ;is    he    was    held 
back   by  a   religious   tie  of  conscience  " :    but, 
failing  to  exjjlain    his  conscientious  scruples 
to  the  .satisfaction   of  the   Committee,  he  was 
declared  an   enemy  of  the  country  and  driven 
from  his  home.      After  some  years'  residence  * 
in  New  York  he  removed   in    1783   with   other 
Loyali.:ts  to  the    Harbor  ni   St.   John.      Here 
he  at  once  interested  himself   in  securing  the 
ministrations  of  the   Church   of   b'.ngland,  and 
became  one  of  the  first  Church   Wardens  of 


Trinity  Church.  When  the  Province  of  New 
Hrunswick  was  established  and  the  city  of  St. 
John  became  incoriwrated,  he  served  in  the 
Prf)vincial  Legislature  and  as  a  member  of  the 
Common  Council  of  St.  John 

His   only   daughter  married    Major   Robert 
Ila/en,    of    H.    M.    Sixtieth    Rifles,    a    son  of 
.  one  iif  the  older  settlers  at   St.  John    Harbor, 
A  collateral  relative,  Leonard  Jarvis,  of  New- 
,  buryport.     Mass.,    hail    been    associated    with 
;  Major    Hazen's    father    and     Messrs.     James 
Simonds  and  James  White  in  the  earliest  part- 
nership  formed    in    1764    lor    colonizing    the 
Harbor  of  St.  John. 

Munsop   Jarvis    had   three    sons.     The   two 
I  elder,    Ralph   Munson    and    William,    became 
I  merchants  at  St.  John,  where  the  former  died 
I  in    1853,  and   the  latter   in    1856.     His  third 
son,  the   Hon.    lulward  Jame.s  Jarvis,  became 
Chief  Justice   of    Prince    ICdward    Island,  and 
died  at   Charlottetown  in  1852.     Ralph   Mun- 
son Jarvis   irarried   Caroline,  daughter  of  the 
Hon.  George  Leonard,  of  St.  John  and  Sussex 
\'ale,   N.U.      The  only  male   representative  of 
his  large  family  now  in  New  Hrunswick  is  his 
grandson,  Charles   Ldward    Leonard   Jarvis,  of 
St.    John,    son    of    ICdwanl    Lutwvche    larvis, 
who    died    at    St.    John's,     Xewfoundland,     in 
1878. 

William  Jarvis,  son  of  Mun.son,  married  in 
18.16  Mary  tiaroline  Hoyd,  daughter  of  Dr. 
John  Hoyd  of  the  Royal  .Medical  Staff;  and 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  is  their  only  son. 

William  .Munson  Jarvis  is  a  barrister  of  the 
Supreme  t  ourt  and  general  agent  for  the 
Liverpool  and    London  and    (ilobe    Insurance 


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Company  lor  the  iMaritimc  IVovincos  (it  Can- 
ada. In  t(SY)6  Iiu  l)i,'came  a  I.icntonant  Coln- 
ncl  in  the  New  Uninswick  militia.  In  1.S71, 
on  tiic  incor|)()ration  ni  I'orthind,  now  formiiifr 
a  [lart  iit  St.  John,  lie  l)ecame  a  menii)er  ol  the 
Town  (  ouncil.  He  has  served  as  ])re.sident 
of  the  Sunday-school  Teachers'  Association  of 
the  Deanery  of  St.  John,  vice-president  of  the 
Diocesan  Church  Society  of  N'ew  Hrunswick, 
and  |)resident  of  tiie  New  Hrunswick  Hoard  of 
I''ire  Underwriters,  and  is  now  president  of 
the  St.  Geor<{c's  Society  of  St.  John,  |)resi- 
dent  of  the  Board  of  Trade  of  the  Maritime 
Provinces,  and  vice-president  of  the  St.  John 
Hoard  of  Trade. 

lie  married  in  1861  Jane  IIo|)e,  dauj;liter  of 
Captain  Heer,  R.N.  She  died  in  •H6C).  leav- 
'wvj;  three  children.  He  married  second, 
in  i.Sri.S,  Mary  I.ucretia,  ihuij;hter  of  William 
Henry  Scovil,  merchant,  St.  John.  She  died 
in  1873,  leaviiii;  two  dau<;hters.  His  son. 
Mdward  William,  horn  in  1S62,  is  now  in  tiie 
hank  of  Montreal.  Toronto.  One  of  his 
dauj;hters  is  Mrs.  J.  W.  Dij,d)y,  of  lirantlord, 
and  another,  .Mrs.  I'ercy  Domville,  of  Hamil- 
ton, Out. 


ACA^/1LM.\M  SHl'I'I'ARD  SACX 
!)I*;RS,  e\-Mayor  of  the  town  of 
Woodstock,  N.H.,  is  prominently  identified 
with  its  mercantile  interests  as  an  extensive 
and  successful  dealer  in  dry  j^oods.  He  was 
horn  in  Woodstock,  July  j(),  1854.  His 
father,  the  late  lulw.u'd  Saunders,  of  l?enton, 
.\.H.,    was    horn    in    I'redericton,    where    his 


Krandlather   .Saunders,  whose   name  was  John, 
settled  on  arrivMij;  in  New  Hrunswick. 

John  Saunders  emi^Mated  from  Scotland 
soon  after  attaininj,'  his  majority.  He  had 
learned  the  blacksmith's  trade  in  iMiinhur^^h, 
and  for  a  short  time  he  worked  at  it  in  l-'red- 
ericton.  Removing;  thence  to  W'.iodstock,  he 
embarked  \■^  the  blacksmithin;,'  business  on 
his  own  account,  and  '-ontinued  thus  enf^a^ed 
until  his  death. 

I'idward  .Saunders  when  a  younj^  boy  came 
with  his  parents  to  Woodstock,  where  he  at- 
tended the  common  school,  and  afterward 
learned  the  trade  of  a  tar  ler  and  currier.  He 
worked  as  a  journeyman  for  a  while,  and  then 
started  in  business  for  himself  at  Florence- 
ville.  conducting  a  tannery  and  manufacturing 
boots  anil  shoes.  .\  few  years  later  he  sold 
out  his  establishment,  and  went  to  Vanceboro, 
Me.,  to  enter  the  employ  of  F.  Shaw  & 
Hrothcrs,  tanners  of  sole  leather.  He  contin- 
ued as  foreman  in  one  of  their  immense  factories 
tor  several  years,  but  resigned  the  i)osi'.ion  to 
become  a  member  of  the  hrm  of  Hansons,  Gib- 
son &  Saunders  at  Henton,  X.U..  where  he  re- 
mained until  his  demise.  The  firm  carried  on 
a  very  large  tanning  business,  and  its  leather 
acquired  such  a  reputation  throughout  Cianada 
for  superior  ((iialities  that  just  prior  to  his 
death  Mr.  Ildward  Saunders  was  offered  a 
magniliccut  salary  to  become  superintendent 
ot  one  of  the  hirgest  tanneries  in  the  Do- 
minion. He  was  made  a  Mason  at  Sussex 
Lodge,  St.  Stephen,  X.  H.,  and  was  a  member 
of  the  H.iptist  church.  He  married  Jane, 
daughter  of   .Samuel    McKeen,    of  Woodstock. 


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Seven  children  were  burn  cf  this  union  aid 
six  survive,  all  residing  in  \\oodstocl<.  They 
are:  William  SheppanI,  whose  personal  history 
is  given  below;  Annie,  wile  of  Wallace 
Mcllroy;  IClla.  wile  of  John  IMcAdam ; 
George,  of  the  firm  of  Saimdjrs  brothers :  Ed- 
ward, a  i)hysician:  and  (uiy,  a  mcreha-it 
tailor, 

William  Shcjjpard  Saunders,  havingattended 
the  superior  sch(jol   of   l''lorenceville  and  the 
grammar    school   of   Woodstock,    took  a  com- 
morcia!   oours-"  at   a    business   colle.i;e    in    St. 
John,      ilis   first   jwsition   was   that   of   book- 
keeper for  F.  Shaw  &  Hiothers,  with  whom  he 
remained    two    years.      Then,    after  acting  as 
clerk  in  a  Woodstock  dry-goods   store   a   year, 
he  was  on  the  road  as  travelling  salesnian   for 
the  Taylor   Manufacturing  Company  of    \ew 
IJritain,    Conn,,    for  a  year.      He  was   sub.sc- 
quently    with     i'ar.sons,    Gibson    &     Saunders 
until  1S77,  when  he  opened   his   [n-csent  dry- 
goods    establishment    in    Woodstock.      l-'or    a 
few  years  Mr.    .Saunders  conducted  the    busi- 
ness   alone,    but    as    his    trade    increased     he 
needed  assistance  in  maintiining  it,  and   took 
into     i)artnti-ship     his     brother,     (ieorge     II. 
.Saunders,    under    tiie    presLiit    lirm     name    of 
Saunders  brothers. 

I'olitically,  Mr.  SauiuLTs  was  formerly 
identified  with  t'le  Liberal  partv,  but  he  is 
now  Indei)endent,  His  record  of  public  ser- 
vice is  long  and  honorable.  b'or  a  nnnd-.-r  ,f 
ye.irs  he  vas  .1  member  of  the  Coimty  Coun- 
cil; in  1895  .md  r.Si/j  he  scrvc(i  as  Mayor  of 
the  town;  ;ind  in  i.Sc,;!,^  was  .ig.iin  elected 
to  the  County  Council.     Wl:il,.-  he  was  Mayor, 


'.he  present  excellent  .system,  of  .sewerage, 
which  has  i)roved  of  inestimable  benefit  and 
value  to  the  jilace,  was  first  introduced.  Fra- 
ternally, he  was  made  a  !\Ia.son  in  Sussex 
Lodge,  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  demitted  co  Wood- 
.stock  Lodge,  of  which  he  is  P.  M.  He  is  also 
a  member  of  Woodstock  Chapter,  R.  A.  M.; 
and  of  Carleton  L.Klge,  I.  ().  O.  F.,  of  which 
he  is  I'.  G.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the 
Hoanl    of    .School    Trustees    of    the    town    for 

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Mr.  Saunders  married  Janet  Smith,  daugh- 
ter of  George  and  Margaret  Murray,  of 
Henton,  N.  H.,  and  they  have  eight  childre:,, 
namely:  Kate  .Marion;  William  K.,  of  the 
class  of  rcjoo,  in  the  McGill  .Medical  College, 
Montreal,  t:anada ;  .Murray  S,  ;  Harry  I'.; 
Frederick  .S.  ;  Annie  N.  ;  Jean  K.  ;  and  K.  J. 
Grant.  ;\Ir.  and  Mrs.  .Saunders  are  both 
members  of  the  Baptise  church,  and  he  is 
superintendent  of  the  Sunday-school  con- 
nected with  it. 


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U-^''.  I.L.I).,  f.nnth  Lieutenant 
■ —  Governor  of  New  Hrunsuick,  was 
I'oin  at  Hcaubair's  Island,  Miiamichi,  Xortb- 
umberland  Co.;:Ky^  .\  H.,  August  1,  i.S.-c,,  .s,,m 
of  John  Fraser,  one  of  the  b'arraline  I'rasers 
of  Invirncss,  Scotland.  His  mother,  Mar- 
garet I'raser,  w,is  a  (l.iii..,Iiter  of  Hugh  b'tascr, 
'-""  "'  "'•'-'I-  .An:n', "  d.iu-hter  of  the  .\\\h 
Lord  Lov.it.  Hon.  j.  J.  I  raser  rercived  his 
general  cducilion  at  the  Newcastle  (iiammar 
Scliool,  and  in  1845  began  the  .study  of  '.aw  in 


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the  office  of  Messrs.  Street  &  Da"iclsi)n,  New- 
castle. He  was  admitted  as  attorney  in  1850, 
as  barrister  in  1852,  and  liccame  a  Ouecii's 
Counsel  in  1873.  He  came  to  I'redericton  in 
185 1,  when  the  Hon.  Mr.  .Street  became  At- 
torney-General. In  1865  he  was  elected  one 
of  the  Representatives  of  York  in  the  I'rovin- 
cial  Assembly  on  the  Anti-confederation  plat- 
forin.  The  government  resigned  the  ne.xt  year, 
and  in  the  ensuing  contest  Mr.  Fraser  was  de- 
feated. In  June,  1871,  he  was  appointed  a 
member  of  the  Legislative  Council  and  presi- 
dent of  the  Ivxecutivc  Council ;  but  these  posi- 
tions he  resigned  in  1872,  to  accept  the  office 
of  Provincial  Secretary  in  the  King  admin- 
istration, being  elected  by  his  York  County 
constituents  by  acclamation.  When  the  Hon. 
Mr.  King  retired  from  politics  in  1870,  Mr. 
l'"raser  became  Attorney-General  and  Premier 
of  the  province,  and  continued  in  that  office 
until  May,  1882,  when  he  resigned  to'  become 
a  candidate  for  the  Dominion  House,  in  which 
contest,  however,  he  was  unsuccessful.  In 
December  of  the  same  year,  on  the  death  of 
Mr.  Justice  Duff,  he  was  ajjpointed  to  the 
bench  of  the  Supreme  Comt,  which  position 
he  held  until  December,  1893,  when  he  was 
offereil,  and  accepteil,  the  Lieutenanl-Cif)vern- 
iiishi])  of  New  Urunswick.  His  health  fail- 
ing, in  the  hope  of  regaining  it  and  on  the 
advice  of  his  physicians,  he  left  home,  Xovem- 
her  J,  1896,  to  travel  through  the  south  of 
Immucc  and  Italy.  Hut  the  warning  was  iiut 
preliminary  to  the  linal  sunnnoiis;  and  he  died 
a  few  davs  after  reaching  (ienoa,  November 
-'4,    1896.      (iovcr.ior  i'"raser's  death   was  felt 


not  only  as  a  great  perso.,al  bereavement  by 
his  immediate  family  and  friends,  but  as  a 
public  calamity  throughout  the  province,  and 
particularly  in  his  own  county  of  York,  where 
he  was  greatly  loved  and  respected.  He  was 
several  times  president  of  St.  Andrew's  '"o- 
ciely.  He  received  the  honorary  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Laws  from  the  University  of  New 
Hrunswick. 

(iovernor  Fraser  was  first  married  in  Sep- 
tember, 1867,  to  Martha,  daughter  of  the  late 
Alexander  Cumming,  of  I'redericton.  In 
May,  1884,  he  married  for  his  second  wife 
J.  M.  Paidette,  daughter  of  the  late  Hon. 
Charles  Fisher,  D.  C.  L. ,  of  I'redericton. 
Mrs.  Fraser  still  occupies  the  beautiful  family 
residence,  Farraline  Place. 


^yn'KR  ROHKRT.SON  INCHE.S, 
M.D.,  M.R.C.S.,  England,  a  lead- 
ing physician  of  St.  John,  .\.B., 
his  native  city,  was  born  on  the  nineteenth 
ilay  of  l''ebruary,  1835.  He  was  christened 
Patrick.  His  parents,  James  and  Janet 
'Small)  Inches,  emigrated  in  1832  anil  settled 
in  St.  John,  the  former  being  a  native  of 
Dunkeld,  and  the  latter  a  native  of  Dirnanean, 
.Strathardts,  Perthshire,  .Scotland. 

Dr.  Inches  received  his  early  education  in 
the  grammar  school  of  .St.  John,  and  subse- 
c|uently  studied  medicine  in  New  York  City 
at  liic  I'niversity  Medical  College;  and  from 
this  institution  he  graduated  in  1866.  Going 
then  to  (ircat  Britain,  he  further  i)rosecuted 
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Scotland,  and  at  Ring's  College,  London.  In 
1868  he  was  elected  a  niemher  of  the  Royal 
College  of  Surgeons  of  Kngland.  and  shortly 
after  returned  to  St.  John,  N.B.,  where  he 
commenced  the  practice  of  his  profession. 
Dr.  Inches  was  brought  up  in  the  faith  as 
taught  i)y  the  Treshyterian  church,  and  has 
continued  his  connection  with  that  body  of 
Christians. 

In  1876  the  Doctor  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Mary  Dorothea,  daughter  of  Dr.  C.  K. 
Fiske,  a  native  of  Massachusetts,  who  for 
many  years  practised  medicine  in  St.  John. 
Of  this  marriage  seven  children  have  been 
born,  six  of  whom  are  living. 


'MASA     ICIVIKRSOX     KILLAM,     of 
Moncton,  N.  IV,  was  for  many  years  a 
member    of    the    Provincial    Parlia- 
ment, and  in  that  capacity  was  notably  faith- 
ful  to   the   interests   of   the   county   and    city 
which    he    represented.       A   son    of    the    late 
Josejjh   A.    Killam,   he  was   born   August   25, 
1834,  in   Dorchester,   \.  H.      His  great-grand- 
father,   Amasa   Killam,  was  an   officer   in   the 
I'Jiglish   army,  and  served  during  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution.      At  the  closi'  of  that  war  lu' 
was  stationed  at  Halifax,  \.  S.,  where  he  dieil 
while  on  garrison  duty.      He  had  two  sons — 
Cyprian  and  Comfort;  and   nf  these   Cy])rian, 
the  first-born,  was  the  next  in  line  of  descent. 
Cyprian   Killam   was   born    in   Connecticut, 
one   of  the   New   Kngland   States,    but   in   his 
youthful  days  he   became  a   resident   of   Dor- 
chester,   Westmorland  County,    X.H.,    where 


he  was  busily  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits 
until  his  death,  at  the  age  of  seventy-one 
years.  His  wife,  whose  maiden  name  was 
Mary  lUack,  attained  the  venerable  age  of 
eighty-seven  years.  lioth  were  devoted  mem- 
bers of  the  Methodist  church  Of  their 
eleven  children  but  one  survives,  John  A., 
who  married  a  cousin,  Comfort  Killam,  and 
has  eight  children  living. 

Joseph    A.,    son    of    Cyprian    Killam,    was 
born  on  the  parental  homestead  in  Dorchester, 
N.H.      In  his  youth  he  obtained  a  good  knowl- 
edge of  farm  work  and  al.so  learned   the  black- 
smith's  trade.      A   few  years   after    his    mar- 
riage he  moved  with  his  family  to  .Salisbury, 
N.B.,  where  during  the  last  forty  years  of  his 
life   he   worked   at   his    trade    in    conjunction 
with  general    farming.      He   was   industrious, 
enterprising,    and    cpiite    successful     in    both 
branches  of  industry,  and  was  highly  respected 
in  the  community  in  which  he  spent  so  many 
years.      He  married   JMargaret  Wheaton,  a  na- 
tive of  Salisbury,  and  they  became  the  parents 
of    ten    children.       t)f    these    six    are    living, 
namely:   Amasa  I'lmerson,  the  subject   of  this 
sketch;     Mary    J.,    wife    of    John    Hrown,    of 
.Salisbury;     Dorca.s,    wife    of     David    Jonah; 
William  W. ,  who  married    Margaret   Kenney; 
Joseph    A.,    who   married    b'rank    l<"erry;    and 
Addie,    wife    of    Oliver    Price.      The    father, 
who  died  at  the  age  of  sixty-eight  years,  was 
a   pillar  of  the    Methodist    church,    while  his 
wife   was    a    member  of   the    l^iptist   church. 
She  preceded  him   to  the  world   beyond,  pass- 
ing away  when  sixty-live  years  old. 

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old  when   he  went  with   his  parents  to   Salis- 
bury, where  ho  acquired   his  early  education. 
There  he  subsequently  worked  as  a  farmer  and 
bridge  builder  for  a   number  of  years,  but  in 
1875  returned  to  Moncton,  which  he  has  made 
his  permanent  home.      While  living  in   Salis- 
bury he  was   Postmaster  of   Wheaton   Settle- 
ment from    1863   until    1S74,  and  during  that 
time  he  built  the  Albert   Railway,  of  which 
he  was  manager  a  number  of  years.     In  18S1 
he    completed    the    construction    of    the    St. 
-Martin's  .S:  L'pham  Railway,  and  for  five  years 
thereafter  had  charge  of  that   road.      In    1885 
an<l    1886  he  built   the   llavelock   end   of  the 
I'etitcodiac  &   Havelock   Railroad,    which   he 
managed  the  ne.\t  three  years.      In  1889  he  re- 
tired from  active  work  connected  with   either 
railway  or  bridge  building,  although   he   is  at 
the  jiresent  time  one  of  the  directors  of  the 
Albert  Southern  Railway  Company. 

Politically,  Mr.  Killam  is  a  strong  sup- 
I)orter  of  the  principles  of  the  Liberal  party, 
and  is  an  active  worker  in  its  ranks.  He  was 
elected  to  the  Provincial  I'arliament  in  1878, 
and  has  been  re-elected  several  times  since. 
In  that  body  he  served  with  great  fidelity 
during  each  term  of  service,  giving  general 
satisfaction;  and  he  would  still  be  one  of  its 
members  had  he  not  resigneil  on  Mav  1,  1897, 
two  years  before  the  e.xjjiration  of  his  term,  to 
accept  a  government  position  as  liridge  In- 
spector of  Canada,  an  office  which  he  still 
holds. 

Mr.  Killam  married  on  jul\'  35,  1857, 
Millicent  Wlieuton,  by  whom  he  had  seven 
children,    five   of    whom   are    living,    namely: 


KmilyA.,  born  April  14,   1861;  Clarence  !•:., 
liorn    iJecember   16,    1865;    Kdward   A.,    born 
May  14,   1868;   Frank  L.,  horn  September  25, 
1870;  and  Jessie  }.,  born   October  31,   1872. 
A  daughter.   Carrie  ].,  who   was   born    March 
>3.    1859,  died    in   April,  1898.      Mrs.    Milli- 
cent W.   Killam  died  at   the  age  of  fifty-five 
years.      She  was  a  most  estimable  woman  and 
a  member  of  the  Baptist  church.      On  October 
2,     1889,     Mr.    Killam    married     Mrs.    Mary 
Alice  Hallett,  born    McKay,  who   by  her  first 
marriage  has  one  child,  Klla  M.  Hallett,  born 
April    23,     188.-.       .Mr.s.     Killam    and     Miss 
Hallett    are   members     of     the     Presbyterian 
church. 


II.LIAM  H.WARD,  M.D.,  a  highly 
esteemed  physician  of  St.  John, 
X.H.,  is  one  of  the  oldest  members  of  the 
medical  fraternity  in  this  province,  and  is  well 
known  in  professional,  literary,  and  social 
circles.  Ik'  was  born  in  Kentville,  N'.S., 
August  Ji,  1S14,  a  s,)n  of  the  late  Dr.  Robert 
Hayard. 

Mention  of  this  surname  at  once  brings  to 
mind  its  foremost  bearer  in  the  ranks  of  fame, 
the  Chevalier  de  Hayard  (1475-1524),  .styled 
in  .song  and  history  the  knight  "without  fear 
and  witlKuit  repr.iaih,"  a  phrase  which,  as  a 
motto,  is  u.sed  to-day  on  the  Hayard  cat  of 
arms.  I'ho  common  ancestor  of  Dr.  Hayard 
"I  St,  J.ihn  and  the  late  Hon.  .Thomas  F. 
Hayard,  lor  many  years  United  States  Senator 
Ironi  Dclaw.ire,  tour  years  Secretary  of  State, 
and  afterward  (iist   Amba.ssador  of  the   United 


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States  at  the  Court  of  St.  James,  was  Samuel 
Bayard,  a  wealthy  mcrehant  of  Anisterdam, 
Holland,  who  married  Anne  Stuyvesant, 
daughter  of  the  Rev.  Halthazar  Stuyvesant 
and  sister  of  I'eter  Stuyvesant,  one  of  the 
early  Governors  of  New  Amstertlam.  Accord- 
ing to  the  family  tradition  Samuel  Hayard, 
who  died  previous  to  1(14-,  and  his  sister 
Judith,  the  wife  of  Governor  Stuyvesant,  were 
descendants  of  a  Huguenot  preac  r  who  on 
account  of  religious  persecution  in  France 
went  to  Holland.  In  1647  Mrs.  v\nne  S. 
Hayard,  a  widow,  came  over  with  Governor 
Stuyvesant,  bringing  her  four  children  — 
Catharine,  I'etrus,  Haltha^ar,  and  Nicholas. 
The  Delaware  family  of  Hayards  descended 
from  I'etrus  through  his  son  Samuel,  who  set- 
tled in  Maryland.  Colonel  John  Hayard,  of 
Philadelphia,  in  Revolutionary  times  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Committee  of  Safety,  was  of  the 
.same  line.  One  of  the  early  American 
Jiayards  removed  to  ICngland,  wiiere  he 
founded  the  family  from  wiiich  Dr.  Hayard  of 
St.  John  is  sprung. 

Colonel  Samuel  Vetch  J5ayard,  the  Doctor's 
grandfather,  was  a  distinguished  officer  in  the 
Knglisharmy.  He  had  three  sons,  one  of  whom 
was  a  captain  in  tiie  l-Jiglish  army.  One  of 
these  was  killed  at  the  battle  of  Waterloo. 
The  other,  a  I'ost  captain  in  the  ICiiglish  navy, 
was  murdered  at  Furdham,  N.  ^'.  The  thin! 
was   Dr.   Robert   liayard,    above   named. 

Dr.  Robert  IVayard  was  a  Lieutenant  in  the 
Uritish  army  at  the  age  of  thirteen  years,  but 
on  account  of  h-s  youth  was  allowed  to  prrj- 
ceed  with  his  .studies  at  Windsor,  N.S.      His 


father's  regiment  was  then  stationed  at  Halifa.v. 
He  subsec|uently  gave  up  his  commission,  and, 
after  reading  medicine  for  a  period,  entered  Ihe 
University  of  Kdinburgh,  from  which  he  re- 
ceived the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine,  in 
1809.  The  degree  of  Doctor  of  Civil  Daw 
was  conferred  upon  him  by  King's  College, 
Windsor,  N.S.  Just  after  his  graduation  he 
became  professor  of  obstetrics  in  the  Univer- 
sity of  New  York,  but  during  the  War  of  18 12 
he  was  forced  to  take  the  oath  of  allegiance 
or  leave  the  country.  Choosing  the  latter 
alternative,  he  made  his  way  to  Portland,  Me., 
from  whence  he  sailed  in  an  open  boat  to  St. 
John,  r,.B.,  arriving-  in  May,  1813.  Subse- 
quently going  to  Halifax,  N.  S.,  he  was  there 
for  a  short  time,  and  then  settled  as  a  practi- 
tioner in  Kentville,  N.S.,  where  he  reivained 
until  1824,  when  he  returned  to  St.  John 
to  s]iend  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  built 
up  an  extensive  practice  in  this  city,  and 
until  his  death,  in  June,  1868,  at  the  age  of 
eighty-one  years,  was  one  of  the  mo.st  noted 
physicians  of  this  section.  Wiiile  living  in 
Halifax,  N. S. ,  he  married  Frances  Catherine, 
daughter  of  Commissary  Robertson,  who  was 
killed  in  the  Colonial  War  of  1775,  ''"'1  t'li-' 
grand-daughter  of  Colonel  Joim  Billop,  a 
I.oyali.st,  who,  being  forced  to  abandon  his  old 
home,  his  large  property  on  Staten  Island, 
New  \'ork  Harbor,  having  been  confiscated, 
settled  in  St.  John. 

William  Hayard,  when  but  twelve  years  old, 
w;»i  sent  to  l-'ordham,  N.  V.,  where  for  five  years 
lie  was  a  pupil  in  the  .school  conducted  by  the 
Rev.  William    I'owell,  a  noted   educator.      He 


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was  afterward  imtler  the  private  tuition  of  Dr. 
Valentine  Mott,  the  celebrated  sinj^eon  of  New 
York,  whose  fame  became  world-uide;  and  lie 
also  atteniled  medical  lectures  at  tne  collej^e. 
Going  thence  to  lulinbur^^h,  Scotland,  he  en- 
tered the  University,  from  which  he  graduated 
in  1837  with  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medi- 
cine. After  spending  a  few  months  on  tiie 
continent,  visiting  hospitals  in  Paris  and  (ler- 
niaiiy,  many  of  which  he  has  since  revisited, 
he  returned  to  St.  John  and  began  the  jiractice 
of  his  profession  with  his  father,  whom  he 
eventually  succeeded.  A  writer  familiar  with 
his  career  has  written  of  him  in  these  compli- 
mentary words:  "Almost  from  the  start  Dr. 
Hayarcl  has  made  a  brilliant  success.  lie  has 
been  greatly  honored  by  the  medical  frater- 
nity and  by  his  fellow-citizens,  antl  it  is  safe 
to  say  that  no  man  in  his  (irofession  in  the 
J'rovinces  is  held  in  higher  esteem.  There  is 
not  a  city  or  large  town  in  New  Brunswick, 
Nova  Scotia,  or  Prince  lulward  Island  to  which 
he  has  not  been  called  upon  professional  busi- 
ness. 

To  the  DoL'tor's  persistent  energy  the  .St. 
John  Public  Hospital  owes  its  existence.  He 
brought  the  matter  of  establishing  siuli  an  in- 
stitution i)efore  the  city  authorities,  but  re- 
cci\ed  no  encoin;igcmcnt.  He  tried  to  raise 
money  foi-  the  purpose  by  geneial  subscription, 
but  failed.  J'',mplo\  ing  tiien  a  lawyer  to  draft 
an  act  to  assess  tiie  amount  reipiired,  he  placed 
the  i)ill  before  the  Provincial  Legislature;  and, 
with  tiie  assistance  of  the  late  Sir  Leonard 
Tilley  and  tiie  Hon.  Joliii  11.  liray,  and 
(jthers,  the  bill  to  raise  funds  enough   to  erect 


the  building  and  to  provide  for  its  future  sup- 
port was  jiassed.  Since  its  establishment,  in 
18C0,  Dr.  Hayard  has  been  chairman  of  the 
Hoard  of  (.Commissioners.  He  was  also  chair- 
man of  the  Hoard  of  Health  for  the  city  and 
county  of  .St.  John,  a  ]iositioii  to  which  he  was 
appointed  by  government  in  1855,  just  after 
the  passage  of  the  Sanitary  .Act  of  that  year. 
l'"or  four  years  in  succession  lie  was  elected 
president  of  the  New  Hrunswick  Medical  So- 
ciety, an  office  which  he  resigned  in  1881. 
He  was  piesident  of  the  Council  of  Physicians 
and  Surgeons  from  1 88 1  until  1885,  when  he 
resigned.  He  was  Coroner  of  the  city  and 
count}',  holding  the  position  twenty-eight 
years,  when  tliere  was  but  one  Coroner  where 
si.\  are  now  required  to  perform  the  work,  al- 
though there  has  been  but  small  increase  in 
|)o|)ulation. 

Dr.  Ha\ard  was  for  several  years  the  New 
Hrunswick  editor  of  the  Montreal  Medical  and 
Sidxii'dl Jtuinidl,  towliicii  he  contributed  many 
articles  of  \-alue.  He  is  well  versed  in  all 
jjranclies  of  medicine,  and  is  consitlereil  an 
autliority  on  all  subjects  connected  with  the 
science.  Among  his  lectures  that  are  of 
especial  value  are  those  upon  "Tlie  Use  and 
Ainise  of  Alcoholic  Drinks,"  which  was  given 
before  tlie  Medical  Society,  and  one  delivered 
in  .Mechanics'  Institute  upon  "The  Progress  of 
Medicine,  .Singer)',  and  Hygiene  during  the 
Last  One  Hundred  ^'ears. "  He  is  a  Ccniserv- 
ative  in  [lolitics  and  a  member  of  the  Church 
(}f  I'Jigland.  He  was  [iresident  of  the  Cana- 
dian Medical  Association  in  1895,  and  is  now 
chairman  of  the  Provincial  Hoanl  of  Healtii. 


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In  1848  Dr.  Jiayarcl  man  ii-d  Susan  Maria, 
(laughter  of  John  Wilson,  Ivsq.,  „|  Chaniou.k, 
N.H.,  formerly  a  large  ship-owner  and  mer- 
ehant  and  one  of  the  jiromoters  of  the  St.  An- 
dre\v'.s  &  Wood-tock  Railway.  It  was  from 
him  that  ])r.  Hayard  received  the  first  tele- 
gram sent  to  St.  John,  and  which  read  thus: 

'I'd   Dk.  W.  ll.WAKi).  .\iKii.   ;o,  1S31. 

lieiiig  the  lirst  siil)scril)er  to  llie  i;ifctric:  TeluKrapli 
Company.  I  am  lionoieil  hy  tlif  lir.st  communication  to 
your  city  announcing  tliis  -rcat  and  wonderful  work 
(.od  lias  made  known  to  man  liy,!,dvini;  him  control  of 
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Mrs.  Hayard  died  in  i.S;^,  leaving  no  chil- 
dren. She  was  a  most  estimable  woman,  hos- 
pitable and  benevolent,  and  always  happy 
when  doing  something  for  others.  She  was 
eminently  domestic  in  her  tastes,  and  took 
especial  delight  in  entertaining  her  own  and 
the  Doctor's  friends.  She  spent  much  time  in 
looking  after  the  poor  and  unfortimate  and  in 
visiting  the  Home  fur  Aged  Wunien,  the  I'lot- 
estant  Orphan  Asylinn,  ami  (Jther  charitable 
institutitms. 


fOHN    I.    STKKVK.S,  a  highly  respected 
citizen  of   Hillsboro,  N.U.,  and  one  of 
its  most  prosperous  agriculturists,  was 
born  February  13,   1.S48,  on  the  farm  where  he 
now  resides,  and  on  which  his  father,  the  late 
John  L.  ]{.  Sleeves,  passed  his  entire  life. 

Among  the  original  settlers  of  this  section 
of  Albert  County  was  Henry,  or,  as  the  name 
is  called  in  Dutch,  Hendrick,  Steev-As,  who 
came  here  from  I'enn.sylvania.  In  May, 
1763,  just  after  the  close  of  the   l-'rench  and 


Indian   War,    a  sloop  commanded   by  Captain 
Hall  sailed  from  I'enn.sylvania  for  New  Bruns- 
wick, having  on  board  the  families  of  Hendrick 
Steeves  and  of  Messrs.  Jones,  Trites,  Kicker, 
Lutz,  and   .Somers.      On  July   1    of  that  year, 
after  a  tedious  voyage,  the  vessel   stopped  at  a 
small    creek    on    the    north    side    of    Gray's 
Island;  and   there   Mr.  Steeves  and  his  wife, 
Rachel,  landed  with  their  seven  sons    -Jacob, 
John,    Christian,    Frederick,    Ludwig,   Henry, 
and   Matthias,   whose  ages   ranged   from  four- 
teen years  down  to  two  years.     The  remainder 
of  the  party  proceeded  up  the  river  to  what   is 
now    the    town    of    Moncton.       At    Hillsboro 
Hendrick  Steeves  took  up  a  tract  of   land  that 
was    formerly    settled    by    the    I'rench.       He 
reared  a  log  cabin   for  a   home,  and   struggled 
along  for  a  few  years,  living  largely  upon  the 
game  to  be  found  in  the  vicinity  and   the   fish 
from    the    streams.      Hy    1766,    however,    his 
prospects  brightened;  and  by  1770  he  and  his 
boys  had  a  large  field  cleared  and   cultivated, 
and    he    owned     several     cattle.       Thereafter 
prosperity    smiled    ujion    his    efforts,    and    he 
lived    in    comfort   the  remainder  of   his  days. 
To-day    his    descendants,    through    his    seven 
sons,  may  be   found   among  the  honored  citi- 
zens of  every  Province  of  the  Dominion   and 
in  every  State  of  the   I'nion.      One  of  them, 
W .    H.    Steeves,  was   the   first    I'ostmaster   of 
Hillsboro,  an  office  to  which  he  was  appointed 
in  1.S32;  and  he  was  further  distinguished    in 
1S47  by  being  chosen  as  the  first  member  from 
Albert   County  to  the   Legislature,  a  position 
to   which    he   was   subsequently  re-elccte.l    at 
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Jacob  Stceves,  the  next  in  line  of  di.'sccnt, 
was  born  in  I'ennsylvania,  where  he  liv^d 
until  he  was  fourteen  years  old,  when  in  1763 
he  came  with  his  parents  to  Hillsboro.  He 
assisted  in  clcarini;  the  homestead,  to  the 
ownershij)  of  which  he  succeeded,  and  during 
his  entire  life  was  employed  in  farming,  hunt- 
ing, and  fishing.  When  twenty-one  years  old 
he  went  up  the  I'etitcodiac  River  in  a  boat  of 
his  own  construction  to  the  hamlet  at  which 
friends  that  came  from  the  old  provinces,  now 
the  States,  when  he  did  had  settled;  and  there 
he  married  his  first  and  only  sweetheart,  Cath- 
erine, daughter  of  Jacob  I.utz.  Returning 
home  with  his  bride,  he  built  a  log  house 
about  thirty  rods  from  iiis  father's  abode,  and 
from  that  time  continued  the  improvements 
and  cultivation  of  the  pro])erty.  One  of  the 
most  important  of  his  undertakings  was  the 
building  of  dykes  to  keep  the  tide  out  of  the 
marsh.  He  reared  several  children,  one  of 
whom,  John,  the  eldest  son,  was  the  grand- 
father of  John  I.,  the  special  subject  of  this 
sketch. 

John  Steeves  spent  his  life  in  Hillsboro,  and 
was  known  far  and  wide  as  one  of  the  leading 
farmers  of  the  day,  as  well  as  an  extensive 
ship-owner  and  mill  operator.  He  svas  an 
expert  in  the  use  of  carpenter's  tools  and  of 
surgical  instruments,  and  on  account  of  his 
ability  to  do  any  kind  of  mechanical  work, 
from  the  building  of  a  house  or  ship  to  the 
amputating  of  a  leg,  he  was  nicknamed  "The 
King."  i  le  married  Jane  Heatty.  She  died 
at  the  age  of  threescore  and  ten,  while  he  at- 
tained the  venerable  age  of  eighty-four.      Hoth 


were  highly  esteemed  throughout  the  town; 
and  she  was  a  member  of  the  Haptist  church, 
which  he  attended.  They  had  a  family  of 
eleven  children,  seven  boys  and  four  girls,  of 
whom  but  one  child  is  living,  namely:  Jane, 
who  is  the  wiilow  of  Samuel  Gross,  and  has 
four  children  —  Nancy,  Augusta,  Maud,  and 
Frank. 

John  L.  H.  Steeves,  the  youngest  child, 
was  born  in  1821  on  the  Steeves  hcmiestead, 
where  he  successfully  engaged  in  agricultural 
l)ursuits  during  the  active  part  of  his  life  of 
seventy-one  years.  Taking  an  intelligent  in- 
terest in  all  things  pertaining  to  the  welfare 
of  his  town  and  county,  he  became  a  citizen  of 
influence,  and  for  many  years  served  as  Magis- 
trate, and  also  as  Supervisor  of  Roads.  In 
politics  he  was  identified  with  the  Liberals. 
He  married  Lavina,  daughter  of  Isaac  Gross, 
of  Hillsboro;  and  she  survives  him,  living  at 
the  old  homestead  with  her  son,  John  I. 
Mrs.  Steeves  is  a  valued  member  of  the  Hap- 
tist  church,  of  which  her  husband  was  for 
many  years  a  Deacon.  Nine  children  were 
born  of  their  marriage,  and  seven  of  them  are 
living;  namely,  Ruth,  John  I.,  Kmma,  Aila, 
Martha,  Frank  \V.,  and  Laura.  Ruth  is  the 
wife  of  Mariner  J.  Smith,  and  has  four  chil- 
dren—  Arnot,  Frank,  Horace,  and  Gertrude. 
I'jnnia  is  the  wife  of  William  H.  Duffy,  and 
has  six  children  —  Arthur,  Carl,  Paul,  Leon, 
Robert,  antl  Burpee;  Ada,  the  wife  of  George 
H.  Steadman,  has  one  child,  Harold;  Martha, 
whose  first  husbanil,  .Stephen  Colpitt,  left  her 
one  child,  Stephana,  is  now  the  wife  of  James 
l?est,  liy  whom  she  has  two  children  — Charles 


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and  Ruth;  Frank  \V.  married  Lizzie  Colpitt, 
and  has  three  children  —  HIanchc,  Ora,  and 
Majj^nc;  and  Laura  is  the  wile  of  Hurpce 
Anderson,  and  has  two  children— John  and 
Mary. 

John  I.  Steevcs  received  his  echication  in 
the  schools  of  1  liJIsboro,  and  in  his  father's 
fields  obtained  a  practical  knowledj;e  of  a<^ri- 
culture.  Following  in  the  footsteps  of  his 
ancestors,  he  has  chosen  farminj;  as  jiis  prin- 
cipal occupation,  and  on  the  old  home  farm  is 
nieetinj;  with  admirable  success.  On  Novem- 
ber 2,  1 880,  he  married  Amanda,  daughter  of 
Jonathan  T.  Colpitt,  of  Salisbury,  N.  H.  ;  and 
their  only  child,  Nellie,  was  born  May  25, 
1882.  In  politics  Mr.  Steeves  is  a  Liberal, 
and  in  his  religious  belief  he  is  a  Uaptist, 
being  an  active  member  of  the  church  of  that 
denomination,  in  which  he  has  succeeded  his 
father  as  Deacon.  Mrs.  Amanda  .Steeves,  a 
sincere  Christian,  belongs  to  the  Methodist 
church. 


"ON.  TIIO.MA.S  R.  JONICS,  banker 
and  broker  of  .St.  John  and  e.\-mem- 
ber  of  the  Legislative  Council  of 
New  Urunswick,  was  born  in  St.  John  on  Sep- 
tember 12,  1825,  son  of  John  and  I':iiza  (Rose- 
land)  Jones.  He  is  of  Welsh  ancestry  and  a 
descendant  of  one  John  Jones,  who  was  horn 
near  iJanvers,  Mass.,  engaged  in  ship-build- 
ing there,  and  about  1776  was  sent  to  New 
Brunswick  by  the  General  Court  of  Massachu- 
setts to  look  after  certain  ship-building  inter- 
ests here.  Hi  located  where  St.  John  now 
stantls,  i)ut  after  the   ivcvolutionary  War  went 


with    a    Mr.     Nevers     to     Sunbury    County. 
There    he    built    a    large    ship,    which    was 
brought  to  St.    John,    but   upon   reaching   her 
destination     ran    on    the    rocks    and    was    de- 
stroyed.      Although    crippled     financially    by 
this   di.saster,    he   subsequently    built    another 
large  ship,  which,  however,  was  burned  by  the 
Americans  in  the  War  of  iSin.     Going  subse- 
quently to  the  head  of   The    Mistake  in  Kings 
County,  he  located  a  large  tract  of  land,  which 
is   now  owned  and  occupied   by  his  youngest 
grandson.      His  wife  was  a   Miss   Mercy  Hil- 
drick,  of  Danvers,  Mass.,  member  of  the  fam- 
ily of  that  name  so  well  known    in   both    I'jig- 
land  and   Massachusetts;  and  she  bore   him  a 
large   family  of  children.      Of  these   Samuel, 
the    eldest,    engaged     in    farming    in    Kings 
County.      He   married   Mary  I'almer,   a  mem- 
ber of  the   Sunbury  family  of  that   n:mie  who 
came  here  in  1776.      Of  their  two  sons,  John, 
father  of  the  Hon.  Thomas   R.  Jones,  was  the 
youngest. 

John  Jones  was  a  lifelong  resident  of  St. 
John.  His  three  children  were:  Thomas  R.; 
Amelia  J.,  who  married  James  M.  Robertson; 
and  Samuel. 

One  ol  Mr.  Jones's  maternal  ancestors  was 
that  Thimias  Mullin  who  was  the  first  native 
of  Ireland  that  ever  settled  in  New  Mrunswick 
of  whom  there  is  any  authentic  account.  He 
was  born  in  the  north  of  Ireiaiiu,  cume  jut  to 
.Nfew  V'ork  previous  to  the  Rc/rli  ,  ].,n,  nd  to 
St.  John  in  1783  with  Imc  lall  Fleet  of 
Loyalists.  Here  he  died  in  1796,  and  was 
buried  in  the  oltl  city  grave-yard,  nearly  in 
front  of  the  present  police  office.      He  was  an 


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innkeeper;  and  his  advcrtisLMiiont,  <;iven 
l)el()\v,  cut  from  the  pa^cs  of  an  olil  newspaper, 
is  both  intercstinj^  and  suggestive:  — 

"Thomas  iMri.i.iN, 

"Who  formerly  kept  the  Roya!  Punch 
}h)use  in  the  city  of  New  York,  begs  leave 
to  inform  his  friends,  and  the  public  in  gen- 
eral, that  lie  has  now  ojienetl  a  tavern  at  the 
iUnieh  of  (jrai)es.  No.  403,  I'rince  William 
Street,  town  of  I'arr,  River  St.  John's,  di- 
rectly opposite  the  public  landing,  between 
the  Exchange  Coffee  House  and.  ''ost  Office. 
He  is  at  present  finishing  his  house  in  such  a 
manner  as  to  be  calculated  for  commercial 
business,  public  or  select  companies,  etc. 
His  being  always  known  to  keep  a  ])lentiful 
stock  of  the  best  liquors,  r  .d  an  hospitable 
table,  induces  him  to  hope  for  a  share  of  the 
public  countenance. 

"Having  transplanted  as  much  loyalty  in 
this  promising  country  as  he  could,  he  hopes 
his  friends  and  customers  will  be  pleased  to 
honor  his  tavern  with  the  aijpellation  of  the 
Royal  I'unch  House. 

"Said  Mullin  alsn  carries  on  the  l^lack- 
sniith's  business  in  all  its  branches  at  his 
shoj)  adjoining  tlie  pvnvision  stui'e.  He  has 
particularly  laiil  liimseU  out  for  heavy  work, 
edge  tiiiils  and  ship  work,  aiul  will  always  be 
provided  with  a  tolenible  stock  of  hardware, 
etc.  His  customers  may  be  assiued  that  all 
orders  for  work  in  said  business  shall  he  e.\e- 
ciited  in  a  piii|ier  manner  ami  with  greatest 
despati'li. 

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The  Hon.  'I  hf)mas  R.  Jones  was  engaged  in 
mercantile  business  from  his  fourteenth  year 
until  the  time  of  the  great  fire  in  1877,  when 
he  met  with  the  financial  loss  of  nearly  a 
hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars.  Since 
then  he  has  been  successfully  engaged  in  his 
present  line  of  business.  ]""or  eight  years  he 
served  the  city  as  Alderman,  and  for  twenty- 
two  years  he  was  in  the  Legislative  Council. 
Mr.  Jones  was  made  a  Mason  in  1849.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Church  of  luigland,  and  at- 
tends St.  Paul's  Church.  He  was  married  in 
1852  to  Miss  Mary  Jane  Donney,  daughter  of 
Charles  antl  Mary  Donney.  Of  the  eleven 
children  born  of  their  union,  eight  are  living, 
si.v  sons  and  two  dauirhters. 


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AMES  RHODliS  RUKL,  late  Collector 
of  Customs  and  Registrar  of  Shipping 
at  the  port  of  St.  John,  was  born  at 
Pembridge  House,  Welsh  Xewton,  Hereford- 
shire, luiglaiul,  October  J2,  1820,  aiul  dieii  in 
St.  John,  N.  H.,  March  S,  1900.  He  was  a 
son  of  John  Godfrey  and  Catherine  Parbara 
(Clery)  Ruel. 

The  family  is  of  German  origin,  ami  the 
name  was  formerly  spelled  Ruhl.  One  of  its 
members  in  the  si.xteentii  century  was  l^r. 
Johaun  Ruhl,  of  MansfcKI,  who  is  on  record 
as  having  "filled  a  place  of  considerable  emi- 
iu.'nce  in  the  political  world  of  his  day,"  being 
Chancellor  of  the  Archbishoii  of  Maynt/,  the 
Fdcctor  Albert  of  Ihandenburg,  and  the  favo- 
rite counsellor  of  the  younger  coinits  of 
Mansfeld,    rei)resentiiig   them   at    the    Diet  of 


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Nuremberg,  and  at  other  similar  assemblies. 
Dr.  Johann  Riihl  was  a  brotiier-in-law  of  the 
great  religious  reformer,  Martin  Luther  (hav- 
ing married  one  of  his  sisters),  and  supported 
him  at  the  historie  interview  with  Cardinal 
Cajetan  at  Augsburg.  He  was  a  friend  and 
correspondent  of  I.uther  and  an  honored  guest 
at  his  wedding. 

These  and  other  interesting  particulars  are 
contained  in  a  monograph  entitled  "The  Par- 
ents and  Kinsfolk  of  I.uther,"  by  Robert  C. 
Jenkins,  M.A.,  rector  of  Lyminge  and  Hon- 
orary Canon  of  Canterbury.  Mr.  Jenkins 
is  a  cousin  of  Mr.  Ruel,  the  Collector  of  the 
port  of  St.  John,  and  is  a  grandson  of  Johanna 
Regina  Ruel,  who  claimed  a  direct  descent 
from  Dr.  Johann  Riihl.  The  Ruhl  family, 
wiiich  was  of  senatorial  rank  in  the  city  of 
Heilbronn,  was  related  to  the  Counts  Fugger, 
Kirchlnirg,  and  Weissanharn.  The  present 
heail  of  that  house  is  Prince  Habeniiauscn,  who 
is  a  kinsman  of  Her  Majesty  (jueen  Victoria 
through  the  house  of  Hohenlohc-I.angeburg. 

Gottfried  Ruhl,  a  descendant  of  Dr.  Johann 
and  great-grandfather  of  the  subject  of  this 
sketch,  settled  in  l,ond(ui  about  one  hundred 
and  eighty  years  ago.  He  was  distinguished 
as  a  man  of  wealth.  Later  generations  of  the 
family  in  Ijigland  changed  the  spelling  of  the 
name  to  Its  present  form  of  Ruel. 

John  (ii)ilfrey  Ruel,  grandson  of  (Jottfried, 
was  horn  in  London  and  educated  at  Harrow. 
I'.ntcring  the  navy,  he  accpiired  considerahle 
distinction  as  an  olFicer  in  the  Royal  Marines 
(ui  board  H.  M.  S.  "Thetis"  and  otiier  war 
ves.sels,  and  remained  in  the  service  until  the 


declaration  of  peace  in  1815.  In  1817  he 
married  Catherine  Barbara  Clery,  a  descendant 
of  a  French  count,  and  in  1833  he  emigrated 
to  New  Urunswick,  accompanied  by  his  wife, 
si.v  sons,  and  three  daughters.  He  returned 
to  ICngland  in  1849,  and  died  there  in  1852. 
His  wife  died  in  1887,  at  the  advanced  age  of 
ninety-eight  years. 

James  Rhodes  Ruel   began   his  education  in 
the   high   school   of  Monmouth,  luigland,  and 
completed    it   at   the  grammar  school    in    St. 
John.      Entering  the  service  of  the  city  cor- 
poration in  July,  1839,  he  became  successively 
Deputy  Common   Clerk,  Clerk   of  the   I'cace, 
Auditor  of    County  and    City   Accounts,   and 
Chamberlain   of   the  City.     On    November    i, 
1870,  he  was  appointed   by  the  Canadian   gov- 
ernment Collector  of   Customs  and    Registrar 
of    Shipping   at    this    port,  which    position   he 
held    until    his    death:    and    his    long    reten- 
tion in  office  attests  his   eilicicnt   perfcwmance 
of  the  important  duties  intrusted  to  his  charge. 
In    September,     1850,    he    became    associated 
with  the   Rev.  Dr.  I.  W.  1).  Gray  in   the  edi- 
torship  of    tlie    Clnurli    U'i///,x\,    a    newspaper 
established  to  counteract  the  teachings  of  the 
High  Church  iiarty  in  the  Church  of  luigland; 
and,  taking  its  sole  management    In    1855,  he 
continued  to  conduct    it    until  186.1,  when    its 
pii'ilication  I'cased. 

When  a  y(umg  man  he  supimrted  the  views 
of  the  Tractarian  school,  bm,  becoming  con- 
vinced that  they  were  not  in  accordance  with 
the  teachings  of  the  early  rcrdrmcrs  of  the 
Church  of  I'jigland,  he  abandoned  ihcm  lor  the 
doctrine  as  taught  hy  the  hivangel  ical   school. 


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lie  was  a  member  of  St.  John's  Church 
continuously  from  1833  to  the  time  of  iiis 
death  and  was  a  warden  for  over  twenty  years: 
and  in  1853,  when  the  churcli  edifice  hecanie 
the  place  of  worshij)  of  a  separate  parish,  he 
was  elected  a  vestryman  and  vestry  clerk.  Mr. 
Ruel  for  many  years  took  a  deep  interest 
in  the  general  welfare  of  the  city  and  its  devel- 
opment. He  contributed  liberally  toward  the 
original  fund  raised  for  the  purpose  of  estab- 
lisliing  the  Free  rublic  Library,  and  served 
as  its  secretary  and  treasurer  from  the  time  of 
its  organization  until  1S97,  when  he  resigned. 
During  the  agitation  of  the  jiroject  for  the 
confederation  of  the  provinces,  he  was  chair- 
man of  the  British  American  Association, 
which  was  founded  especially  to  promote  the 
success  of  that  movement. 

In  1854  Mr.  Ruel  contracted  the  first  of  his 
two  marriages  with  Harriet,  daughter  of  John 
Kiniiear.  She  died  in  1S59.  having  had  one 
ikiughter  who  also  di'.-d;  and  in  1861 
he  wedded  for  his  second  wife  Sopiiia 
i\I.  Johnston,  daughter  of  the  Hon.  Hugh 
Johnstiiii.  .She  !)ecanie  the  mother  of  five 
children,  namely:  I'recierick  Herbert  Johnston 
Ruel,  will)  is  now  ill  the  enijiloy  of  the  Hank 
of  Montreal:  Cierard  Godfrey  Ruel,  LL.  H., 
grachiate  of  Harvard  Lhiiversity,  Cambridge, 
Mass.,  now  legal  ;idviser  ol  the  Department  of 
Railways  and  ("aiials  at  Ottawa:  Isabel  H., 
who  married  A.  M.  (loss,  oi  riyniouth,  lOng- 
hmd:  ICrnest  .Swart/,  who  died  in  1894,  at  the 
age  of  twenty-one  years;  and  Claudine,  who 
died  in  iS8j.  ICrnest  .Swartz  was  a  graduate 
of    the    Uni\-ersily    of    New    Hrunswick,    ;ind 


about  to  i)egin  a  promising  career  as  an  attor- 
ney. Mr.  Ruel's  second  wife  died  in  May, 
1894,  and  to  her  memory  and  that  of  her  son 
he  erected  a  handsome  fountain  in  I'crnnill 
Cemetery,  which  he  had  previously  assisted 
in  beautifying. 


I  LAS  A  L  WARD,  U.C,  A.M., 
D.C.L.,  a  highly  honored  member 
of  the  legal  fraternity,  resident  in 
St.  John,  was  born  at  Brunswick,  (jueens 
County,  N.  1!.,  on  April  14,  1842,  son  of  John 
and  Mary  A.  (Corey)  Alward.  His  grand- 
father, Benjamin  Alward,  was  one  of  the 
United  Empire  Loyalists  who,  at  the  close  of 
the  Revolution,  came  from  New  Jersey  to 
(Jueens  County,  where  he  lived  to  the  ad- 
vanced age  of  ninety.  On  his  mother's  side 
also  Mr.  Alward  is  descended  from  one  of  the 
old  (Jueens  County  families. 

Mr.  Alward  received  his  degree  as  Bachelor 
of  Arts  in  i860  from  Acadia  College,  and  his 
Master's  degree  in  1871  from  Brown  Univer- 
sity, Providence,  R.I.,  in  the  States.  In 
1882  Acadia  College  conferred  upon  him  the 
well-merited  degree  of  Doctor  of  Civil  Law. 
He  was  called  to  the  bar  in  1865,  and  has 
since  been  engaged  in  the  jiractice  of  his 
protessinn  in  St.  John.  In  1887  he  was  ap- 
])ointed  an  advisory  niember  of  the  C.'ommis- 
sion  on  the  Law  and  Practice  ;iiid  (.'(institu- 
tion of  the  (.'ourts,  and  in  1891  was  created  a 
(JueiMi's  C!ounsel.  Besides  holding  other  po- 
sitions, Dr.  Alward  has  been  president  of  the 
St.    lohn  Mechanics'   Institute,  lecturer  in  the 


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law  school  of  Kinf;'s  College,  Windsor,  at  St. 
John,  in  evidence  and  equity,  ami  a  member 
of  the  School  Board.  He  is  at  the  present 
time  jjovernor  of  Acadia  Collcf^e  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  law  faculty  of  King's  College, 
Windsor.  Among  his  contributions  to  jioliti- 
cal  literature  have  been  two  brochures.  "The 
Issuesof  the  Day"  (St.  John,  1887)  and  "The 
Record  of  the  Tory  Tarty"  (St.  John,  1887). 
A  Liberal  in  politics  and  an  active  and  indu- 
ential  member  of  his  party,  Dr.  Alward  was 
returned  to  the  I'rovincial  Legislature  in 
March,  1887;  but  from  May-,  1889,  down  to 
1899,  he  was  in  active  opposition  to  the  Hlair 
government.  In  1895  he  was  re-elected  for 
St.  John  by  acclamation,  g.e. 

Dr.  Alward  attends  the  Church  of  Kngland. 
He  was  married  first  in  1869  to  Ijnilie, 
daughter  of  I'.  Wickwore,  of  Canning,  N.S. 
Her  death  occurred  in  1879;  and  in  May, 
1888,  he  married  Sarah  lulith,  daughter  of 
W.  W.  TurnbuU,  of  St.  John.  Three  sons 
have  blessed  this  union:  I'>nest  H.  Turnbull, 
who  was  born  on  April  4,  1889;  William 
Wallace,  whf)  was  burn  nn  August  14,  1892; 
and  Cedric  Harold,  who  wr.s  born  on  January 
12,  1898.  Dr.  Alward  and  his  family  reside 
at  Sunnysitle,  Mount  I'leasant,  .St.  John. 


Dl.XONf    WOOD,    an    extensive    man- 
ufacturer    ot     Hay   V'erte,    Westmor- 
land  County,  and  one  of    its  most 
enterprising  am!  progressive  business  men,  was 
born  in  this  town  nn  the  vl  ol  August,   iS.}('). 
His  lather,  the  late  Oliver  Wood,  was  born 


at  a  .settlement  on  the  River  Herbert  in  Cum- 
berland   County,    New    Hrunswick,    where    he 
was  reared  and  educated.      Learning  the  trade 
of  ma.son  and  plasterer,  he  followed  it  in  Nova 
.Scotia  for  a  few  years   in   liis  early  manhood, 
and  then  came  to  J5.iy  Verte  to   locate  perma- 
nently.     Purchasing  a   farm,    he   directed   his 
efforts  to  agricultural    pursuits,  in   connection 
with  which  he  worked  sometimes  at  his  trade, 
continuing   both    until    his    death,    which   oc- 
I  curred   on  July  9,    1880,    at  the  age  of  fifty- 
eight  years.      He  was  an  active  member  of  the 
Methodist  church,  to  which  his  wife  al.so  be- 
I  longed,   and    as    one    of    the    pioneers    in  the 
temperance   cause   was   the    leading  s|)irit    in 
forming  the   present  division   of  the  temper- 
ance lodge  at    Hay  \'erte.      He  married   Cath- 
I  erine,    daughter    of    Richard    Gooden,    of    the 
i  town,  and  they  became  the   parents  of  eleven 
I  children,  three  of  whom  died  in  infaiicv.      .Si.x 
;  of   the   family    are    now    living:    namely,    R. 
I   Dixon,  Charles,   Liz/ie,  limma,  Anna  M.,  and 
I  Clarence  V.    The  mother  died  June  9,  1887,  at 
the  age  of   sixty-lour  years.      Lizzie   Wond    is 
:  the  wile   of   W.  j.   Wilson,  (if  the   (leological 

i  Smveving  Staff  at  Ottawa,  and  has  three  chil- 

! 

:  dren   -  (iertrude,   Harold,  ;in(l  IVrcv.      Lmnvi, 

whose   first   Inisb.nid,    Dr.    Hamford    Duffy,    of 

MonctdU,    died    leaving    her    two    children  — 

Doro     and     Arteveldl  —  is    now    tiie    wife    ol 

Charles   W.   Ldgett. 

R.     Dixon    Woixl    learned    the    trade    of    a 

mason    and    pbisterer    under    his    father,    and 

worked  at  il   in  v.nious  sections  ol   the  eoutity 

lor   several    years.      In     1871,    when    icady    to 

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larii)  of  seventy-five  acres,  lyint;  on  the  Tid- 
nisli  Road  and  there  followed  farming  in  con- 
nection with  his  trade  for  some  time.  In 
1S75  he  eiilart^ed  his  operations  by  biiyini;- 
lorty  acres  of  tiniher  land  on  the  Tidiiisli 
l^oad  and  fifty  acres  of  land  with  a  ,i;ood 
water-i)ower.  With  characteristic  push  and 
foresight,  he  then  erected  the  first  shin,:;le- 
niil!  ever  put  into  ojieration  in  this  |)art  of  the 
Province.  After  nninin:,^  it  successfully  for  a 
number  of  years,  he  was  forced  on  account  of 
ill  health,  which  terminated  in  asthma,  to 
abandon  that  busincs.s.  LookiuLj  about  for 
some  means  of  increasing  his  income,  he  sub- 
sequently formed  a  ])artnership  with  Cliarles 
W.  Idliott,  under  tlie  firm  name  of  I';iliott  & 
Wood,  and  for  a  year  conducted  a  Lcencral 
store  at  Hay  Vcrte  Corner.  Heint;  very  un- 
fortunate, tiie  firm  failed,  and  Mr.  Wood  ^^ave 
up  all  liis  property  to  his  creditors. 

.Start i n-- a-a in  at  the  foot  of  the  ladder,  ho 
commenced  making;  boxes  for  the  lobster  fac- 
tories, and  soon  after  built  a  steam  saw-mill 
(in  the  Tidnish  Road  for  makini;-  shinj;les  and 
shooks  to  be  used  in  the  manufacture  of 
lobster  boxes.  In  this  he  met  with  :;ood  suc- 
cess until  one  dis.istrous  day,  July  7,  tSS^, 
when  his  entiie  pi. ml  was  burned  to  the 
.Ljround;  and  as  he  carried  no  insurance  he 
a,L;ain  lost  everything;-.  .\othin--  dauiit"d, 
Imwever,  he  I'ldjuiU.  his  mill  the  same  fall, 
and  resumed  his  manufacturing.  lie  soon  i 
extended  his  oper.itions  bv  beL;inninL;  to  m.i.i-  I 

ufaetiue    de.ds,    and    in    i,Si)j    b(ni,L;hl    the    old  i 

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his  present    ste.ini    f,u-tory,  which    is  eipiipped  i 


with  the  most  approved  modern  machinery  and 
has  every  facility  required  for  conducting  his 
busin<"ss.  lie  has  likewise  greatly  improved 
the  estate  in  many  particulars,  and  has  more 
especially  added  to  the  comforts  and  conven- 
iences of  the  residence,  which  he  and  his  fam- 
ily now  occupy.  A  self-made  man  in  every 
respect  implieil  by  the  term,  he  is  held  in 
high  regard  as  a  citizen,  a  neighbor,  and  a 
friend,  and  mong  his  business  as.sociates  is 
respected  for  his  great  energy  and  capability, 
lie  is  a  Liberal  Conservative  in  i)olitics,  an 
attendant  of  the  ^[ethodist  church,  and  one  of 
its  trustees. 

On  July  4,  1871,  .Mr.  Wood  married  l';iiza- 
beth,  daughter  of  .Samuel  Murry,  of  Murry 
Road,  IJotsford,  N.H.  Of  their  ten  children 
six  are  living;  namely,  I'Irnest  K.,  Walter  W., 
Leonard  T. ,  Lavina  iM.,  Iwa  15.,  and  Helen  C. 


ILLIAM  WOODHURY  WICLL.S, 
of  Port  I'^lgin,  Westmorland 
County,  N.H.,  is  well  known  in  the  political 
world,  for  the  past  seven  years  having  been  a 
meiid)cr  of  the  Provincial  Parliament,  lie 
was  born  November,^,  uS6o,  at  Pointedu  Bute, 
N.H.,  which  was  also  the  place  of  birth  of  his 
father,  Charles  C.  Wells,  lie  is  of  Lnglish 
anccstrv,  being  a  direct  descendant  of  Will- 
iam Wells,  of  \'orkshire,  I'jigland,  who  mar- 
ried a  Miss  Dobson,  anil  subsequentlv  emi- 
grated to  Pointe  du  liute,  N,  15.,  where  as  a 
pioneer  settler  he  cleared  and  improved  a  tract 
111  land  111, It  is  still  in  possession  of  the  Wells 
family.      William   Wells  was  a   bricklayer  by 


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trade,  and  he  built  a  Methodist  church  at 
Throsk,  in  which  Wesley  (.reached  in  1766. 
]?oth  he  and  his  wife  were  ardent  Methodists; 
and,  before  they  left  I'jigland  for  Nova  Scotia, 
John  Wesley  knelt  in  prayer  with  them,  and, 
with  a  hand  on  the  head  of  each,  commended 
them  to  divine  protection. 

Hcnjamin  Well;,,  the  grandfather  of  Will- 
iam Woodbury  Wells,  was  a  lifelong  resident 
of  Pointe  du  Ikite,  where  he  attained  the  vener- 
able age  of  ninety-one  years.  For  several 
years  he  owned  and  operated  a  large  tannery, 
the  products  of  which  he  sold  to  a  great  ex- 
tent in  Newfoundland.  He  was  actively  in- 
terested in  local  affairs,  and  was  a  member  of 
the  Methodist  church.  He  married  Catherine 
Chappell,  of  Tidnish,  N..S.,  who  died  at  the 
age  of  seventy-two  years.  Of  their  seven 
children  five  survive;  namely,  Charles,  Jo- 
seph, William,  I^llen,  and  Jane. 

Charles  C.  Wells  assisted  in  the  various 
branches  of  agriculture  carried  on  by  his 
father  until  i<S58,  when  he  followed  the  tide 
of  emigration  westward,  hoping  that  in  the 
auriferous  soil  of  the  Pacific  coast  he  might 
more  speedily  and  easily  realize  a  fortune  than 
he  could  by  farming  in  New  Brunswick,  l-'or 
two  years  he  toiled  in  the  gokl  fieliis  of  Cali- 
fornia, meeting  with  fair  success,  but  not 
enough  to  induce  him  to  remain  there.  Re- 
turning to  Pointe  ilu  Uute,  he  settled  on  the 
old  homestead,  where  he  has  been  prosper- 
ously engaged  in  general  farming  until  tlie 
present  day.  He  is  a  l.iiieral  in  politics. 
He  married  .Sarah  SiiUlall,  also  of  Pointe  du 
Hule,  and  they  have  three  children  —  William 


Woodbury,  Albert  J.,  and   I':phraim  K.      Mrs. 
Wells  is  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church. 

William  Woodbury  Wells  graduated  from 
Dalhousie  College  in  Nova  Scotia  in  1886 
with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Laws.  Going 
then  to  Dorchester,  N.  H.,  he  continued  the 
study  of  law  with  H.  R.  ICmmerson,  the  pres- 
ent Premier  of  New  Brunswick,  and  after  his 
admission  to  the  bar  was  for  a  short  time  in 
Mr.  Emmerson's  office  at  Moncton.  In  1887 
Mr.  Wells  settled  at  Port  l':igin,  where  for 
three  years  he  was  principal  of  the  Superior 
School.  In  1890  he  opened  a  law  office  at 
Port  Elgin,  and  he  has  since  built  up  an  ex- 
tensive and  remunerative  practice,  having 
been  very  successful  from  the  beginning,  his 
local  fame  as  a  lawyer  of  ability  spreading 
rapidly.  He  began  his  active  political  career 
in  1892,  when  he  was  elected  to  represent 
Westmorland  County  in  the  Provincial  Parlia- 
ment, defeating  a  relative  of  his,  William 
Wilberforce  Wells,  now  Judge  Wells.  He 
was  re-elected  in  1895  by  acclamation,  and 
again  elected  in  beiiruary  last  in  a  fiercely 
contested  campaign,  in  which  two  of  his  col- 
leagues were  defeated.  At  the  last  session  he 
was  a])pointed  Deputy  Speaker  of  the  House. 
In  his  i)arty  preferences  he  is  a  Liberal;  in 
his  religious  belief  a  Methodist;  and,  frater- 
nally, he  is  a  member  of  the  Port  Elgin 
Court,  I.  ().  I'".,  which  court  he  has  repre- 
sented for  several  years  at  the  sessions  of  the 
High  Court  of  New  Brunswick,  and  was  one 
of  the  delegates  to  the  last  .session  of  the  Su- 
preme Court,   I.  (),    !•■. 

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TurncT,  ol  I'ort  K\'X\n,  wore  married  on  ()ct()- 
ber  I,  18.S9,  and  tht'y  have  two  children  — 
ThoroUl  and  Ililde'rarde. 


OSIAH  WOOD,  a  member  of  the 
(-1.  Senate  of  Canada  since  1895,  is  one  of 
the  most  iiromiiient  and  pro>;ressive 
business  men  of  Sackville,  Westmoreland 
County,  N.H.  ]Ie  was  born  in  that  town, 
April  iS,  1843,  a  son  of  Mariner  A.  and 
Louisa  (Trueman)  Wood.  His  great-grand- 
father Wood  and  his  grandfather  both  bore  the 
name  Josiah. 

The  first  Josiah  Wood  lived  in  Connecticut, 
United  States,  where  he  married  Ruth  Thom[)- 
son,  and  where  his  son  Josiah  was  born. 

Josiah  Wood,  second,  came  from  Connecti- 
cut to  Dorchester,  N.  B.,  about  iSoo.  lie  had 
a  good  education  and  musical  talents,  and  for 
a  time  after  his  arrival  taught  school  and  led  a 
singing-class.  He  also  had  a  knowledge  of 
lulling  and  dyeing  cloth,  and  was  engaged  in 
fitting  u|)  and  ojierating  mills  for  that  pur- 
pose. .'\fter  his  marriage  he  commenced  a 
gencr.d  trading  businci.s  at  Dorchester,  his 
.astes  natinally  inclining  him  to  trading  and 
iieculation.  lie  frecpiently  made  trips  by 
sci..)oner  to  the  I'nitcd  States  in  connection 
with  his  business.  On  one  of  these  occasions 
the  schooner  by  which  he  went  to  New  York 
kite  in  the  autumn  was  unable  to  return  on  ac- 
count of  the  severity  of  the  weather,  and  he 
undertook  to  make  the  return  journev  on 
hoiseback.  He  succeeded  in  getting  back  to 
i>orchester,  but  the  exposmx' and  cold   experi- 


enced on  this  journey  so  affected  him  that  lie 
died  shortly  after  his  arrival  home.  He  mar- 
ried Sarah  Ayer,  daughter  of  Mariner  Aycr. 
Two  children  were  the  fruit  of  this  union,  and 
the  elder  was  .lamed  Mariner  A.,  in  honor  of 
his  maternal  grandfather. 

Mariner  A.  Wood  was  born  at  Dorchester, 
X.  H.,  in  1806.  -Soon  after  his  father's  death 
he  came  to  Sackville,  where  at  the  age  of 
eighteen  years  he  established  himself  a.s  a 
merchant.  Having  a  great  aptitude  for  com- 
mercial pursuits,  he  was  very  successful  in 
his  undertakings,  and  built  up  a  large  whole- 
sale and  retail  country  trade.  He  also  be- 
came largely  interested  in  ship-building  and 
lumbering.  When  his  sons  became  old  enough 
he  took  them  into  partnership  with  himself, 
and  under  the  firm  name  of  M.  Wood  &  Sons 
continued  in  business  until  his  death,  in  1875. 
As  a  man  of  high  moral  principles,  honest  and 
upright  in  all  his  ilealings,  ami  a  total  ab- 
stainer from  alcohol  in  any  form,  he  was 
hehl  in  universal  esteem.  His  wife,  Louisa, 
(laughter  of  Harmon  Trueman,  of  I'ointe  du 
Hute,  \.H.,  died  in  1S59,  leaving  two  sons, 
ol  whom  Josiah  is  the  only  survivor,  lioth 
parents  were  faithful  members  of  the  Meth- 
odist church. 

Josiah  Wood  graduated  as  H.ichelor  of  .\rts 
from  the  M(/unt  .Allison  College  in  Sackville 
with  the  class  ol  iXi'ij.  Intending  to  prepare 
himself  for  the  bar,  he  entered  the  law  office 
of  ex-Judge  (then  Mr.i  .X.  L.  Talnicr  at  Dor- 
chester, where  he  sttulied  lour  years.  In 
iSd;.  owing  to  the  ill  health  of  his  only 
brother,    his    father    induced    him     to     return 


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the  firm,  the  name  bocomin;^  ^^.  Wooil  & 
Sons,  as  before  stated.  Since  the  deatli  of 
his  father,  in  iS/s,  Mr.  Wood  has  con(hicted 
the  business  ahine,  his  brother  liavini;  died  in 
1871.  He  has  greatly  enlarged  his  operations 
during  that  time,  and  n:)w  tievotes  liimself  al- 
most entirely  to  the  wholesale  depavtnient, 
having  a  very  extensive  trade  in  groceries  of 
all  kinds.  A  keen,  wide-awake  man  of  busi- 
ness, he  is  well  known  outside  of  his  own 
town.  He  took  an  important  part  in  the  up- 
building of  Moncton,  having  been  associated 
with  some  of  its  leading  citizens  in  the  estab- 
lishment of  the  Moncton  Sugar  Refinery,  the 
Gas  and  Water  Works,  the  Cotton  Manu- 
facturing Company,  and  other  organizations. 
He  has  always  show  1  an  interest  in  educa- 
tional matters,  and  is  now  treasurer  of  tiie 
Hoard  of  Regents  of  Mount  .Allison  lfni\cr- 
sity.  An  .active  member  of  the  Conservative 
party,  Mr.  Wood  has  for  many  years  occuineii 
a  place  of  jirominence  in  political  circles,  and 
from  iSSj  until  1895  he  represented  the 
county  of  Westmoreland  in  the  l)ominiiui 
I'arliam'.Mit.  In  the  latter  year  he  was  ap- 
pointed to  the  Senate,  a  positicni  which  he  is 
filling  with  credit  and  abilitv. 

On  January  14,  1874,  Mr.  Wood  married 
Laura  .S.,  daughter  of  'riioin])son  Trueman,  of 
Sackville.  Si.\  children  have  been  born  to 
Mr  and  Mrs.  Wood,  and  five  are  living: 
namely,  T'leanor  I,.,  Herbert  .M.,  Dora  H., 
William  T,  and  Hester  V.  .Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Wood  are  botli  menibers  of  the  Methodist 
church,  toward  the   support   of   which   be   con- 


tributes most  generously,  besides,  as  a  trustee 
of  the  church  property,  iooking  after  its  finan- 
cial condition. 


H.LIAM  I'ZR.A  VROOM.  of  the 
firm  of  N'room  &  Arnold,  marine  and 
general  insurance  agents,  .St.  John,  N.  H.,  is  a 
native  of  Nova  .Scotia.  He  was  horn  at  Gran- 
ville I''erry,  Annapolis  County,  on  March  30, 
1837.  the  eldest  son  of  Frederick  I,.  ]?.  and 
l.unice  (I'ostei)  Vroom.  On  the  iiaternal 
side  he  is  of  Dutch  descent.  His  great- 
grandfather, Jolm  Vroom,  who  was  a  Loyal- 
ist, settled  at  Clements,  Annajiolis  County, 
N.  .S.,  in  1783,  having  removed  thither  from 
Long  Island,  N.A'.,  after  the  close  of  the 
war   for  American   independence. 

(ienrge  \'room,  son  of  John  and  grandfather 
of  William  ]•'..,  resided  in  Clements,  Annap- 
olis County.  A  farmer  by  occui)ation,  be  was 
a  mail  of  prominence  in  the  community,  and 
served  for  many  years  as  a  Magistrate.  \lv 
and  his  wife,  wliose  maiden  name  was  Mary 
Anibeniian.  re.ired  a  large  f.imily  of  children. 
In  1855  .Mr.  and  .Mrs.  CJeorge  X'rooni  took  an 
extended  trip  in  a  wagon,  driving  through 
what    is    now    the    Dominion     of     Canada     to 

I   Niagara    b'alls,  and    being  among   the   first   to 
cross  the  suspensi(Ui  bridge  over  the  falls,  this 

I  being   shiutly   after   it    was   opened    to    public 

'  travel. 

b'rederick    I..    H.  X'rooni.  son  of    (ieorgeaud 

I   .M.iry   X'room,  was   born    in    (■Icmeiits,   .Ann.ip- 

olis  Countv,   in   181;.      llele.uned   the  black- 

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worked  at  it  .sdino  years.  His  wife,  luinici', 
was  a  (iau;;iiter  of  V./.ra  V.  I-'ostcr,  of  Hridj,^'- 
town,  Annapolis  County,  and  great-^rand- 
dau;;hter  of  an  I'.n,L;lishnian  who  came  from 
I'lssex  and  settieii  in  Nova  Scotia  at  a  very 
early  day.  .She  w.is  the  mother  of  seven  chil- 
dren, four  of  whom  are  livin^j.  These  are  as 
follows:  William  Iv ;  Georj^iana;  Mary,  who 
is  the  wife  of  Dr.  Hingay,  of  Urier  Island; 
and  Jessey  Iv  (iraves,  of  Aylesford,  Annap- 
olis County.  Moth  parents  were  members  of 
the  Church  of  l-ji^^land.  Mrs.  luiniee  Vroom 
died  on  December  .^o,  1875,  and  l'"rederick 
L.  15.  Vroom,  about  a  week  later, 

William  Iv.ra  Vroom  was  educated  in  his 
native  villajje,  and  remained  there  until  1852, 
when  he  went  to  Hrid^^etown,  where  he  be- 
came clerk  in  a  mercantile  and  ship-building; 
establishment.  Coming  to  St.  John  two  years 
later,  this  beini;-  the  year  of  the  j;reat  cholera 
epidemic,  he  entered  the  employ  of  A.  (iil- 
christ,  a  dry-ijoods  merchant,  with  whom  he 
remained  for  anotlier  two  years.  .Subsetpient 
to  this  he  removed  to  the  Albert  Mines,  ami 
there  managed  a  store  for  the  purpose  of  sup- 
plying the  miners  with  provisions  and  tools. 
Withdrawing;  from  this  at  the  eml  of  a  year, 
he  returned  to  .St.  John,  where  for  a  \ear  he 
was  in  the  em|)loy  of  the  Hank  of  New  Bruns- 
wick, and  later  was  chief  clerk  for  the  Hon. 
John  R((bertson,  with  whom  he  continued 
until  the  fall  of  i86i).  At  this  time  he 
formed  a  jiartnership  with  Mr.  R.  II.  .Arnold, 
which  has  existed  throunh  all  the  intervening; 
years.  .\t  tirst  the  two  partners  were  in  busi- 
ness for  a  year  in  Montevideo,  .South  .\meriia. 


antl  upon  their  I'turn  from  that  place  they  es- 
tablished their  present  line  of  business  in  .St. 
John.  They  have  here  met  with  ^ood  suc- 
cess, as  their  '..inorable  methods  of  dealinj;  in 
all  their  transactions  have  won  and  kept  for 
them  the  confidence  of  the  |)iiblic. 

In  i(S64  Mr.  Vroom  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Sarah  (j.  Hond,  a  native  of  Neston  on 
the  Dee,  I'jiglanil,  but  a  resident  of  this  coun- 
try since  her  twelfth  year,  when  she  crossed 
the  ocean  with  her  father,  (ieor^e  W.  Hond. 
The  followin,i;-named  children  have  been  born 
to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Vroom:  John  Hickman,  who 
is  in  the  customs  department,  Kaslo,  l^.C.  ; 
ICunicc  I'Vances,  wife  of  lulmund  I.  Simonds; 
Mary  I,.;  C.  H.  W.  McK.  ;  and  Frederic 
L.  H.  Mr.  \'room  is  a  thirty-second  def;ree 
Mason.  He  and  his  family  are  members  of 
the  Church  of  I^ny-land. 


RTIIIR  C.  FAIRWI;AT1II{R,  of  .St. 
lohn,  harrister-at-law,  and  <;eneral 
a-ent  for  the  Hrovinee  of  the  Com- 
mercial I'nion  Assurance  Company  of  London 
and  the  I'henix  Insurance  Company  of  Hrook- 
lyn,  was  born  in  St.  John,  April  23,  1  <S44, 
son  of  Joseph  and  Jane  (Whittaker)  I'air- 
weather.  He  is  of  Loyalist  descent;  and  an 
account  of  his  ancestry  may  be  founil  in  the 
sketch  of  his  elder  brother,  Cieor_L;e  Ldwin 
I'"airweather,  which  appears  on  another  ]xij;e  of 
this  volume. 

He  was  educated  at  tlie  j;ramm.ir  school  of 
KinL;ston,  Kin^s  County,  ;ind  at  the  Col- 
legiate   .School-at    l'"iedericton.      He    studied 


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law  in  the  office  of  Messrs.  Gray  &  Kaye,  and 
was  admitted  an  attorney,  Juno  i6,  18^)5,  and 
barrister  in  the  month  of  June,  iSdj.  Since 
then  he  has  been  engaged  in  the  practice  of 
his  profession  and  in  tiie  tue  insurance  busi- 
ness. He  lias  also  been  interested  to  a  con- 
siderable extent  in  farming  and  stock-raising 
at  l"'ir  Shade  Farm,  Rothesay,  Kings  County, 
where  he  resides. 

lie  was  married  in  .August,  \H6h,  to  .Miss 
Annie  R.  l.ee,  daughter  of  the  late  (ieorge 
l.ee,  Jr.,  M.A.,  of  I'rcdericton.  Their  chil- 
dren now  living  are:  Margaret  Lee,  .Stewart 
Lee,  I'ercy  R.  Lee,  Jack  11.  A.  Lee,  Muriel 
Lee,  and  Annie  R.    Lee  b'airweather. 


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'n;i"Hi:N     lURi'i-.b;     ai'I'llhv, 

barrister-at-law,     Woodstock,     X.I?. 

was  born  in  l-'lorenceville,  C^arleton 
County,  N.H. ,  October  21,  iSj?3,  son  of 
Charles  .S.  and  Letitia  (Burpee)  Appleby. 
His  granilfather  Appleby  was  born  in  Lng- 
land,  and  w;is  for  a  while  a  soldier  in  the 
liritish  army. 

Charles  S.  Apjjleby  was  born  in  .St.  John, 
\.l?.,  where  he  sjjent  his  earliest  years.  He 
was  left  fatherless  when  a  lad,  and,  having 
moved  with  his  widowed  mother  to  Sunijury 
County,  there  learned  the  carpenter's  trade. 
At  this  he  worked  continuously  until  bis  mar- 
riage, when  he  p.urciiased  land  in  I'Morence- 
ville.  where  he  imjiroved  a  fine  homcste.id 
property,  and  engaged  in  agricultural  lalmr 
until  bis  death.  He  was  the  first  i'ostmaster 
at  l-'lorenceville,  an  office  which  he  filled  sev- 


eral years,  and  at  one  time  was  also  in  the 
customs  department.  A  man  of  ardent  tem- 
perance proclivities,  he  exerted  a  good  influ- 
ence in  the  community,  and  w.is  a  valued 
member  of  the  Sons  of  Temperance.  He  be- 
longed to  the  l^ougregutional  Church  of  Shef- 
field County,  and  contributed  generously 
toward  its  support.  He  married  Letitia, 
daughter  of  Joseph  Hurpee,  of  .Sheffield,  .Sun- 
bury  (;ounty,  and  they  became  the  parents  of 
seven  children,  namely:  one  that  died  young; 
Charles,  deceased;  James  \V. ,  deceased; 
.Ste|)lien  Burpee,  the  subject  of  this  sketch; 
Isaac  Watts,  deceased;  l^benczer,  who  died 
when  a  lad;  and  Caroline  l-^sther,  wife  of 
William  .S.  IVters,  of  l-'lorenceville. 

Stephen  B.  Appleby  laid  a  substantial  foun- 
dation for  his  future  education  in  the  common 
sclmols,  and  then,  after  serving  a  year  or 
two  as  a  clerk  in  a  mercantile  establishment, 
read  law  in  the  office  of  Lewis  P.  Fisher,  of 
Wootlstock.  He  subsecpiently  attended  lect- 
ures at  the  Harvard  Law  .School,  Cambridge, 
Mass.,  and  at  the  University  of  Albany, 
.\.^'.,  where  he  received  the  degree  of  Bach- 
elor of  L.iws.  In  October,  i,sr),S,  he  was  ad- 
;  milti'd  as  an  attorney,  and  the  following  year 
was  made   barrister.      He   has  since   jiractised 

his    protession    most     successfullv    in    Wood- 
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;  stock,    and    has    been    especially   fortunate   in 

the  jirosecution  of    criminal   cases.      ]lc   is   a 

Referee    in    I^'epiity   for   ("arleton    ( duiity,  and 

.ilso  Registr.ir  of   the  county's  births,  deaths, 

and  marriages. 

I'"raternally,    .Mr.    .Appleby    is   a   member  of 

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he  is  an  intense  Liberal  and  an   uncomproniis-  | 
in.i;    Free   Trader.      In    Septemlier,     1873,    be  I 
was  elected  to  tbe    Dominion    I'arliament,  and  ; 
re-elected  in  1874  l)y  acclamation.      He  served 
continuously  until  187S,  an  honoreil  record  of 
public  service  that  shows  the  esteem  in  which 
he   is  held  throughout  tbe    i'roviiice.      In   his 
earlier  li'^e  he  was   identified  with   the   militia 
in  an  official  capacity,  bavin--  been  either  Ad- 
jutant or  c:aptain  of  a  company  of  militia  lor 
a  number  of  years.      He  is  a  re<;ular  attendant 
of  the  Presbyterian  church,  althoui;h   in   relig- 
ious preference  he  is  a  C'oni;rei,^ationalisl. 

Mr.  Appleby  married  Harriet  I'.lizabeth, 
(lauj;hter  of  John  11.  b'.stey,  of  l'"lorenceville, 
X.H.  Mr.  and  Mrs  Appleby  have  five  chil- 
dren, namely:  Kate;  Charles;  Mary,  wife  of 
!•'.  Wilmot  Watson,  of  tbe  parish  of  Rich- 
nion      Carleton,  N.H.  ;   Helen;  and  Rutli. 

Cduules  Ai)pkby,  M.A.,  LL.H.,  studied 
law  with  his  father,  received  the  deforce  of 
Master  of  Arts  from  the  I'nivcrsity  of  New 
Hrunswick  and  the  dei;i-ee  of  Hacbelor  ol 
Laws  from  the  Albany  Lniversity,  his  father's 
Alma  Mater.  He  is  now  senior  member  of 
the  firm  of  Ai)pl(-l)y  &  Ketchum,  publishers  of 
the  Wdodstnek  /Ks/;i/<//.  He  is  likewise 
Lieutenant  in  the   nrii^htmi  bji-ineers. 


7s>T>>N.  i'Ki:i)i'.Ki('  i:.  I!.\kki;r,  ma., 

!).('.  I..,  '\ldi;eof  the  .Supi  'me  ( 'cun  t 
of  New  lbuus\\ii.k,  w.is  bom  on 
Dcceud.ei  .'7,  iS;,S,  .it  .Sheffield,  .Sunbury 
('oui\lv,  N.  1!. ,  son  nf  i'jioch  and  M.uy  .S.  Haike  r, 
both  of  whom  .lie  now  dece.ised.      11  i^  iialern.il 


ancestors  emigrated  to  .Siieliield  from  the  State 
of     Massachusetts     pievious     m     1760.        Mr. 
Barker    received    his     education     at     Sunbury 
(Irammar   School  and   Kin!;'s  College,  now  the 
University  of  New  Brunswick.      He  graduated 
at  the  latter  institution,  receiving  the  degree  of 
Hacbelor  nf  .Arts  in  1857,  and  he  subsequently 
took   the   degrees  (if    Master  of   Arts,  Hacbelor 
of  Civil  Law,  and   Doctor  of   Civil    Law.      He 
was  admitted  as  an  attorney  in    1860,  as  a  bar- 
rister in   1861,  and  appointetl  a  <j.C.   in    1872. 
He   studied   with   the   late   Mr.  Justice   J'isher 
when     at     the     bar,     and     was     afterward     for 
si.\    \ears    in    partnership    with    the    late    Mr. 
Justice     Wetmore.        He    has    been    president 
of   the   Harristers'    Society  of   New   Brunswick 
and  of  tbe    St.  Jdhn   Law  Society,  and  was  for 
several    years    a    member    nf    the    Council    of 
each  of  these  societies.      He  is  also  a  member 
of  St.  (ieorge's  Society,  of  which  he  was  presi- 
dent for  two  \ear.;,  and  is  president  nl    tbe   St. 
Jiihn  Bridge  and   Railway  I'Mensiou  Company, 
in  politics  Judge  i^arker  was  an  active  Con- 
servative,    lie  was  Representative  in  the  Hou.-e 
of  Conunons   for   the   city  of   St.  John,  having 
Nucceeded  Sir  Leonard   Tilley  upon  that  gentle- 
■  man's  appnintmenl  to  the  governorship  of  New 
Bruiiswiek    in    1S85,    but   at   the   general    elec- 
tions the   folhuving  \ear  w.is  defeated.      Judge 
Barker    is  a   stanch    member  and   suppcuter  of 
the  Church    of    Lngland,    and    is  a    warden    of 
St.   I'.ud's   Chunh    in    St.  J.ihn.      He  was   one 
nf  the  cnunnissioners  appointed  by  the  govern- 
ment of  New  lirunswiek  in  1875  to  conscdidate 
the   st.itutes,  and   a   mendier  of   the   Law  Com - 
missinn     .dlcrward     appointed     by    the     s.une 


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gdvoninicnt.  In  1S93  he  was  n|i]i()intc(l  to  the 
office  he  has  since  so  ably  filled,  that  of  a 
Jiid{;e  of  the  Supienie  Court.  In  1896  lie  was 
ap[)ointecl  Aclministraloi-  of  tlie  (Government 
of  New  Brunswick  duiinj;  tlie  absence  on  leave 
of  the  late  l,ieutenant-go\ernor  I'lasei-.  ■ 

Judj;e  J^arker  lias  been  twice  married.  His 
first  wife,  whom  he  married  in  1.S65,  was 
Julia,  danghter  of  lulward  Lloyd,  the  latter  at 
that  time  a  member  of  "he  Royal  I'lngineers' 
Civil  Staff  stationed  at  .St.  John.  liy  this 
union  there  were  two  daughters  and  one  son. 
The  son,  who  graduated  at  the  Royal  Military 
College  at  Kingston,  is  now  a  Captain  in  the 
Royal  Artillery  and  statiinied  in  .Malta. 
Judge  I^arker  married  second,  .Mar\-  y\nn, 
daughter  of  the  late  \l  A.  Ulack,  of  Halifax, 
N.  S.      There  are  two  daughters  by  this  union. 


ll^jOHKRT     .MURRAY,    barristerat-law, 
Chatham,  N.H.,  was  boiii  in  this  ]ilace 
in    1S55,    son    of    Robert    and    Jane 
(Wriglit)  Murray. 

Robert  Murray,  the  elder,  was  born  in 
.Annan,  .Scotland,  in  iSiTi.  He  was  a  small 
boy  .It  the  time  of  the  death  of  his  f, it  her, 
John  Murray,  and  was  about  niiu-  \car^  of  age 
wiien  lie  came  to  .\merica  wilh  bis  nioilu'r's 
famil)-.  He  l.inded  ,it  Ridiibucto,  N.li.,  and 
thence  jirocet'ded  to  I'ictou,  .\,.S, ,  where  he 
was  ajiprenliced  to  learn  the  tanneis  and  cur- 
rier's tiade.  .Sul)sc(|uently,  in  I.S\?S',  he  en- 
tered a  mill  in  Miramichi,  \.l!,,anil  learned 
the  trade  of  millwiight.  'I'his  occupation  ln' 
followed  until   1S75,  and  in  that  period  he  pur 


chased  a  tract  of  land  which  he  made  into  a 
fine  farm.  Dining  his  remaining  years  he 
devoted  himself  to  farming,  in  which  he  was 
most  siiccessfid.  His  death  in  1897  was  the 
result  of  a  fall.  His  wife,  Jane,  was  a  native 
of  Belfast,  Ireland.  .She  was  a  daughter  of 
William  Wright,  who  came  to  ;his  country 
about  1.S24.  Robert,  Sr. ,  and  Jane  Murray 
were  the  pa'  nts  of  seven  children,  as  follows: 
Joseph  IK,,>ert,  l^lizabeth  J.,  John,  Henri- 
etta, Robert,  Catherine,  and  Margaret  Amanda. 
Jo.seph  Herbert  diett  in  1865,  at  twenty-one 
years  of  age.  I'lli/abeth  J.  married  John  Eng- 
land, a  shipwright  of  Chatham,  now  resident 
in  Indianapolis,  Ind.  John  was  killed  bv  the 
premature  explosion  of  a  canon  while  engaged, 
as  a  member  of  the  Chatham  Carrison  Hattery, 
in  firinga  salute  to  Lord  Dufferin  in  July,  1873. 
He  was  twenty-four  years  old.  Henrietta  is 
the  wile  of  William  Johnston,  Town  Treasurer 
of  Chatham.  Catherine  died  at  seven  years  of 
age,  and  Margaret  Amanda  died  at  i]\<^.  The 
mother  of  these  children  died  on  [■■ebruaiy  o, 
1898,  in  the  seventy-ninth  year  of  her  age. 
Robert  Miuiay,  Si.,  was  a  mendier  of  the 
Mecluniics'  Institute. 

Robert  .Mmray.  the  subjeit  of  this  sketch, 
was  educated  at  the  I'resbyterian  .\cademv  of 
Chatham,  under  the  tutorship  of  William 
Crockett,  late  .Superintendent  of  I'Mucation  of 
.New  Jhunswick.  In  1  878  he  entered  the  law 
office  of  .\ndiew  II.  Johnson,  and  on  l''ebruar\- 
15,  i88j,  was  admitted  attorney,  .md  in  .\pril, 
1885,  banister.  I  le  began  the  practice  of  bis 
prolcssion  in  this  town  in  the  following  M.nch, 
and  has  since  shown  his  lituess  as  a  legal  |irac- 


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titioiier.  ( )n  INIaicli  14,  1.SS7,  lie  \v:is  aii- 
pointed  I'olico  Magistrate  of  Cliathaiii ;  and 
this  office  he  heUl  until  i<S92,  when  lie  re- 
signed. In  the  fall  of  1891  he  was  elected 
Councillor  to  repiesent  the  parish  of  Cliatiiani 
on  the  Municipal  ]?oard  of  the  county.  i\fter 
holdi:ig  this  office  for  two  years,  he  declined  i 
another  nomination.  .Since  i,Sf6  he  has  hecn  | 
Referee  in  lupiit)'.  In  ICS92  he  was  employed 
by  the  county  as  prosecutor  f(]r  the  .Scott  Act. 

Mr.  Murray  is  connected  with  various  fratci- 
nal  societies,  lie  is  a  Past  Master  of  i\Iira- 
michi  Lodge,  ]•".  &  A.  M.,  and  .Secretary  of 
Moinit  Lebanon  ("iiaptei',  K.  A.  M.  lie  be- 
longs also  to  the  I.  ( ).  !•'.,  of  whicli  he  is 
I'ast  Chief  Rangei',  and  to  tlie  Ancient  ( )r(lcr 
of  L'nitcd  WorUmen.  He  is  a  lueiuber  of 
.St.  Andrew's  Presbyterian  Cluuch,  and  sings 
in  its  choir. 

Mr.  Murra)'  was  nun  1  icd  in  1SS9  to  Jane 
.Simpson,  daughter  of  Simon  .Simpson,  of  Neg- 
uac,  .\.  H.  I'hrce  children  have  been  bom  uf 
this  uniiin  Xiiia  Helen,  \'eia  .Mit'e,  and 
Robeit  Jil.iine.  Mr.  .Murray  is  Major  and 
(  )uai  ternuister  of  the  .Scvent  v-lhiid  liattalion 
of  Infantry.  In  poiitiohe  is  a  l.iber.il.  He 
is  secretarv  of  the  Nni  tjuiinberl.ind  County 
Liberal  .Association. 


fill'URl)  Pl';ri:RS,  city  i:ngineei-  of  St. 
John,  was  burn  in  b'lederictun,  N.H. , 
.August  jS,  iS;,o,  ^-on  dl  the  Hon. 
Chailes  Ji'ffrey  ,ind  Mary  .\nn  I'Mi/.dielh 
(l''orbes)  Peteis.  It  is  said  that  the  lii  ^t 
Ameiican    ancestor    ot    this    t.\mil\    nf    whom 


there  is  any  authentic  knowledge  was  Charles 
Peters,  who  was  registered  as  a  physician  in 
.N'.'w  York  in  1703.  \'alentine  Ilewlet  Peters, 
the  great-grandfather  of  the  subject  of  this 
sketch,  was  a  native  of  Long  Island.  His  son, 
James  Peteis,  who  was  also  born  there,  was 
a  Royalist;  and  after  the  close  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution  he  came  to  New  Brunswick 
with  his  seven  ehihlren,  arriving  at  .St.  John 
May  iS,  17S3.  He  was  one  of  the  iifty-five 
commissioners  appointed  for  the  allotment  of 
land  offered  by  tiic  crown  to  those  who  i)re- 
ferred  to  leave  the  newly  organized  republic 
and  accept  the  offer  of  homes  in  this  Province. 
After  can  \  iug  tm  mercantile  business  in  .St. 
John  for  a  time,  he  removed  to  (iagetovvn, 
where  he  settled  on  ,ui  estate,  and  was  sid)se- 
quently  apjiointed  Judge  of  the  Inferior  Court 
of  Coiumon  Pleas.  James  Peters  married 
Margaret  Lester,  a  native  of  Long  Island. 
She  died  in   1SJ5. 

Charles  Jetfre_\-  Peters,  llurd  Peters's  father, 
sun  (if  James  anil  Margaret,  was  born  in  Ilamp- 
stead,  (jueens  C!iinnly,  N'.\'. ,  in  ( )etober,  1773, 
and  was  in  his  tenth  \ear  when  he  accomiianied 
bis  parents  to  St.  John.  He  studied  law  with 
Ward  Chipman,  tlie  elder,  before  Mr.  Chip- 
man's  elevation  to  the  bench  of  the  .Sn|)reme 
Court,  and  at  the  age  of  eighteen  began  the 
practice  of  his  ]iidfession  in  Kingston,  Onl. 
Returning  to  .St.  John,  he  was  appointed  Com- 
mon Clerk,  ,ni  olfice  whicli  he  held  for  twenty- 
tour  \ears,  and  was  succeeded  b\'  his  son  James, 
who  ri'tained  it  for  tlie  same  length  of  time; 
and  atlei  him  Ihn  nephew,  li.  Lester  Peters, 
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Solicitor-General  of  the  Province,  and  in  1S30 
was  elevated  to  the  position  of  Attorney-Gen- 
eral, in  which  capacity  he  served   with  ability 
for  the  rest    of  his  life.      On  two  ocasions  he 
declined   to  accept   a  seat   uiion   tlie   Supreme 
Hench.       lie    died    in    I'ebriiary,    i84<S.      His 
first  wife,  whom  he  married   in   Kinj;ston,  was 
a    daiii;hter    of   Cajitain    liaker  of   the   Uritish 
army.      For  his  seconti  wife  he  married   Mary 
-Ann  Mli/ahelii  J^'orbes,  wjio  was  born   in   Mnj;-  : 
land,    (laughter   of    Geori;e    Anthonv    l'"orbcs, 
Snrgeon  tJeneral  of  the   British   forces   in   the  j 
West  Indies.      She  died   in    18C6.      The   Hon. 
Charles  Jeffrey  Peters  was  the  father  of  twenty-  ; 
one  children,  twelve  by  his   first   marriage  and 
nine  by  his  second;  and   Hurd,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch,  was  the  seventccnth-born.  i 

Hurd    Peters    was    awartled   a    silver   medal  j 
upon  the  comi)Ietion  of  his  course  at   the  C(d- 
le!.;iate  Sclioid  ;  and   he  won  a   -old   medal    for 
extraordinary    proficiency    in    his    studies    at  \ 
King's  College,    now   the    University   of   New  ' 
Brunswick,    from    which     he     .^laduated    as   a 
Haclieliir   ol    Arts,    and    subsc(|ucnll\    received 
the  degree  of    Master  of    Arts.      He    was   also 
awarded    a    diploma     by    the    college    at     the  1 
conclusion  of   the   special    course  in    engineer-  ' 
ing    under    .Mr.     Cregan,     i'.l'..      lie   uas    eni- 
]iloyed  ,is  leveller  in  constructing  the  i''.iiro|)can 
and    .North    .American    kail\va\'   from   .St.   Jcjhn 
to    X'anceboro  and   on    what    is   now  the   Inter- 
colonial  Railwa\-  betueen   St.  John  and  Monc- 
ton.      In    1.S5.1   lu'    formed  a   partnership   with  ' 
the  late  J.  luKvard  Hovd,  M.  I.C.I':,,  with  whom, 
imder    the    hrm    name  of    Peters    iS:    Iio\(l,    he  ' 
carried    on    business    in    .St.    John    imtil     Mr.    | 


Hoyd  accepted  a  jiosition  on  the  government 
railways.  Mr.  Peters  then  continued  to  con- 
duct the  work  of  their  ofifice  until  apjiointed 
City  Surveyor,  in  April,  iSfji.  In  J  .  ,  18O3, 
the  office  of  City  ]']ngineer  was  established; 
and,  being  reapiiointed  undjr  that  title,  he  has 
held  the  position  continuously  to  the  present 
time.  He  has  acquired  a  high  reputation  for 
professional  ability,  and  the  present  condition 
of  the  city  streets  and  highways  fully  attests 
the  faithful  discharge  of  bis  duties. 

In  1 860  Mr.  Peters  married  pjnily  Mary 
Haire,  daughter  of  Dr.  Ilaire,  formerly  of 
Newfoundland  and  later  of  Cape  Hreton,  where 
she  was  born.  Of  this  union  there  were  five 
children,  three  of  whom  died  in  infancy  and 
two  are  living;  namely,  p'lorence  I.e  b'evie 
and    Ral|)h  Dowling   Peters. 

'J'he  disastrous  fire  which  visited  St.  John 
in  1877  destioyed  Mr.  Pelers's  residence  and 
office,  with  all  his  plans,  liiemoranda,  and  ,so 
forth.  .  He  was  one  of  the  incorporators  and 
a  member  of  the  First  Council  of  the  Canadian 
.Society  of  Civil  Fngincers.  He  was  formerly 
(|uite  active  in  milit.iry  affairs,  and  retired 
with  the  rank  of  Lieutenant  Colonel  of  the 
Second  Maltalion,  St.  John  Countv  Militia. 
1  le  has  also  held  olTices  of  trust  in  connettion 
with  the  Church  of  I'jigland,  (if  which  he  is 
a  devoted  member. 


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firm  of    .Miller  vN-  Woodtiian,  the   wtdl- 
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1833,  son  of  Sewcll  ami  Ann  (I'larle)  Wooil- 
iiian,  both  of  his  iiarcnts  hcini;-  natives  of 
Maine  anil  of  Puritan  ancestry. 

Mr.  Woodman,  as  a  l)oy,  Icarneil  the  various 
processes  of   lumber  nKinufacturinj;-,   in    which 
his  father  was  extensively  en;;at;eil ;  and   it   is 
but   natural   that   he   should  have  devoted  his 
working   life  to   this  activity.      On    March    5, 
1866,  became  to  St.  John,  and  here,  in  com- 
pany  with    Mr.  Miller,  organized   the   fnm    of 
Miller   &    Woodman.      'I'he    mills    previously 
operated  by  Messrs.  Mason  &  Vincent  at   Rob- 
ertson's   Point   were   purcha.sed;   and   the  firm 
at  once  began  the  manufacture  of  sugar  bo.\es, 
which  were  shipped  to  the  West  India  Islands. 
Later  they  cut  spruce  lumber.      At  the  present 
time  they  carry  on  one  of  the   largest   lumber 
manufacturing    concerns    in    New    Brunswick, 
aimually  cutting  twenty  million  feet  of  sjiruce 
lumber  and  thirty-live  million  shingles.     Their 
reputation   for  business  enterprise   is  eciualled 
only  by  their  reputation  for  business  integrity, 
and  the  product  of  their  mill    is  known   to  be 
always  exactly  as  reiirescnted. 

Mr.  Woodman  was  marrietl  in  1883  to  Mary 
Xase,  a  daughter  of  Philip  Xase,  who  for  many 
years  was  a  prominent  merchant  in  Indian- 
town.  Mr.  Woodman's  success  as  a  business 
man  has  won  recognition  in  tinancial  circles; 
and  some  time  ^ince  he  \vas  asked  to  serve  as 
a  director  of  the  Hank  of  New  Brunswick, 
wliicb  is  one  of  tiie  mo>t  conservative  aiul  at 
the  same  time  one  of  the  most  prosperous  fman- 
cial  institutions  in  the  Pidvince.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Woodman  .itteiul  .St.  Luke's  Ljiiscopal 
Church. 


AMUl'.L     THOMSON,    O.C,     of 
Newcastle,     the     oldest     practising 
barrister  in  the  province,  was  born 
at   Chatham,  N.U.,    October    17,    1825,  son  of 
the  Rev.  James  and  Catherine  (M'Kay)  Thom- 
son.     His   father,    who   was   of   the   Secession 
Church  of  Scotland,  was  the  first  permanently 
settled   Presbyterian   minister   in    New   Bruns- 
wick, and  the  founder  of  St.  Andrew's  Church, 
Chatham.      Coming  from   Dumfries,  Scotland, 
in  1816,  he  labored  faithfully  until  his  prema- 
ture decease  in  1830.      Mr.  Thomson's  mother, 
who  also  was  a  native  of  Scotland,  died  in  1858. 
Samuel    Thomson,   after    receiving  a  gram- 
mar-school  education,    studied   law  with  John 
Ambrose  Street  and  George  Kerr.      Admitted 
an  attorney  in   1846  and  called  to  the  bar   in 
1848,  he  has  been  in   the   practice  of  his   pro- 
fession   for    tifty-two    years,    for  two    or  three 
in  partnership  with    Mr.  Kerr  and   since  that 
time    ahme.       His    jiractice    has    extended    to 
all  the  courts  of  the  province.      He  is  Judge 
of    Probate,  Clerk   of  the  County  Court,  Clerk 
of  the   Peace,    Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  the 
county,    and    Clerk    of  the  Circuits.      He  re- 
sided   in    Chatham    until    185S,   when,   on  his 
appointment  as  Clerk  of  the  Peace,  he  removed 
to  Newcastle. 

Judge  Thomson  was  married  in  i-Sjg  to  Miss 
Jane  McCurdy,  of  Iruro,  N.S.,  a  daughter  of 
Isaac  and  Nancy  (Hlanchard)  McCurdy.  They 
have  eight  children,  live  daughters  and  three 
sons,  all  of  wluim  aie  now  living;  n  unci)', 
Anna  C,  I'.liza  L,  AlmaK.,  Adelaide,  Jean, 
Charles  J.,  I'.dward  H. ,  and  Cieorge  K. 
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Jiulge  ThoniHon  lias  tluoughout  his  career 
eschewed  politics.  His  reli<,Mous  affiliations 
arc  with  the  Tresbyterian  church.  He  is  one 
of  the  oiliest  members  of  Northumberland 
Lodge,  ]<•.  &  A.  M. 


|i.EM];Nr  i'i':cKnA:\i  CLARKr:,  the 

oldest  established  druggist  in  St.  John, 
was  born  in  that  city,  .March  15, 
1S36,  eldest  son  of  John  and  Susannah  (I'arlee) 
Clarke.  He  is  a  great-grandson  of  James 
Clarke,  a  Loyalist,  who  married  ]'',lizal)eth 
I'eckhani,  and  with  his  wife  and  family  came 
to  New  Urunswick  in  17S3. 

James  Clarke's  son,  John  Clarke,  Sr.,  grand- 
father of  Clement  I'.,  was  born  in  Newjiort, 
R.I.,  May  31,  1760.  On  coming  to  St.  John, 
he  establisbetl  himself  in  the  baking  business, 
for  many  years  supplying  His  Majesty's  troojis, 
and  being  very  successful.  His  residence, 
which  was  at  the  corner  of  Main  (now  Hroad) 
and  Sydney  Streets,  was  destroyed  in  the  great 
fire  of  1.S77.  He  was  for  fifty  years  parish 
clerk  of  Trinity  Church,  St.  John  parish;  and 
at  his  death  a  moiumient  was  erected  to  his 
memory  by  the  corporation  of  the  church. 
He  was  married  October  iij,  17.S5,  to  Anna 
Peck,  who  was  born  (  )ctober  6,  1767.  Their 
children  were:  Jane,  who  became  Mrs.  Trejih- 
ager;  James;  Isaac;  Frances,  who  became 
Mrs.  Thomas  Reed;  Maiy  J''.li/abetb ;  blsther; 
John,  father  of  the  subject  (jf  this  sketch; 
Ann,  who  became  Mrs.  James  Crawford;  and 
Augusta,  who  was  the  wile  of  JJ.  A.  Cameron. 
Frances,  Marv,   and    h'.li/.a    lost    their    lives    in 


the  fire  of  1.S77.  After  the  death  of  his  first 
wife  John  Clarke,  Sr. ,  married  Jane  Majori- 
banks,  who  died  in  1840.  He  died  in  St. 
John,  .November  30,   1853. 

John  Clarke,  son  of  the  above,  reached  man- 
hood and  received  his  education  in  St.  John. 
A  baker  by  occupation,  like  his  father,  he  was 
appointed  Flour  Inspector  of  St.  John,  which 
liMsition  he  filled  efficiently  for  many  years. 
He  married  Susannah,  daughter  of  Peter  Parlee, 
of  Sussex,  .\.  P.  .She  was  born  .Xovember  10, 
1.S14.  Their  children  were:  Clement  Peck- 
ham,  whose  name  begins  this  sketch  ;  Josephine 
Augusta,  who  is  now  deceased;  Peter  I'ailee, 
who  resides  in  Southliridge,  Mass.;  !■" ranees 
Hay  ward;  Oliver  Goldsmith,  who  is  now  de- 
ceased; John  Henry,  who  is  associated  in  busi- 
ness with  his  brother,  Clement  P.  ;  and  Arthur 
Ihunswick,  who  is  deceased.  The  father,  John 
Clarke,  died  .November  2,S,  1.SS2.  His  wife 
died  June  i ,   1899. 

Clement  Peckham  Clarke  was  broUi;bt  u|) 
and  educated  in  St.  Jubn,  his  native  city.  In 
1851  he  beg:ui  to  learn  the  drug  business;  and 
in  i8(1()  he  establishediiis  |)rescnt  business  on 
King  Street,  where  during  the  many  ye:us  that 
have  since  elapsed  he  has  cairicti  on  a  lucrative 
traile,  :md  by  honest  methods  and  courteous 
treatment  ol  his  jiatrons  won  the  conlidence  of 
all  who  know  liini.  He  is  a  director  of  the 
Hortii'idtural  .Society  antl  a  warden  of  Tiinilv 
Church. 

He  niairied  .August  27,  18^7,  .Ameli:!  C. 
Oultuii,  (hiugbtci-  of  T.  P.  Oiilton,  n\  West- 
nun  land  Pnint,  Westmoi  kiiul,  N.  1!.  Mr.  and 
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namely:  Clement  Walker,  wlio  is  in  liis 
father's  employ;  I'ercy  Arthur,  who  is  en- 
gaged in  the  insurance  business;  Marry  lulwin, 
who  is  in  the  employ  of  Schofield  ISrothers, 
dealers  in  paper;  John  Alfred,  who  is  a  com- 
mission merchant  of  St.  John;  and  lulith  M., 
wife  of  !•:.  A.  Schofield. 

Mr.  Clarke  occupies  a  prominent  position 
amonj^  the  leading  business  men  of  .St.  John, 
and  he  and  his  family  mo\e  in  the  best  social 
circles  of  the  city. 


DWARD  CIIAKI.KS  JONK.S,  manaj^er 
if  the  Hank  of  Montreal  at  St.  John 
and  a  citi/.en  honored  foi'  his  public  spirit  anil 
many  benevolences,  was  born  at  .St.  Ann's, 
near  Montreal,  on  August  21,  1S35,  son  of 
]{dward  Thomas  and  Marietta  Sophia  Elizabeth 
(Forbes)  Jones.  II  is  paternal  grandfather, 
'riiumas  Jones,  renujvcd  to  Canada  in  1783  with 
the  United  iMnjiire  Loyalists.  lie  engaged  in 
mercantile  business,  and  was  for  many  )ears 
a  government  inspector.  ICdward  Thomas 
Jones,  who  was  a  natixe  of  Bedford,  Oue. 
was  a  bairistcr  by  [irofcssion.  His  wife  was 
a  daughter  of  C.  J.  T'orbes,  Deputy  Commis- 
sar) (ieneral  of  the  Hritish  Army.  .She  bore 
him  a  familv  of  four  sons  and  one  daughter. 

lulward  Charles,  the  subject  of  this  sketch, 
was  the  lirst-born  of  these.  lie  was  educated 
in  the  Upper  Canada  College  at  Toronto,  and 
entered  the  emiilo\-  of  the  Hank  of  Montreal 
ill  1S55.  In  1X67  he  was  transferred  to  Hali- 
fax, \.S. ,  as  manager  of  the  branch  of  the 
bank  in  that  place.       There  be  remained   until 


1.S74,  when  he  was  transferred  to  his  present 
])osition  as  manager  of  the  hank  in  St.  John. 
This  is  the  largest  financial  institution  in  the 
Province  of  New  Hrunswick,  and  requires 
a  man  at  its  head  who  is  jxissessed  of  keen 
discrimination,  great  skill  in  finance,  and 
sound  judgment.  Under  Mr.  Jones's  manage- 
ment the  St.  John  branch  has  increased  the 
scope  of  its  operations  and  met  with  enlarged 
prosi)erity. 

In  1868  he  married  Mrs.  Wilson,  a  native 
of  Halifax.  Of  this  union  two  children  have 
been  born,  namely:  Edward  F. ,  a  rising  bar- 
rister of  St.  John;  and  T^leanor  Alison.  Mr. 
Jones  is  a  member  of  the  St.  George  Society. 
ICvery  progressive  movement  finds  in  him  a 
warm  champion,  and  his  ear  is  never  deaf  to 
the  appeals  of  charity. 


-S^AMI'S  ■  DU.NCA.N  DICKINSON,  the 
head  of  tlie  firm  of  J.  D.  Dickinson  & 
Sons,  Woodstock,  X.H.,  was  born  in 
the  parish  of  Wakefield,  .\.H.,  January  18, 
1825,  son  of  John  Dickinson.  He  is  a  grand- 
son of  Darius  Dickinson,  a  Loyalist,  who  re- 
moved from  Long  Island,  \.  V. ,  to  Frederic- 
ton,  X.H.,  and  there  snbsetiuentl\'  followed  his 
trade  of  a  tailor  throughout  his  active  years. 

John  Duncan  was  born  in  T'leiKiicton. 
When  his  school  days  \\,'re  over,  he  learned 
the  tailor's  trade  from  his  father.  After  his 
father's  death  he  went  with  his  widoweil 
mother  and  his  brothers  ami  sisters  to  the  par- 
ish of  Wakefielil,  where  he  engaged  in  farming 
anil  hm  bering  for  a  number  of  \'ears.      ILuing 


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the   misfortune  to  cut  his  knee  while  in  the 
woods,  he  became  a  cripple;  and,  being  unable 
to  continue  lumbering,  he  again  turned  his  at- 
tention to  tailoring,  a  trade  which  he  followed 
during  his  remaining  years.      He  took  (|uite  an 
interest  in  military  matters  as  a  young  man, 
and   before   receiving  the    injury  to  his   knee 
was  a  Captain  in  the  militia.      He  was  a  mem- 
ber   of    the    Free   Will    Baptist   Church.      He 
married   Airs.  Sarah    Robinson,   a  daughter  of 
Richard  Thomas,  a   Loyalist  from   I'enn.syha- 
nia.      They   had   four    children,   of   whom   two 
grew    to   years    of    maturity,    namely :    James 
JJuncan,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  and  Mary 
Ann,  who  died  at  the  age  of  twenty-four  years. 
Mrs.  Dickinson  had   four  children   by  her  first 
marriage,  namely  :  A.sa,  deceased ;  George,  de- 
ceasci. ,     Reuben,    deceased,    formerly    of    the 
parish  of  Brighton,  .\.B.  ;  and   .Sarali,  wife  of 
William  Richard.son,  also  of  Brighton. 

James  IJiuican  Dickinson  was  educated  in 
tile  public  schools  of  the  parish  ot  Hr.'ghton 
and  of  the  village  of  Wakelield.  He  then 
went  to  learn  the  trade  of  a  tanner  at  \'ictoria 
Corner;  and  after  serving  his  ap])renticesliip 
he  carried  on  his  employer's  business  on  shares 
for  a  year  or  two,  and  in  1850  built  a  taniier-., 
at  Upper  Woodstock.  Four  years  Liter  he 
sold  out  his  ])laiit,  and,  going  West,  resided 
in  Dodge  County,  Wisconsin,  a  year,  and  then 
spent  two  years  as  hotel-keeiier  at  Red  Wing, 
Minn.  (loing  tlieiice  to  Mimic..; -^js,  Minn., 
he  rented  a  tannery,  which  he  operated  two 
years.  <  )n  the  breaking  out  of  the  Civil  War 
he  listened  to  the  urgent  request  of  his  father 
and  returneil  home.      Wishing  to  settle  jierma- 


nently    in   business,    he   formed   a    partnership 
with     .Samuel    Parsons,    and,    purchasing    his 
present  tannery,  established  the  firm  of  Parsons 
&  Dickinson,  which  existed  as  such  tour  years. 
Mr.    Dickinson    then    purchased   his    partner's 
interest,  and  has  since  .so  managed   his  ojiera- 
tions  that  he  has   one  of  the   most   extensive 
tanneries  in  this  section   of  Canada.      He  was 
sole  member  of  the  firm   until    iS.Scj,  wiien   his 
second  S(m  was  admitted   into  pa.tnership  and 
the  i-.ame  was  changed   to  J.   D.  Dickin.sou  & 
Son.      In  1S93  his  youngest  .son  was  admitted 
to  the  firm,  which  has  since  been   styled  J.  D. 
Dickinson   &    .Sons.      This    enterprising   tirm, 
which     handles     about     twenty-five    thousand 
hides  annually,  emplo-s  an  average  number  of 
eighteen  men,  and,  in  addition  to  manufactur- 
ing sole  leather,  makes  a  very  fine  quality  of 
Spanish  leather  for  tlie  jobbing  trade. 

Mr.  Dickinson  married  for  iiis  first  wife 
Clarissa,  daughter  of  Jolm  Carney,  of  Jackson- 
ville, .\.B.  She  bore  him  live  children, 
namely:  Janus  Frederick;  Charles  D.  ;  .\mui, 
deceased;  Jolm  F,  ;  and  blveline,  deceaseil. 
His  seconil  wife,  Sarali.  the  daughter  ..f 
I'ilcazer  Lcland,  has  borne  him  one  daughter, 
j\lice  L. ,  wife  of  Woodbury  Raymond,  of 
Woodstock.  Ml-.  Dickin.son  and  his  sons  at- 
tend the  .Second  .\ilveiit  Cliurch. 

James  Frederick  Dickinsnii,  tJie  eldest  sin, 
was  born  ( )ctober  (J,  1.S51.  After  coni|)leling 
his  education  in  tiie  common  schools  of  Wood- 
st(jck,  he  learned  tlie  tanner's  trade  witii  iiis 
father,  and  in  i.S'dS  learji-'il  tlie  slioemaker's 
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(licsscr,  he  went  to  I.ynn,  Mass.,  wlicif  ho  was 
employed  l)y  General  A.  !'.  Martin,  for  whom 
he  worked  a  year.  Returning  then  to  his 
father's  tannery,  he  heyan  finishing  morocco 
skins,  carrying  on  this  business  in  connection 
with  the  otiier  maiuifaclines  of  the  tannery. 
lie  subsequently  assumed  the  management  of 
the  shoe  store  which  his  father  had  opened, 
and,  having  since  succeeded  to  its  ownership, 
is  now  carrying  on  a  successful  business  as 
a  siioe  dealer.  lie  is  a  member  of  Carleton 
I.otlge,  No.  41,  I.  ( ).  ( ).  !•".  He  married 
Frances  V..,  daughter  of  Stei)hcn  L.  Parsons, 
of  Woodstock,  and  they  have  two  children  — 
Arthur  I,,  and  l-'rank  1'. 

Ciiarles  I).  Dickinson,  the  second  son,  born 
January  i,  1856,  began  work  in  his  father's 
tannery  as  soon  as  he  finisheil  school,  and  in 
1S89  became  a  member  of  the  firm.  He  mar- 
ried .Sarali  I,.,  daughter  of  James  V..  Smith, 
of  Clinton,  Mass.  They  have  si.x  children 
now  living;  namely,  Clara,  Herbert  K.,  Roy 
D. ,  Helen  L. ,  I-'I  reiice,  and  Mary  A.  John 
I'.  Dickinson,  tiie  voinigest  son,  born  October 
II,  l86_^,  was  admitted  into  the  firm  in  1S93, 
as  befiue  mentioned.  He  is  also  managing 
director,  while  his  brotiier,  Charles  D.,  is 
president,  of  the  IMaritime  Wrapper  Company, 
which  employs  from  sixty  to  eighty  hands  in 
tiie  manufacture  of  clothing  for  women. 


g)T().\.    J.\MI':S    HOI.I.V.    of    St.    John, 


^       \.  H. ,   son  of  the   late  James  Holly, 
Sr. ,    of   the   paiisli  of   lUuton,  .Siui- 
burv  County,  X.H. ,  was  born  on   Octoijcr  24, 


1835.  He  was  educated  in  the  village  school, 
and  .'ictiuircd  in  his  youth  the  habits  of  indus- 
try and  courtesy  and  the  principles  of  integrity 
which  have  |)roved  such  valuable  allies  to  him 
ii\  his  business  career.  His  father  and  mother 
died  when  he  w.,  but  a  boy.  .\t  the  age  of 
twelve  years  he  went  to  St.  John  and  worked  at 
the  hmibcr  business  with  his  maternal  grand- 
father, John  S.  Urown,  being  employed  in  sur- 
vying  and  delivering.  ICntcring  into  jjartner- 
ship  with  David  McLellan  in  May,  1867,  he 
carried  on  lumber  business  with  him  until  Mr. 
McLellan's  death  in  1894.  In  1895  the  firm 
name  was  changed  to  James  Holly  &  Son. 
Mr.  Holly  was  a  director  of  the  South  JJay 
Hoom  Company  from  1876  to  1881,  was  presi- 
dent of  the  company  four  years,  and  in  1885 
became  proprietor  of  the  booms,  having  jjur- 
chased  the  stock  and  plant. 

Mr.  Holly  is  a  Liberal  in  jicditics.  He  has 
always  been  warmly  interested  in  all  questions 
of  i)ublic  importance,  and  has  taken  an  active 
part  in  public  affairs.  He  was  iqipointed  in 
1883  a  member  of  the  Legislative  Council  of 
the  Tnivince  of  New  Uriniswick.  and  in  1887 
a  member  of  the  Provincial  Doanl  of  Health. 
He  joined  St.  John's  Lodge,  V.  &  A.  M.,  in 
1869,  and  for  some  time  was  an  active  member 
of  the  ancient  craft,  becoming  a  meniber  of 
New  Hrunswick  Ro\al  Arch  Chapter  in  1871, 
and  later  for  two  years  holding  the  rank  of 
Noble  and  luninent  Commander  of  Union  De 
IMolay  iMicampmeiU,  K.  T.  In  1883  he  was 
aiipointed  by  the  National  (ireat  I'riory  of 
Canada  to  the  office  of  (irand  Sub-marshal. 

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Aramaiitha  A.,  eldest  daughter  of  the  late 
Alexander  Rarnhill,  I':sq.,  of  Lancaster,  N.  I?. 
This  union  has  been  blessed  by  the  !)irth  of 
five  children;  namely,  Jeannette  A.,  Caroline, 
Alexander  B.,  Henrietta,  and  Murray  McL. 
Jeannette  A.  married  Charles  Swinerton,  of 
Cambridge,  Mass.,  and  has  one  danj;hter, 
Abbie.  Caroline  married  John  Moore,  of  St. 
John,  and  has  two  children  —  Marian  and 
John.  Alexander  H. ,  who  is  in  company  with 
his  father  in  business,  married  Alice  Moore, 
of  St.  John,  and  has  one  child,  Loni.sa. 
Henrietta  married  Georf;e  I"lemmini,%  of  St. 
John,  and  has  two  children  —  May  and  (ier- 
trude.  Mr.  Holly  and  his  family  are  members 
of  the  Church  of  luij;land  (St.  Luke's). 


DWARD    CLARK    RA.\1).\LL,    ,^r.  IX, 

an  active  practitioner  of  llillsboro, 
X.  H. ,  has  l)een  estai)Iislied  in  this  town  the 
past  ten  years,  and  din-ini,'  the  time  has  won 
an  excellent  reputation  for  professional  kiiouL 
ed,L;e  and  ability.  He  was  born  May  16,  1S51, 
in  Illsford,  X.S. ,  a  son  of  Christopher  Kamlall. 
His  t;reat-f;randfalher,  Llislia  Randall,  was 
born,  reared,  and  m:uiied  in  Connecticut;  but 
in  1757  he  left  New  I'ln-land.  probably  for 
political  reasons,  and  settled  in  Anna|)olis 
County,  Xova  Scotia,  whcie  be  spent  his  re- 
maining days.  The  only  further  definite  fact 
in  reg.ard  to  him  is  that  he  was  a  farmer. 

Samuel  J.  Randall,  tlie  I  )octor's  grandlathei-, 
was  born  in  ( 'mniect  iciit  ;  but  from  the  age  of 
five  )ears  luitil  bis  death,  when  ninety-five 
years   old,  he    lived    on    a    farm    in    Annapolis 


County,  Xova  Scotia.  Of  his  union  with  a 
Miss  Prince  eleven  children  were  born,  of 
whom  Christojiher  was  the  yomigest. 

Christopher  Randall    was  born    I'ebruary    5, 
i<So5,  and  spent  his  fourscore  years  of   life  on 
the  old   homestead    in    Xova   Scotia,  dying   in 
Xovember,    1S85.      He  followed    the    indepen 
dent  occupation  to  which  he  was  bred;  and,  in 
addition   to  cultivating    the    soil    and    raising 
stock,  he  owned  and  operated  a   saw-mill,  car- 
rying on  for  many  years  an  extensive  business 
as  a   lumber   manufacturer.      He   married   l\Li- 
tilda  Gates,  who  was  born    in   Xo\a   Scotia   in 
1812,  a  daughter  of  John   Gates,  and    died    in 
iSSi.      They  became   the   parents  of   fnnrteen 
children,  of  whom  nine  are  living,  as  follows: 
Sarah,    widow   of   Alfred    Trites,   of   IMoncton, 
who    has   one   child;    Christiana,    wife   of    Dr. 
I'rank    Oulton,  of    Dakota,  who   has   two   chil- 
dren      I'^dgar    and    {-"rank;    Harriet,    liow    the 
widow  of   Martin    Ulack,  who   married    for  her 
fust  husband  Allan  Sleeves,  who  died,   leaving 
her  one  child,  Julward  O.   Sleeves;   Ruth,  wife 
of  George   Wilson,  of    Lutz    Mount, tin,     X.H., 
who    has    three     cbiMrcn        W'eslev,     Matilda, 
and     Harriet;     Samuel,     who    married     [■'.unice 
Hor.seman,   and    has    four   cliildrcn        Leander, 
Levi,  Linda,  and  Hatlie;    Isabel,  wife  of  Hrver 
Heiit ;    Kimball,    who    married    Laura    Tiiies; 
I'ldw.ird  Clark,  the  subject  of  this  brief  sketch; 
George,  whomaiiied    i;ila    I'dslei  ;   and   Cbiis- 
tina,  wife   (if   John    (ail.       lioib    pan'iits    were 
active  members  .a  thr  li.iptisl  (limch,  in  which 
the    father   served    inv   ;i    nunilur    (if    \ears    as 
De.icon. 

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cdiicntion  in  Xovn  Scotin,  and  afterward  cn- 
U'pjd  the  Medical  University  of  \e\v  Vorlx 
Citv,  from  wliicii  ho  ^naduatcd  in  uS'.So.  Com- 
ing at  once  to  Iliilsljoro,  he  began  tlie  ])racticc 
of  Iiis  jirofcssion,  in  which  lie  has  been  emi- 
nently sncccssful,  anti  is  now  recognized  as  one 
of  the  most  skilful  i)hysicians  of  this  locality. 
He  is  identified  ])olitically  with  the  Liberal 
party,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Hajitist  church. 

On  December  i,  18.SS,  Dr.  Randall  married 
Miss  Maggie  McClutch}-,  of  Hillsboro,  and  of 
their  four  children  three  are  living;  namely, 
Jessie,  Mar)-,  and  James  lulward. 


II.I.I.XM  THOM.SOX,  founder  of  the 
firm  of  William  'I'homson  &  t'o., 
the  well-known  ship  owners  and  agents  of  .St. 
John,  N'.l?.,  was  boin  in  Dumfries,  .Scotland, 
in  iSiT),  Mill  of  John  Thomson,  who  emigrated 
to  New  Urunswiek  in  the  brig  "Je.isie.  "  John 
Thomson  .ind  his  wife,  Jessie,  were  the  parents 
of  fouitei'ii  children,  seven  of  whom  grew  to 
niaturitv.  In  the  <dd  country  John  Thomson 
was  a  ship'Ownei';  but  upnn  coming  to  .St. 
johu  he  engaged  in  nu'rcantile  business  on 
Water  Street,  which  he  subsci|uently  continued 
until  his  death  in  1S4  1. 

William  Thomson  began  bis  working  life  as 
clerk  foi  Colonel  J.  \'.  Thurgei'  in  the  liijuor 
and  ti'a  business.  In  i.S.j.S  he  cngagi-d  in 
business  fur  himself  as  ship  broker  and  com- 
mission nieich.int,  and  subse(|ucntly  nwned 
a  numlu'r  nf  sail  ing-vesscl:^  whiih  he  employed 
in  the  earning  tr.ulc  between  toreij;n  coun- 
tries,     Mi-.  Thunison  was  president  ni  the  Cen- 


tury Club  of  St.  John,  jiresidcnt  of  .St. 
Andrew's  .Societv,  and  during  the  American 
Civil  War  was  treasurer  of  the  relief  fund. 
l'"or  .some  time  he  was  Vicc-Consul  for  .Sweden 
and  Norway.  lie  was  married  in  1841  to 
I'-li/.abeth  Rachael  Scoullar.  .She  was  born  in 
St.  John,  N.  H. ,  a  daughter  of  James  Scoullar, 
who  came  to  this  country  from  Scotland.  Of 
the  seven  children  born  of  this  union  three  arc 
living,  namely:  Robert;  John  Henderson;  and 
Marion,  wife  of  Allen  O.  Cruckshank.  The 
deceased  are:  Annie  Walker,  who  was  the  wife 
of  James  1".  Robertson;  Alice  Cameron,  wife 
of  Surgeon  Wade,  of  the  Seventy-eighth  High- 
landers; George  Greig,  who  died  at  twenty-one 
years  of  age;  and  .Andrew. 

In  1.S70  Mr.  Thomson  took  into  partncrshi|) 
with  himself  William  C.  Watson  and  his  son, 
Robert  Thomson.  .Six  years  latei  this  copart- 
nership expired  by  ;miitation  of  time,  where- 
upon ]\Ir.  Thoni;:on  foiiiied  a  new  iiartnership, 
including  himself  and  his  two  sons,  Robert 
and  John.  The  firm  name  of  William  Thom- 
son kS:  C'o. ,  which  h;id  been  adopted  in  1N70, 
and  under  which  the  business  has  bciii  con- 
ducted ever  since,  was  retained.  Cpoii  the 
retirement  of  the  elder  Mr.  Thomson  in  i,S,Sj, 
the  management  of  affairs  was  assumed  by  the 
two  sons,  under  whose  direction  it  has  since 
gi'own  to  even  gieater  proportions.  This  fnni 
has  bad  built  some  fourteen  shi|)S  and  b;uc|ues, 
lliiee  steel  ships,  and  nine  steel  ocean  steamers. 
Their  vessels  nia\-  be  liunul  in  v.irious  ports 
all  ovi'r  the  woild.  Their  steamers  constitute 
what  is  known  as  the  "Haltle  Line,"  being 
named  after  the  .incient  firccian   battles.      The 


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firm  do  a  largo  amount  of  ship  brokerage,  and 
charter  more  than  half  of  the  large  craft  that 
load  at  the  jiort  of  St.  John.  Tliey  arc  agcnt.s 
for  the  Allan  Steanishij)  Line,  the  North  Ger- 
man Lloyd,  the  ILamburg- American,  and  the 
Head  Line. 

In  1858  Mr.  Thomson  ])ua-hased  fifteen 
acres  of  land  on  the  old  Westmorland  road, 
and  thereupon  erected  a  beautiful  residence 
which  he  called  "Xithbank. "  Here,  until 
about  five  years  previous 'to  his  death,  he  dis- 
pensed a  generous  ho.spitality,  entertaining 
many  persons  of  note,  as  well  as  his  more 
intimate  friends  and  business  acquaintances. 
His  death  occurred  at  Asheville,  X.C,  on 
March  3,  1S91,  about  five  years  subsequent  to 
that  of  his  wife.  He  is  buried  at  Fern  Hill 
Cemetery.  Mr.  Thomson  was  a  member  of 
the  Masonic  fraternity,  and  his  church  fellow- 
ship was  witli  tile  I'resbyterians. 

KoiiKKr  Tmomson,  above  named,  was  born  on 
June  9,   1S42.      After  leaving  school  at  the  age 
of  seventeen,  he  went  to  I.i\erj)ool,  bjigland,   ' 
and  there  entered  the  office  of  Duncan  &  Ken- 
dall as  junior  clerk.      lie  remained  tiiere  until  I 
the  spring  of    i86_',  wlien  he  returned    to  .St. 
John    and    entered    liis    father's    office,     wiierc 
!.e    ciintinued    as    •li'rk    until     iiis    admission  ; 
as    partner    in    tiie     business.       (Jn    October  I 
20,     1S70,    he    was   nianied    to   Louisa    .\nne,   ' 
daughter    of    tiie    Kew    William    Donalo,  pa- 
tor  of  .St.    Andrew's  Church.      'I'lie   foiu'  chil- 
dren boin  of  this  union  arc;   William  .S. ,  who  , 
died     in     rS-j,     I'licy    W.  ;     Mabel    (1.;    and 
Mona  C.      Mr.    Thomson    is    Imperial    (ierman. 


Consul.  He  is  a  director  in  the  bank  of  New 
Brunswick.  In  religious  faith  he  is  a  Presby- 
terian. 

John  H.  Thomso.v,  jimior  partner  in  the  firm 
of  William  Thom.son  &  Co.,  was  born  in  1S48. 
He  married  in  1877  Klla  Violet,  daughter  of 
Wesley  Thompson,  and  is  the  father  of  two 
children — John  K.  and  Muriel.  Mr.  John  H. 
Thomson  is  Vice-Consul  to  Norway  and  Sweden. 


ILLIAM  F.  HUMITIRKV,  a  prom- 
inent and  well-known  manufacturer 
of  Moncton,  N.B.,  is  a  keen,  jirogressive  man 
of  business,  who  since  the  death  of  his  father, 
the  late  John  A.  Humphrey,  has  been  at  the 
head  of  one  of  the  most  extensive  woollen  fac- 
tories in  the  Maritime  I'rovinces.  He  was  born 
in  Moncton,  November  13,  i860,  and  is  of 
l'".nglish  ancestry. 

His  great-grandfather,  William  Humiihrey, 
Sr. ,  a  native  of  North  Allerton,  Yorkshire, 
Fngland,  emigrated  in  1760,  and  for  several 
years  after  coming  to  llie  I'lovinces  w:is  an  en- 
gineer for  the  Uritish  government  in  Halifax, 
N.  S.  He  subsequently  removed  to  [''almouth, 
N.S.,  and  there  followed  fiuniing  and  lumber- 
ing until  compelled  hy  failing  health  to  give 
up  all  manual  labor.  He  reared  (piite  ,1  large 
family  of  children  ;  but  his  son,  William,  Ir., 
was  the  only  one  to  marry. 

William  Humphrey,  Jr.,  w:is  born  and  bred 
in  I\dmouth,  \,S. ,  an<l  as  a  young  man  went  to 
.Maccan,  Cmnberhmd  Coimty,  N.  S. ,  where  he 
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of  ia;ivity  in  Imubcrinr;-,  farniinj^,  and  specu- 
lating in  real  estate.  iMicrgetic,  far-seeing, 
and  the  possessor  of  much  executive  ability,  lie 
met  with  good  success  in  all  of  his  operations, 
and  became  a  man  of  considerable  prominence 
in  the  community.  '  His  last  days  were  si)ent 
in  Sackville,  N.li.,  where  he  died  at  the  age 
of  threescore  and  ten  years.  The  only  survivor 
of  the  si.\  children  born  of  his  union  with  Mary 
Truman  is  Klizabeth.  She  is  the  wife  of 
I'ldwnrd  K.  Bishop,  of  Tort  William,  \..S. ,  by 
whom  she  has  four  children — IIum])hrey, 
Truman,  Oscar,  and  Alice,  lioth  the  grand - 
l)arents  were  members  of  the  Methodist  church. 

John  A.  Humphrey,  son  of  William  Huni- 
jihrey,  Jr.,  was  born  December  24,  1.S23,  at 
.Maccan,  X.  S.  Until  he  was  about  twenty- 
seven  years  old  he  lived  principall)'  with  his 
father,  having  charge  for  the  last  four  or  five 
years  of  a  branch  of  bis  father's  business. 
He  came  to  IMoncton  in  1S50,  and  ))urcbased 
the  [JHiperty  which  now  bears  his  name. 

In  1.SS2  Mr.  John  .\.  Humphrey,  in  partner- 
shi|)  with  the  Messrs.  .Snow  and  bis  son,  Will- 
iam 1".  Humphrey,  commencetl  the  manufacture 
of  woollens.  In  1S84  the  factory  was  still  fur- 
ther enlarged,  the  [lower  changed  from  water  to 
steam,  and,  by  means  of  other  im|irovements 
added,  its  capacit\-  was  increased  tenfold. 
Three  years  later,  more  room  being  recpiired 
for  their  operations,  the  firm  again  enlarged  its 
plant,  doubling  its  capacity,  and,  after  adding 
the  latest  improwd  machinery,  had  the  most 
compk'te  and  best  ei|ui|)|)ed  two  set  mills  in 
Canada.  In  iSSS  tiie  .Messrs.  lliuni)hrt.'y  pui' 
chased    the    interest    of    their    partners    in    the 


concern,  and  under  the  firm  name  of  J.  A. 
Humphrey  &  Son  continued  the  manufacture 
of  tweeds,  unions,  flannels,  homespun,  and 
yarns,  using  principally  domestic  wool  or 
yarns.  The  plant  has  since  been  increased  in 
size  and  cajjacity;  and,  as  a  larger  force  has 
been  emjiloyed  in  each  of  its  departments, 
quite  a  village  has  grown  up  in  the  district,' 
which  is  but  three  miles  from  the  centre  of 
Moncton.  'The  senior  partner  also  owned  and 
operated  a  grist-mill  and  a  saw-mill  in  that 
locality,  in  these  employing  a  large  number 
of  hands.  Very  active  and  progressive,  he  was 
the  prime  mover  in  the  establishment  of 
many  otiier  business  organizations,  and  for  sev- 
eral years  was  vice-president  of  the  Moncton 
Water  and  Gas  Works  and  the  IMoncton  Cotton 
l-"actory,  and  was  a  director  and  vice-president 
in  tlie  Sugar  Refining  Company.  He  ahso 
served  a  number  of  terms  in  the  I'rovincial 
J'arliament.  His  death  at  the  age  of  .seventy- 
two  years  deprived  Moncton  of  one  of  its  most 
esteemed  and  valued  citizens.  He  married 
Jane,  daughter  of  ^^.  S.  Harris,  of  Moncton, 
where  she  still  resides.  'They  reared  four 
children,  namely:  Sarah,  who  is  the  wife  of 
L.  1).  I.ockhart,  of  Moncton,  and  has  two  chil- 
dren Humphrey  and  Mary  ;  Jane,  unmarried; 
William  T".,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  and 
Mar\-,  unmarried. 

William  T".  Humphrey  was  educated  at 
Mount  .Allison  I'niversity,  Sackville,  X.  H.  ; 
and  very  soon  after  leaving  school,  in  1882,  as 
above  stated,  be  entered  into  business  witii  his 
lather,  whose  death  terminated  the  partnership. 
Since  that  time  Mr.   Humpbrev  has  carried  on 


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BIOGRAPHICAL    REVIFAV 


alone  tlic  various  eiitL'rpriscs  in  wliicli  lie  aiul 
his  fatiicr  were  interested,  ami  lias  the  entire 
control  of  all  the  niillinj,'  i)lants,  ineliidinti  the 
woollen  factory,  the  saw-mill,  and  the  jurist- 
mill,  llavinj;-  inherited  in  a  lar<;e  measure 
the  jiraetical  ability  and  foree  of  character  that 
(listin<^uished  his  father,  lie  has  met  with  signal 
success  as  a  manager,  and  occupies  a  firm  |)osi- 
tion  amonj;  the  leading  citizens  of  the  city, 
lie  is  a  Conservative  in  jHilitics,  and  in  iSgcj 
was  elected  to  the  i'rovincia!  rarliamcnl.  lie 
is  a  member  of  Keith  Lodge,  1".  iS:  .\.  M.,  ot 
IMoncton,  and  an  adherent  of  the  Methodist 
church. 

,Mr.   Humphiey  and    Hessie    I'].,  daughter   of 
Warren  Wallace,  of  Monctou,  were  mairied    in 
.April,    1SH5;  and    the\'    ha\e    four   children 
William  'SI.,  ISessie,  J.   .Albeit,  and  Catherine. 


|h;\'.  JOHN  I'KlXCr:,  a  venerable  and 
iiigbh'  resjiected  citi/en  of  Momton, 
Westmorhmd  County,  X.H.,  was 
for  man\-  \ears  one  of  tiio  leading  ministers  of 
the  Methodist  denomination,  and  was  very  ac- 
tive ill  advancing  the  religicjiis  interests  (jI  the 
I'ldvinces.  ()n  account  of  phv>ical  int'irmi- 
ties,  be  lias  not  i)een  settled  over  any  p,n  ish 
for  the  past  tvventv  veais,  but  lia^  re-i(U'd  as  a 
supermimerarv  diviiu'  in  Monctou,  the  town  in 
which  be  was  born  on  June  1  1,    iSjn. 

He  is  of  excellent  Ln,L;li^h  ancestry,  being  a 
direct  descend, ml  in  the  eighth  gcner.it  ion  ol 
tlu'  Rev.  lobn  I'l  ince.  an  <  Klord  graduate, 
who  in  the  vav\\'  pari  ol  the  seventeenth  cen- 
tury was  reitor  of  the  ihiircli  in   Last   Stallord, 


Herkshirc  Count v,  ICngland,  and  wlio  married 
the  daughter  of  Dr.  Tolberry,  a  man  of  much 
prominence.  The  Rector  and  his  wife  reared 
four  sons,  the  eldest  of  whom,  John  Prince, 
Jr.,  after  concluding  bis  studies  at  O.xford 
University,  emigrated  to  •IMassachusetts  about 
163;;,  and  became  the  Llder  of  the  church  at 
Hull,  where  he  died  in  \C>j6.  His  ilescend- 
ants  are  numerous. 

Isaac  Prince,  born  in  i'')54,  son  of  I'llder 
John  Prince,  of  Hull,  was  the  father  of  Joseph, 
hom  in  1694,'  who  married  for  his  second  wife 
Mary  Townsend,  and  had  a  son  Joseph,  born  in 
Hoston  in  I  723. 

I'his  second  Jose|ih,  known  as  the  Rev.  Jo- 
seph Prince,  the  blind  preacher,  was  the  great- 
grandfather of  the  Kev.  John  Prince,  of  Monc- 
tou. His  loss  of  sight  was  the  result  of  a 
serious  illness  which  afflicted  him  at  tiie  age 
of  sixteen  \ears.  He  was  of  a  religious  tem- 
]ierament  ;  and  he  became  a  noted  preacher, 
and  spent  a  large  ])art  of  his  life  in  Xewburv- 
poil,  Mass.,  where  his  death  occurred  in  i/ijt. 
l?y  his  union  with  Sarah  Cari)enter  he  became 
the  father  of  twelve  sons  and  one  daughter. 
His  son  Tbomas  was  tlie  ne.\t  in  the  line  of 
descent  now  being  tract'd. 

'Ihomas  i'lince  settled  as  a  farmer  in  Xortli 
N'armouth,  Me.,  and  there  resided  throughout 
his  active  vears.  On  retiring  from  agricull- 
uial  pursuits  In-  lemovi'd  to  Helfai.t.  ,Mi'., 
where  his  last  days  wi'ie  spent.  He  mariicil 
li.umah  Prime,  a  cousin  three  times  removed; 
and  ot  their  si.\  children  the  si'cond,  Tbom.is, 
jr.,  was  the  lather  of   the  Rev.  John  Piiiue,  ol 

.MnlKbill. 


ki;\.  JOHN     I'KINCE. 


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'I'liornas 
)Utli,  Ml 


I'l  iiu 


\v;is  horn  in  Nnilh  \'ai- 


in  17.S4,  ami  there  grew  tii  man's 


estate.      In  1.S14   lie   canie 


to   New   Dnmswrck 


to  eontiiiui'  his  business  as  a  lumber  manufaet- 


nrer   an( 


1   dealer,    riuhllv 


think 


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Sarah 


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lie   liad   nine 


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liviiu 


\Vi 


ini  1.. 
■  kev. 


limbered   a  eouiitry  a  line   jdace   lor  bis  opeia- 
I'ossessin;;     miub     natural    enterprisi 


t  ions. 


11(1  abilitv,  he  sueeeeded   in   his  iiiidertakiii^s 


ind  in  1  S  1  .S  liirtber  iiureased   bis   iiusiness 


b 


ipeiatiii^;     in    adjacent    eoiinties. 


or    some 


time   lie  was   also   one   < 


th 


ir;;est   j^eiieial 


merehanls    of     this    section    of     the    province. 
This  line  of  business  he  necessarily  carried  on 
to  some  extent   iiy   bartering,  takiiif;  agricult- 
ural jiroducts  from  the  farmers  in  exchange  lor 
merihandise.         lie     subsequently     met     with 
heavy   losses,  but    imlil    the   day   of    his   death 
was  enabled  to   jiay  <>\w   hundred   cents  on   the 
dollar,  a  great  comfort  and   satisfaction   to  one 
of   his   sterling    integrity.      A    man   of  strictly 
temperate  habits,  he  took  an  active  part  in  the 
early  movements  of  reform,  and    in    iS^,  dur 
ing  the  great   temperance  agitation,  threw  out 
all    intoxicants    that    he   had    in    stock    and  dis 
(iiulinued    forever    the    sale    of    liiplor.      Soon 
alter    the    organi/ation    of     the     hirst     Haptist 
t'hurcb    at    "the    Mend"    in    iSJ.'^,    he    united 
with    il,    and   was   shortly   chosen    l)eac<iu,    an 
oHice  which  he  liiled  until  the  close  ol  his  lile, 
,,u    November  JO,    1S51.      IK' was   held    in   the 
highest  esteem  as  a  man  and  as  a  citi/eii;  and 
at    his   funeral,  which  was  attended   by  a  large 
miniber   of   sorrowing  Iriends,  the   ministers  ol 
thedilfeieiit  denominations  in   the  community 
at    their    own    request    acted    as     pall-hearers. 
His   lirst    wife,     Marion    Sleeves,    died    young, 


lohii  I'riuce  acipiired  his  ehanent- 
ary  <'diicatinn  111  Moncton,  and  sluilied  tor  the 
minisli)'  under  the  iiistructi(iii  ol  the  Rc:v. 
W.  Wilson.  Ill-  also  attended  the  Baptist 
Seminary  at   iMcderictou,  then  uiuler  the  charge 


if    the     k 


b'rederick     Miles    and    the    Re\'. 


Charles     Tiipper.         In    1846,    while    yet     the 

British    Coiiference    coiiliolled    the    Methodist 

affairs  of  these  Provinces,  he   was  appoii'ited  to 

the  I'ownal  (..'irciiit,  I'rince  h'.dward  Islaiul,  and 

after  a  probation  of    four   years  was  oidaineil  as 

a    Weslevau    ministei'    in    the    old    C'eiitenaiy 

Church  at   St.    |ohii,   N.H.      Since  that  time  he 

has  had   chaigc  of  some  of  the  most  important 

circuits    in    the    I'roviiues,    including   those   ol 

St.    lohn's  and   Caiboiiear,   Newfoundland.      In 

1874  Mr.  I'lince  had  the  honor  of  being  chosen 

as  a  delegate   to  the  first   (ieiieral  C'oiiference 

held     ill    the    Melropolilaii     Church,     Toronto, 

under  the  piesidency  of   the  late    kev.   b'.gerton 

R\eison,    1).}).       lie  was   afterward   chairman 

of  the  Distiicl    Coulcieiue,  and   then  served  as 

linancial    secretary  of   the  t"oiiference   ol    New 

Hruiiswick     and      I'rince     Mdward     Island,     ol 

ubich    be  was   elected    picsidriil     in     l.*^;;.       lu 

iSji)  he  was  loiied  tbroiigh   ill    health  to  letiie 

fiom   active   pastoral    work;    but   his    iiilluence 

for  g I  as  an  upri,:;bt,  honesi  man   and   a   true 

Chiistian  .ibides  in  the  couimunily  in  which  he 
resides,  and  extends  lai  out  into  the  world 
around  biin. 

Ill  1X5(1  Mr.   I'lince  maiiied  .\iiii   J.,  daiigb- 


l'   !     I     4    11     ill 


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RIOGRAI'Il KM,    REVIEW 


tcr  lit  tlic  l;Uc  riitiiiKis  I'juliiL'i.',  ol  Ainlirist, 
N.S.  She  (Ik'il  May  S,  iSSd,  iLMviiij;  two 
(lau};htL'is  —  1  lanict  .\.  ami  Sarah  !■'..,  twins. 
The  fiirnicr  is  llic  wile  ol  (ii.'cn\i;i'  11.  Harncs, 
of  Sussex  N'ale,  \.  li.  ;  and  iho  latter  inanie;! 
John  W.  llic'knian,  a  well  Uiiown  liariister  ol 
AmliLTst,  \.S.  Mr.  l'i-iiu'C  sulisei|UL'ntl\  mar- 
ricil  Mrs.  Cynthia  Wood,  widow  of  tiu-  late 
Mariner  Wood,  of  SacUville,  N'.l!.,  latlu'i'  ol 
Senator  Wood,  ol"  .Saekviile, 

Mr.  I'rinee  is  an  uncle  ol'  I'rofessor  Simon 
.W".  comb,  ot  W  ashinL;ton,  1).(."..  the  world- 
I'anions  astronomer,  loi-  some  time  superintend- 
ent of  the  I'niled  .St.Ues  \autiial  .\lm.inat-, 
whose  dau,i;hter,  .\nita  Metiee,  M.D. .  is  the 
wile  of  Trofessor  Metiee,  one  of  the  leading' 
seientists  in  the  Unitetl  States,  oeen|i\in_L;  a 
hi,LM  ])osition  on  the  j;o\einnient  ^eolo:;ieal 
•<talf.  Mrs.  Metiee,  who  is  a  ladv  of  lii;;h 
seientitlc  and  ]>rofessional  attainments,  \\;is  the 
first  woman  appointi'd  on  the  medical  slalT  of 
the  United  Stales  Navv,  and  is  now  in  ch.ir^e 
of  the  nietlieal  stall  connected  with  the  X.iwd 
Xiirse  Service  of  the  I'nited  States. 


l/.KKIh;!,  HARI.OW  KiC  Ti  I IIM,  sec- 
retary and  mair.in'ir  of  the  l.awton 
.Saw  tdnii)any  of  .St.  johii  .ind  ,i  hiL;!il\'  re- 
spected citizen  of  that  place,  was  horn  there 
on  March  14,  18^1,  his  parents  heint,'  I'.dwin 
and  Margaret  A.  (l.eavitt^  Ketchtim.  lie  is 
a  grcat-grandso.i  of  Jonathan  Ketchum,  one  of 
the  ICn^lish  l.oyali.sts  who  came  to  N'ew 
Unniswiek  in  17S3.  ills  i;ranill,ither  Isaac 
resided  in  Hampton,  Kim;s  roinitv:  and  there 


I'alwin     Ketchum,     his    father,     was     horn    in 
1806. 

I'.dwin  Ketchimi  passed  his  early  hoyhood 
in  Kini^s  County,  but  before  reaching  man- 
hooil  came  to  .St.  John  and  entered  the  em))loy 
(,t  1'!.  Harlow  &  .Sons.  Of  this  firm  he  sid)se- 
ipiently  became  a  partner,  the  name  of  i.he  firm 
then  hecomini;  Harlow  &  Ketchum.  They  did 
j  a  successful  mercantile  business  for  several 
j  years.  Mr.  lulwin  Ketchum  was  associated 
subsc(|uently  with  Thomas  I.eavitt,  under  the 
liiin  nanu'  of  Thomas  I.eavitt  vSr  Co..  and  Liter 
with  Mr.  ("harles  .Adams,  linn  name  Adams 
vs:  Ketchum.  in  the  shipping;  and  tradinf.;  busi- 
ness with  the  West  Indies  anil  in  the  bnildinj; 
of  ships.  After  Mr.  Adams's  death  he  con- 
tinued the  business  with  i^reat  success  until  a 
short  tinu"  previous  to  his  own  death.  He 
and  h.is  wife  were  the  parents  of  the  followinj;- 
nained  six  children  who  <;rew  to  niaturitv  — 
l''.zel<iel  Harlow,  b'rancis  Mdwin,  Jane,  Mar- 
L;arct,  Charlotte,  and  James.  A  dauf^hter, 
Ji'.lia,  died  in  infancy,  and  h'rancis  l';dwin 
died  in  Californi.i  in  i.SSi.  Jane  married  first 
John  Mc.Xrthur.  and  for  her  second  husband 
I  a  Mr.  Hrown.  She  now  resides  in  .S.m  l'rai\- 
cisco.  Cal.  M.iri;,iret  is  the  wife  of  |ohn  H. 
I'.irks  (  harlotte  is  the  wife  of  Dr.  |.  !•.'. 
(iril'fith,  el  Hoston.  James  died  of  chcdera 
dnrin.;  the  epidemic  of  1S54.  Mr.  I-alwin 
'  Ketchiini  served  in  themiliti.i  in  the  .African 
'  corps  as  a  commissioned  orilecr.  His  death 
occurred  in  .September,  1S51.  His  wife  sur- 
vived him  nearly  thirty  years,  and  died  in 
March,   iSSi. 

In  1S46   i;.'ekiel    !>.   Ketchum    began   ,1   sea- 


it  nild 


'(  n  I 


uioc.RAi'incAr,  rkvikw 


345 


t'aiin;,'  life  l)y  listinj;  as  apiircnticL'  witli  John 
Wishart  on  a  trip  to  London.  lie  suIisl'- 
([ucntly  sailed  round  tlic  North  Atlantic  anc 
as  far  south  as  the  West  Indies,  bein^  en- 
;,^nge(]  in  trade  with  the  islanders;  and  in  1850  \ 
he  became  master  ol  tl.e  "Roscoe, "  which 
sailed  to  Liverpool.  In  1854,  after  about 
eij^ht  years  s|)ent  on  the  watiT,  he  settled  in 
St.  John  and  opened  a  general  business, 
(loing  four  years  later  to  the  Albert  Mine,  ■ 
Albert  County,  New  Hrnnswiels,  he  took  j 
eharj;e  of  the  books  and  of  sliip|iincc  tlie  coal, 
and  in  11X76  was  promoted  to  be  manaj^c'r  of 
the  mine.  In  iSSi,  the  mine  bavitif;  worked 
out,  Mr.  Ketehuni  returned  to  St.  Jf)hn,  and 
bei^an  workinjj;  in  tiie  cotton-mills  at  (ourtenay 
]?av.  I'ive  years  later  be  eULjauCt'd  in  the  linu' 
business  on  the  Narrows,  St.  John  Ri\er.  I 
Abaiuloninj;  that  enterprise  some  three  years 
later,  be  was  appointed  liquidator  for  the 
rr(>vincial  Huildini;  .Society,  in  whicli  capac- 
it\-  he  wound  up  the  business  of  the  society. 
.Subsecpient  to  that  and  since  i.Svjj  be  has 
l)een  eni;at;ed  in  his  pri'si'iit  position  as  sec- 
retary and  manai^er  of  the  l.avvton  .Saw  Com- 
pany. While  at  llillsboro,  Albert  ('ounty, 
N.H. ,  1k'  was  intt'resled  to  sinr.c  e.xti'nt  in 
ship-buildinj,^ 

Mr.  Ketcbum  was  married  in  1.S55  to  Miss 
Annie  Guthrie  i!arr,  a  native  of  St.  John  anil 
a  dau,i;bter  of  William  Hair,  mercb.int,  her 
falluT  beinj;  of  .'-Scotch  ancestry.  Of  the  si.\ 
children  born  ot  this  union  three  reached  m;>,- 
turity.  namely:  b'rancis  Ldwin,  who  is  at 
present  employed  in  the  ])ostal  service  of  the 
Dominion;     Margaret     Annie,     the     wife    of 


.\rcher    C.     I'udilini^ton,    of    New    York;    and 
.Mice,  who  resides  with  her  parents. 


II.I.IAM  K.  RAY.MUNl),  one  of 
the  proprietors  nf  the  Royal  Hotel, 
.St.  Jonii,  was  iiorn  in  Hampton,  N.H.,  March 
-'7,  1S50,  son  of  James  Woolsey  and  Frances 
I'lizabetb  (de  Mill)  I-iayniond.  He  is  a  de- 
scendant of  Loyalists  on  both  sides;  and  tl)e 
first  of  bis  i),iternal  ancestry  to  settle  in  New 
lirunswick  was  his  LCreat-^'randfather,  Stent 
Ra\niond,  son  of  James  and  Jemima  Ray- 
mond. .Stent  Raymond  left  |)arien.  Conn., 
in  17S4,  accompanied  by  his  brothers.  White 
and  Thoiuas,  ;ind  bis  c(Uisin,  Samuel  Rice 
Raymond.  lie  finally  settled  upon  a  farm  in 
Hampton,  N.H,  where  he  resided  for  tiie  rest 
of  liis  life,  and  died  in  1828.  His  cliililren 
■veie:  James;  (!barlotte,  who  married  John 
.Mil  ready,  \\si\.  ;  Mary,  who  married  for  her 
lust  husb;ind  James  .Smith  and  for  her  secoml 
Moses  l",nnis:  Hcnrv,  who  died  yoiinp;;  I-^liz- 
•dielh,  wlio  married  John  Patterson;  Il.uinah, 
who  married  Ralph  Cidpitt;  .Sarah,  who  mar- 
ried (ieoiLje  (iiu'ham;  !•" ranees,  who  became 
the  wife  of  Humbert  b'owler,  and  died  in 
1.SS5,  ai^ed  nearly  eij;hty-si.\  years;  and 
Charles,  who  was  born  July  10,   1805. 

James  Raymond,  son  of  .Stent,  was  the  sec- 
oikI  child  born  in  .St.  John.  He  was  reared 
in  ll.unpton,  and  tlie  active  period  of  bis  life 
w;is  spent  in  general  farmiiii;.  He  was  four 
times  married,  and  by  bis  union  with  Deborah 
Morel],  liis  first  wife,  he  had  one  child.  His 
second   wife,  whose   maiden  name  was  Clorino 


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Fowler,  bore  him  cii^ht  cliildrcn.  His  third 
wife,  who  was  l)elore  marri;i,i,'c  Tamer 
Springer,  died  without  isue.  (Name  of  fourth 
not  given.)  One  of  his  sons,  James  Wool- 
sey,  father  of  William  K,  died  in  1X93. 
Thomas  F.  was  formerly  jiroprietor  of  the 
Royal  Hotel,  St.  John,  Another  son, 
Thompson  Raymond,  died  in  Toronto,  Ont. 

James  W'oolsey  Raymond  turned  his  atten- 
tion to  agricultur.il  jjursuits  at  an  early  age, 
and  spent  his  active  life  as  a  tiller  of  the  soil. 
He  married  a  daughter  of  Thomas  cK  Mill, 
whose  ancestors  came  to  .\'e\>  lirunswick  after 
the  close  of  the  American  Revolution.  She 
became  the  mother  of  six  chiidren,  namely: 
James  T.  and  John  S. ,  whc  are  no  longer  liv- 
ing; William  K.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch; 
George,  vviio  resides  in  IIani|)tcin:  Woolsey, 
(lecease<l;  and  \'.\\/.a  11.,  wife  of  1).  .Mel.. 
Smith. 

William  I ,.  Raymond  attended  the  superior 
schools  in  bis  boyhood,  and  completed  his  ed- 
ucation ivith  I  business  course  .it  Kerr's  Com- 
mercial College.  lie  was  engaged  in  fanning 
until  1879,  when  he  came  to  .^t.  Joim,  where 
he  has  since  been  identified  with  tiie  Royal 
Hotel.  Alter  the  death  of  his  uncle,  Thomas 
F.  Raymond,  which  ciccmred  in  i.S()3.  he  and 
Mr.  Dohcrty  becp.ine  i>roprietors  ol  the  estab- 
lishment whi  ■  is  now  the  leading  hotel  in 
the  I'rovince,  and  stands  high  in  the  estima- 
tion of  the  travelling  [)ul)lic. 

In  i,S,S5  Mr.  Raymond  was  united  in  mar- 
riage with  Miss  Annie  Smith,  daughter  of 
William  M.  Smith,  who  was  i)orn  in  Irel.uid. 
and  emigrated   with   his  jjarents   when  youn-. 


William  M.  .Smith  wai-  a  mechanical  engi- 
neer, and  for  many  years  acted  as  Steamboat 
Inspector  at  this  port.  Mrs.  Raymond  is  the 
mother  of  four  children;  namely,  William 
Woolsey,  Harold  Newnham,  I.illie  Smith,  ami 
Thomas  Kenneth  Raymond. 

Mr.  R.ayniond  has  advanced  in  Masonry  to 
the  commantlery,  and  also  belongs  to  the 
Order  >,f  I'oresters. 


DW.XRD  WIl.l.ISTON,  for  many  years 
one  of  the  best  known  and  most 
|)rominent  residents  of  Newcastle  and  Judge 
of  County  Courts  of  Restigouche,  Gloucester, 
and  Northumberland,  was  born  in  Bay  du  Vin, 
parish  of  Glewell  mow  Hardwic'i),  N.  H.,  in 
October,  1812.  He  was  a  .son  of  John  Bailey 
WillLston  and  I'hcebe  Styniest  Williston,  his 
father  being  a  native  of  Rhode  Islanil,  who 
came  to  New  Brunswick  with  the  Loyalists  in 
17S3,  and  settled  at  what  is  now  known  as 
Hardwick.  He  was  educated  at  Newcastle 
uiuliT  the  tutorship  of  John  Smith,  and  snbse- 
(|uently  studied  law  with  Johr.  .Amhroise 
Street,  of  that  place,  lie  was  an  attorney  in 
1835,  became  a  barrister  in  1837,  and  entered 
\])on  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  .\lw- 
castle.  A  man  of  recognized  ability,  he  was 
ap|)ointe(l  Clerk  of  the  Peace,  and  was  also 
Postmaster  lor  some  time.  In  1854,  owing  to 
the  change  of  government,  he  was  dismissed 
from  office,  and  .Mr.  Richard  Sutton  was  ap- 
])oiiite(l  Deputy  Treasurer  foi  the  countv  of 
Northumberland.  The  latter,  standing  for 
re-election,    was,    however,    defeated    by    Mr. 


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Willistoii.  Appointed  Judj^o  in  1867,  Mr. 
Williston  served  until  May,  181S1,  wlicn  he 
resii^ned.  During  the  {government  that 
broiif^ht  about  onfederation  he  was  made  So- 
licitor (jeneral,  anil  was  returned  at  every 
election  consecutively  from  1^54  to  1867. 
His  death  took  place  in  July,  1889.  Ik- 
was  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order. 

Mr.  \Villist(ui  was  married  in  1845  co 
Miss  Sarah  Jane  Mignowitz,  a  native  of  Hali- 
fax, N.S.,  and  a  daughter  of  Henry  and  Sarah 
Mignowitz.  Hy  this  marriage  there  were 
twelve  children,  of  whom  eleven  survive; 
nanu'l)',  lunma  J.,  llli/abeth  S.  lunily  I'hebe, 
Henry  M.,  lulward  P.,  Charles,  Prank  S., 
Hedley  V.,  Thomas  A.,  Kli/abeth  \V.,  and 
Howard.  The  other  child,  Alice  May,  was 
drowned  at  the  age  of  seventeen  years.  The 
mother,  Mrs.  -Sarah  J.  Williston,  is  still  liv- 
ing, and  retains  her  mental  and  physical  vigor 
to  a  remarkable  degree. 


DWARl)  I'.  Wll.l.ISroX,  son  of  lul- 
ward  and  .Sarah  J.  (Mignowitz) 
Williston,  was  born  in  NewL-astlc,  \.M.,  Uc- 
lober  24,  1852.  He  received  bis  general 
education  at  the  Collegiate  Schoid  mi  l-'red- 
ericton  and  the  I'niversity  of  Xew  Bruns- 
wick, ar.l  sul)se<;uently  studied  law  with 
.Samuel  Thomson,  of  .Vewcastle,  and  with 
David  S.  Kerr,  of  St.  John,  for  two  years. 
He  was  admitted  as  attorney  in  June,  1875, 
and  ,is  barrister  in  1876.  i>eginning  prac- 
tice in  Newcastle,  he  has  since  conducted  a 
good     business     there,     having    occupied     his 


present  office  from  the  first,  a  period  of  nearly 
twenty-five  years.  lie  has  been  County 
Auditor  since  1876,  and  has  served  on  the 
'jchool  iSoard  since  1895. 

Mr.  Williston  was  married  October  4, 
1881,  to  Miss  I'llizabeth  Grander,  a  daughter 
of  the  late  John  Ihander,  a  nati\e  of  Scot- 
land, who  came  to  New  Brunswick  about 
1833.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  litlward  1'.  Williston 
are  the  parents  of  two  chiltlren — John  and 
I\Iay.  Mr.  Williston  is  a  mend)er  of  the 
Sons  of   Temperance. 


^^niAAAM  WILSON,  the  popular 
Y^V  i'ostmaster  of  Chatham,  .\.H.,  was 
born  in  Aberdeen,  .Scotland,  in  1848,  his  par- 
ents being  .Alexander  and  Marv  (Cray)  Wil- 
scui.  His  father,  who  was  a  member  of  the 
Aberdeen  .Steam  Xasdgatio''  Comp.uiy,  dieil 
when  William  was  only  eight  years  old. 
His  mother  survived,  and  some  years  later 
came  to  this  cmuitry,  where  she  remained 
iiTitil  her  ik'ath.  She  was  a  sister  of  the  Kite 
.Senator  Muirhead's  wife. 

.Mr.  Wilson  remained  in  his  native  land 
until  he  was  eighteen  years  of  age.  and  was 
educated  at  Gordon  College  in  .\berdeeu.  At 
the  .ige  of  eighti  en  he  1  ime  to  N'ew  Bruns- 
wick, and  entered  the  employ  of  ids  uncle, 
Willi. un  ^[uirhe.lll,  of  Chatliam.  with  whom 
he  remained  for  the  next  nine  years.  .\t  the 
end  of  that  time  he  engaged  in  mei'cantile 
business  for  himself,  under  the  tirni  name  of 
William  Wilson  &  Co..  conducting  a  green- 
Lrroci'rv  and  provision  business.      'J'his  he  eon- 


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tiiUK'd  to  cany  on  until  July.  iSi)-,  wIkmi  Ik- 
assumed  tho  duties  nl  his  jirosmt  position. 
Ilis  ailniinistration  as  I'ostinastLT  has  ^jivcn 
universal  satisfaction.  The  |)atrons  of  the 
office  have  found  him  pionipt,  reliable,  and 
unfailingly  courteous,  and  the  mail  service 
has  in  many  ways  been  rendered  more  elficient 
antl  of  greater  value  to  the  business  com- 
munity. 

Mr.  Wilson  is  a  member  ot  the  i'resby- 
terian  church  and  a  generous  contributor  to  its 
many  benevolent  and  relif,'ious  enterprises. 
lie  was  married  in  icSS.)  to  Miss  Mary  Johns- 
ton, daughter  ot  William  Johnston,  of 
Chatham.  Three  children  have  blessed  this 
union;   namelv,  Ajrnes,  \'era,  and  Noiman. 


f?)i:ONARI)  H.  KNTGHT,  a  member  of 
the  firm  of  J.  &  ]..  H.  Knight,  lumber 
manufacturers  and  dealers  of  .St. 
John,  was  born  at  .St.  Geor^'e,  N.I?.,  in  1S5S, 
son  of  Justice  I'ldward  and  ll.muah  .S.  (Hrooks) 
Knii^ht. 

Ilis     early     ancestors      in      Anieric.i     were  i 
I'ennsylvani.i    ijuakers.      Ilis   ]),iternal    !;ran<l- 
father,  Joshua   Knight,  born    in    I'liiladelphia, 
I'a.,  in    1795,  was   a   son   of   Joshua   and   Jane  : 
(\'ernon)    Knight,    Imth    natives   of    I'liiladel- 
phia anil  members  of  the   .Society  of    I'riends. 
It  is  related   of  the  Joshua    Kuinht    last   men- 
tioned   that    during    tlu     Revolutionary    War  1 
two  IJriti.sb   soldiers   came   to   his   house  when  j 
he   was  away  and    requested   shelter,    as   they  ! 
were     [lursuetl     liy     Colonial      troo])s.        Mrs. 
Knight    showed    tliem    the   wav   to   the   attic,   i 


where  they  hi<l  themselves.  .\  little  later 
Mr.  Knight  retmned,  and,  before  his  wife  bad 
had  an  opportunity  of  aci|uainting  him  with 
the  fact  of  the  soldiers  being  concealed  in  the 
house,  there  was  a  knock  at  the  door.  Open- 
ing it,  he  found  a  scpiad  of  Colonial  troops  who 
demanded  the  baiglish  soldiers  who  had  taken 
refuge  there.  Mr.  Knight  replied  th.it  there 
were  none  within,  but,  the  Americans  insist- 
ing upon  a  search  of  the  house,  the  soldiers 
were  f(uind,  and  Mr.  Knight  was  strongly 
censured  and  warned  against  a  repetition  of 
such  an  offense.  Opposed  by  reason  of  his 
religion  to  any  participation  in  military  mat- 
ters, this  circinnstance  weighed  upon  bis 
mind,  and  was  so  annoying  to  him  that  he 
soon  after  removed  with  his  family  to  I'enn- 
field,  N.  H.,  where  be  established  a  home. 
His  cbihiren  were:  Joshua,  born  in  1795; 
(iideon,  born  in  I79''>:  Sarah,  burn  in  1798; 
i'hopbe,  born  in  iSoii;  Isaac,  born  in  iSoi; 
Moses,  born  in  i.Soj;  I'riseilla,  born  in 
1804;  I'Ldmund,  born  in  1806;  I'hcebe  and 
Marion,  twins;   Amy;  and  John. 

Joshua  Knight,  .second,  was  a  large  vessel 
owner  and  builder.  He  was  extensively  en- 
gaged in  the  lumber  industr\-,  was  largely  in- 
terested in  mercantile  business,  and  also  car- 
ried on  .igricidture  to  a  considerable  extent. 
He  was  one  of  the  most  ])rominent  business 
men  in  New  Hrunswick  in  bis  day  and  a  man 
of  considerable  local  inlluence.  Like  his 
father,  he  was  a  mend)er  of  the  Society  of 
Friends,  and  he  trained  his  family  in  the  re- 
ligious tenets  of  that  society.  His  children 
were:  Justice  i^dward,  father  of  the  suliject  of 


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this  sketch;  George  Vernon,  who  dieil  in 
1898;  Amy,  vvife  of  the  Rev.  William  Hen- 
nett,  of  Peterboro,  Ont.  ;  and  Susan,  widow  of 
Samuel  G.  Andrews.  Joshua  Knight  died  on 
February  8,  1851,  aged  fifty-five  years. 

Justice  lulward  Knight  obtained   under  his 
father's   direction    a    good   knowledge   of    the 
lumber  business,  which  he  continued   to  fol- 
low during  his  life.      P'or  a  time  when  a  boy 
he  worked  in  a   luml)er  office  at    St.    George. 
Later  he  engaged   in   business  for  himself  at 
St.    George   and    at    lieaver   Harbor.      Subse- 
quently  he   removed   to   Mustjuash,    and    pur- 
chased the  mill  at  that   place,  which   he  opci 
ated  for  a  number  of  years.      I  le  also  purchased 
the  New  River  mills,  which  he  carried  on   in 
connection  with  his  eldest  son  ;  and  at  the  time 
of  his  death  he  owned  and  operated  the  Lancas- 
ter mills.      He  was  one  of  the  largest  lumber 
manufacturers  and  dealers  in  New  Hrunswick. 
i'or  many  years  he  served  as  Magistrate.      In 
religion  he  adhered  to  the  faith   of  his  ances- 
tors.     His  death  occurred  in  18S3,  and  that  of 
his  wife.  Hannah,  who  was  a  native  of   luist- 
port,    Me.,    in    1S97.      Their  children    were: 
Charles,    who    was    lost    at    sea;    Hessie,    now 
deceased,  who  was   the   wife   of   Heddle   Hill- 
iard,    of   Oldtown :    Harriett    R.,  a  resident   of 
Hoston,     Mass.  :     Joshua,    who,     in     company 
with   his   brother,   Leonard    H. ,    |)urchased   his 
father's    business    Irom    the    heirs     after    the 
father's     death;     Lucy    .A.,     wife    of    Captain 
William    (■.    Robertson,    a   mariner;     Leonard 
M  ,  the  dirett  suliject  of  this  sketch;   l-Illa  R., 
wiic    ni     Charles     l.udga'e,    of    St.     (ieorge: 
Caroline  W.,  who  is  the  ^vife  nf  L.  I).  Seeley, 


of  lioston ;  I'annie,  the  wife  of  G.  H. 
Thomas,  of  Lepreau.x ;  Justice  K.,  a  resident  of 
British  Columbia;  and  Henry  I'.,  now  in  the 
Klondike  region. 

Leonard  H.  Knight,  alter  receiving  his  ed- 
ucation at  .Sackville  Academy,  N.B.,  was 
associated  with  his  father  in  business;  and 
since  the  father's  death  he  and  his  brother 
Joshua,  as  already  narrated,  having  purchased 
the  interests  of  the  other  heirs,  have  carried 
it  on  very  successfully. 

Mr.  Leonard  was  married  in  December, 
1885,  to  Miss  Maria  S.  Haydock,  of  St.  An- 
drews. His  children  are:  Norah  H. ,  Ik-ssie 
H.,  John  S.  and  Marjorie  (twins),  and  Guy. 

Mr.  Knight  is  Chief  Game  Commissioner 
of  New  Brunswick.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Knights  of  I'ythias.  Politically,  he  is  a 
Liberal. 


f?)T<^N-  ALIil'RT  T.  DUNN,  surveyor- 
eneral  of  New  Brunswick,  is  a  na- 
tive of  the  city  of  St.  John,  where 
he  resides.  His  parents  were  John  and  Mar- 
tha (Giudd)  Dunn.  His  paternal  grandfatlier, 
Robert  I^unn,  who  was  born  in  Ireland,  li\i'd 
and  died  there. 

John  Dunn  was  bom  in  Derry,  Iieland,  in 
1804,  and  was  but  a  Imy  at  the  time  of  his 
father's  death.  In  1818  he  came  to  St.  John, 
I  where  his  brother  James  had  ])reviously  lo- 
cated. Their  mother  followed  later,  and 
passed  the  remainder  of  her  life  in  .St.  John, 
N.  H.  t>ii  arri\ing  in  this  tiuintr\'  John  Dunn 
learned  the  cabinet-maker's  trade,  and  later  he 
engaged   in   the   maniif.u'Une    of    hnnber.      He 


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orectod    the    first    i)laning-mill    in    St.    John, 
and  was  a   large   iniijorter  of   mahogany,      lie 
followed  thisbusine.ss  until  1854,  when  he  pur- 
chased a  farm   in  Musquash,  where   he   subse- 
quently   engaged    in    farming   during    the    re- 
mainder of  his  life.      His  wife,  Martha,  was  a 
daughter  of    Charles   Ciould,    who    came    from 
.Somersetshire,  England,  to  Su.s.se.v,   N.  R,  and 
later  removed   with   his  family  to   Cambridge, 
Mass.      Mr.  ant!   Mrs.  Dunn   were  the  parents 
of  the  following-named   children:    Mrs.  S.    J. 
I'arkin;   K.  C.  Johi. ;    J.    J.   Dunn,  of  Califor- 
nia; Albert  T. ,   Iliomas  .\.  \V.,  ami  I'rederick 
U.,  of  Musquash;  and   l^leanor  T. ,  who   is  the 
wife  of  C.  C.  Clinch.      Mr.  John  Dunn  was  a 
member  of   the   .Municipal    Council    for   many 
years.      His  death  occurred  in  1S89  at  the  age 
of  eighty-five  years.      His  wife  died    in    i.S-s 
at  the  age  of  sixty-seven  years 

The    Hon.    .Albert    T.    Dunn    received    his 
early  education  in  the  schools  of  .St.  John,  and 
complctctl    it   at   the    .\ormal    School.       After 
leaving  school  he  became  Collect  ir  of  Customs 
at  Musquash,  and  later  served    in   the   Munici- 
pal  Council   for  several   years.       In    1S9J    and 
again  by  acclamation    in    1895    he  was  elected 
to  the  Legislature  for  the  countv  of   .St.  John, 
being  again    returned    by   a    large   mainrilv    at 
the  general   election   of    i8(jS,  an<l   he   is   still 
serving  his  con.stituents  to  their  full   satisfac- 
tion and  to  his  own   credit.      He   is  also   Sni- 
veyor-general    and,    as    such,    member    of    the 
provincial  govermnent,  and  has  ch.irge   of  tim- 
ber lanils,    mining,    game,    and    lisheries,    an<l 
also  of  immigration.      Tolitically,  he  is  a  ],ib 
cral.      In  religion  he  is  a  l'resb}terian. 


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GILHliRT,  a  retired  business 
-St.  John,  N.H.,  where  he  was 
born    in    1820,  son   of  Henry  Gilbert,  a  mer- 
chant of  the  city,  is  a  descendant  of  a   Massa- 
chusetts  Loyalist,    Colonel   Thomas   Gilbert, 
who  served  in  the  British  army  in  the  Revolu- 
tion,   and    came    to    this    Province    in     1783. 
Colonel   Gilbert,    whose  former  home  was  at 
Assonet,    Mass.,    was    a    son   of   Cajitain     \'a- 
thaniel  and   Hannah  (]5radford)  Gilbert.      His 
father  was  a  grandson  of  John   Gilbert,   who 
arrived   in   Dorchester,    Mass.,    from   England 
about  1630;  and  his  mother  was  a  daughter  of 
.Samuel    Bradford,   of  Duxbury,    Mass.,   and  a 
great-grand-daughtcr    of     Governor     William 
Bradford    of  the    I'lymouth    Colony,    the    line 
being:    Governor    William,'    William,^    Sam- 
uel,' Hannah.'     The  maiden  name  of  Colonel 
Gilbert's  wife  was  Mary  Godfrey. 

Thomas  Gilbert,  the  subject  of  this  sketch, 
conqjleted  his  education  under  the  direction 
of  a  jjrivate  tutor.  He  began  his  business 
life  in  his  father's  store,  and  after  the  retire- 
ment of  the  elder  (iilbert,  in  1847,  he  engaged 
in  the  shipping  business  in  com|)any  with  his 
three  brothers  —  Bradford,  Henry,  and  James 
Gilbert —  and  carried  it  on  extensively  until 
1866,  when  he  retired.  .Mr.  Thomas  Gilbert 
has  ever  since  been  engaged  in  managing  his 
private  affairs.  He  was  formerly  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  Bank  of  New  Brunswick,  and  was 
a  member  of  its  Board  of  Directors  for  twenty- 
eight  years. 

In  1876  Mr.  Gilbert  married  .M  uion  bergu- 
son,  (if  this  city.  She  is  ,1  daughter  of 
b'rancis    l-'erguson,   a   native  of   Scotland,  and 


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for  many  years  the  head  of  the  firm  of  Robert 
Rankin  &  Co. 


IJVER  ROSWI'LI,  ARNOLD,  a 
representative  citizen  of  Sussex, 
N.  )5. ,  was  born  at  the  Sussex  rectory 
on  May  31,  1S32,  son  of  the  Rev.  Horatio 
Nelson  Arnold.  Ills  early  life  was  spent  at 
the  rectory,  and  he  was  instructed  by  his 
father.  L'pon  the  death  of  his  father  in  1848 
he  was  sent  to  Kingston,  where  he  attentled 
school  for  some  time.  /Xftcr  completing  his 
studies,  he  went  to  St.  John  and  secured  em- 
ployment as  clerk  in  the  drug  store  of  J.  II. 
Chipman.  li^'  learned  the  business  with  Mr. 
Chipman,  and  then  set  up  for  himself  under 
the  old  Waverlcy  House,  now  the  \'ictoria 
Hotel.  There  he  continued  for  a  number  of 
years,  but  the  confinement  affected  his  health, 
and  it  became  necessary  for  him  to  give  up 
his  business.  He  then  came  to  .Susse,\-,  where 
he  built  iiis  present  residence  for  (ieneral 
Williams,  and  where  he  has  since  resided. 

Major  Arnolil  was  married  in  September, 
iS^S,  to  Helen,  daughter  of  the  Hon.  lulwin 
A.  Vail,  M.]).,  and  is  the  father  of  five  chil- 
dren, the  record  being  as  follows:  ICva  M;iry, 
who  was  l)i)rn  in  Octoiier,  icS^g;  Reginald 
Herbert,  born  in  July,  iSjj;  lieniy  Medley, 
born  in  July,  iS7(;;  M.irgaret  (ieorgiana 
Williams,  l)orn  in  Septeinbei',  iS/c):  and 
Uoswell  \',iil,  born  in  March,  1.S.S6.  Tiie 
.Major  was  in  active  service  in  the  militia  for 
a  period  of  over  thirty  years,  and  retired  from 
the  Seventy-fourth  Regiment  witli  his  juesent 


ranking  title.  He  is  a  member  of  Trinity 
Church  and  one  of  its  earnest  workers.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Liberal. 

Dr.  Edwin  A.  Vail,  the  father  of  Mrs. 
Arnold,  was  born  in  -Sussex,  and  was  a  son  of 
John  C.  Vail,  who  represented  the  county  in 
the  Legislature  for  many  years.  John  C.  Vail 
was  twice  married,  his  first  wife  being  Char- 
lotte Arnold,  a  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Oliver 
Arnold,  and  his  second  wife  being  l^liza  Will- 
iams, sister  of  General  Williams.  Of  the 
second  marriage  there  was  one  daughter,  Mary 
by  name,  who  died  in  early  childhood.  Of 
the  first  marriage  there  were  eight  children; 
namely,  Oliver,  Robert  I?.,  Edwin  A.,  Will- 
iam B.,  Matilda,  liotsford,  Elizabeth,  and 
John.  Oliver,  the  eldest,  was  for  UKiny  years 
a  merchant  in  Sussex,  and  from  this  place  re- 
moved to  Hrier  Island.  I  le  died  in  Wey- 
mouth, N.  S.  Robert  1>.  was  Sheriff,  and 
resides  at  Gloucester.  William  H. ,  who  now 
resides  in  luigland,  was  for  many  years  inter- 
ested in  shipping  at  Weymouth,  N.  S.,  and 
was  highly  successful.  He  was  Representa- 
tive in  the  Dominion  rarliament,  and  was 
Minister  of  Militia  under  the  McKenzie 
government.  Matilda  married  Nelson  Ar- 
nold, and  is  since  deceased.  Botsford,  wiio 
was  eng.iged  in  farming,  was  struck  and  killeil 
by  lightning  at  Kingston.  i''.li/abeth  died  in 
1X95.  John  \'.  went  to  Australia  sliortly  after 
tile  g(dd  fields  were  discovered.  lie  died 
there,  ami  was  buried  in  Australian  soil. 

lulwiii  .\.  V.iil,  :\I.I).,  was  a  graduate  of 
Edinburgh  I'niversity,  and  practised  his  pro- 
fessi(Ui  ill  .Sussex  up  lo  the  time  ol    lijs  death, 


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in  1 886.  He  was  very  prominent  in  civic 
life,  and  represented  the  county  in  the  House 
of  the  Assembly  for  many  years.  lie  occu- 
pied the  Speaker's  chair,  and  subsequently  was 
a  member  of  the  government.  lie  married 
Charlotte  Cougle,  of  this  place,  and  she  bore 
him  four  children  — Herbert,  William,  Helen 
(Mrs.  Arnold),  and  Alice. 


HRAHAM  D.  VKRXA,  of  Fredericton, 
Recorder  of  Deeds  for  York  County, 
was  born  in  Douglas,  N.l?. ,  June  6, 
1S21.  He  is  a  son  of  the  late  Benjamin 
Ver.xa  ami  a  descendant  of  an  early  Dutch 
colonist  who  settled  on  the  Hudson  River.  In 
1783  his  great-grandfather,  John  Verxa,  who 
had  remained  loyal  to  the  crown  during  tiie 
American  Revolution,  settled  in  New  Hruns- 
wick.  Ill  1788  John  Verxa  purchased  of 
iMederick  D.  I'eyster  a  tract  of  land  in  Kes- 
wick, where  lu  engaged  in  farming.  His 
death  occurred  at  the  age  of  eighty-five  years. 
He  had  a  family  nl  eigiit  children;  and  his 
sons  were:  Abraham,  Daniel,  Jnhn,  Isaac,  and 
James  Ver.xa. 

Abraham  Verxa,  the  grandlatlier  of  Abra 
ham  D. ,  was  born  in  New  \'ork,  and  accom- 
jianied  his  iiarents  to  New  Brunswick  when  he 
was  ten  years  old.  He  i)n.ame  a  well-to-do 
farmer  and  luml>crnian,  and  for  many  years  was 
prominent  anmng  the  business  men  of  this  lo- 
talit}-.  He  was  commissinned  an  Miisign  in 
the  militia,  undei'  ('(jIoiicI  John  Allen,  was 
promoted  to  the  rank  nf  Majur  when  he  was 
fifty-five    xeais    nld,    aiicl    ser\eil    as    mhIi    for 


thirty  years.  He  was  the  father  of  fifteen 
children,  namely:  Daniel,  who  served  as  a 
Lieutenant  in  the  militia;  Ruth;  Benjanin; 
John,  who  served  as  a  Captain;  Jonathan; 
Isaac  Allen;  Michael;  Wellington;  Cath- 
erine; Abraham;  I'llizabeth  Skelton ;  Sam- 
uel; Tatience;  Barbara;  and  IMoses  Ver.xa. 
Abraham  Ver.xa  gave  to  each  of  his  sons  a 
farm. 

Benjamin  Verxa,  Abraham  I).  Ver.xa's 
father,  engaged  in  farming  and  lumbering, 
and  acted  as  a  Justice  of  the  I'eace  for  thirty- 
five  years.  He  resided  in  Boston,  where  lie 
died  just  previous  to  his  eighty-si'venth  birth- 
day. The  Verxas  were  members  (if  the  Church 
of  England,  but  he  united  with  the  Baptist 
church.  Benjamin  Verxa's  first  wife  was  a 
daughter  (it  Jonathan  Sisson,  a  Loyalist,  who 
came  to  New  Brunswick  after  the  Revolution- 
ary War;  and  he  married  for  his  second  wife 
a  Mrs.  Jewett,  born  Needhaiii.  Of  his  first 
marriage  were  born  nine  children,  namely: 
Abraham  D,,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  Jcma- 
tban;  Joseph;  Benj.miin;  Daniel;  Chesley  ; 
Abigail,  A'hii  died  yming;  .Abhie;  and  Jc- 
niim.i.  By  his  second  marriage  he  had  three 
children,  one  of  whom  died  in  infaiuv.  The 
others  are:  Henry  D.,  of  the  well-known  lids- 
ton  grocery  firm  (if  Cobb,  Bates  &  \'cixa;  .iiul 
I'dward. 

Abraham  1).  \'erxa  ac(|uired  the  rudiments 
of  his  ediuatiiin  at  the  hig  school-house  in 
Diiuglas,  whcie  he  attended  schoid  until  he 
was  ten  years  did,  and  Wdiked  upun  his  lather's 
f;iriii  until  he  was  seveiileen.  He  cdinpleted 
his    studies   with   an    ci^hl    nidiitlis'    eourse  at 


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tlic  Hajitist  SL-niiiKuy  in  ['"rcHlcric'ton ;  and  for 
the  succeeding;  lour  years  he  was  employed  as 
a  clerk  in  a  fjeneral  store  kept  by  his  uncle, 
Jiihn  \'er\a.  Returnin^^  to  the  home  farm, 
lie  cultivated  it  for  several  years  in  connection 
with  lumherins.  In  1857  he  entered  the  con- 
test for  a  seat  in  the  Provincial  Parliament  in 
opposition  to  the  Hon.  Charles  l"'isher,  but 
was  defeated  by  thirteen  votes.  He  was  ap- 
pointed Recorder  of  Deeds  in  1865,  and  has 
since  served  with  aliility  in  that  position  up  to 
the  present  date. 

On  July  4,  184:;,  ?,Ir.  Verxa  married  Cath- 
arine J.  Miles,  dau;.;hter  of  Captain  James 
Miles,  of  Douglas,  York  County.  .Siie  became 
the  mothei'  of  eleven  children,  fou;  of  whom 
are  living:  .Alfred  E.,  a  resident  of  Ho.ston ; 
Mary  Bell,  wife  of  Dr.  Cliff,  of  Koston ;  Cath- 
arine A.,  wife  of  William  T.  McCloud,  of  St. 
John;  and  1".  .Abraham  Ver.\a,  a  merchant  in 
]?nston.  The  others  were:  l^lijah  Miles; 
I'anny  I'lli/abeth,  wife  of  Samuel  O.  Willbur, 
of  Moncton,  N.  H.  ;  Charles  ]•;.  ;  Gertrude  A.; 
Ambrose  I"..,  who  died  in  infanc}';  I'rederick 
I..,  who  died  at  the  a,i;e  of  tivo  years;  and 
P'redeiick.  Mr.  ^'er.\a's  oldest  son,  I^lijah 
M.,  graduated  from  Harvard  University  with 
the  de,i;ice  of  M.D.  and  for  a  time  attended 
In  tine's  at  the  University  of  New  Brunswick, 
later  beeomiiii;  a  medical  practitioner  in 
\'ork  Count)'.  He  mairied  Harriet  I'^liza- 
beth,  daui^hter  of  John  Dnrpee,  of  Douglas, 
and,  dyin^  in  1867,  at  the  at;e  of  twent\--five, 
lelt  one  sim,  I'llijah  H.  \'er.\a,  who  is  now  an 
assistant  in  ihe  Registi'v  of  Doeils. 

Mr.     N'ei  \a    is    a    member    of    the    Baptist 


church.  He  resitled  in  Gibson  for  some  years, 
or  until  the  death  of  his  wife,  which  occurred 
June  II,  1893;  and  this  event,  together  with 
the  destruction  of  his  house  by  fire,  June  20 
of  the  .same  \ear,  caused  him  to  remove  to  the 
citv. 


-fgri'NRY  LAVVR.VNCI':  STURDEl-, 
1^  M.A.,  High  Sheriff  of  the  city  ami 
V — "  county  of  St.  John,  N.H.,  was  born 
in  that  city,  April  11,  1842.  His  parents 
were  Henry  Parker  and  Kmily  (Lawrance) 
Sturdee,  both  natives  of  lingland.  Mr. 
Sturdee  was  educated  at  private  schools  in  .St. 
John,  at  the  Collegiate  School,  Fredericton, 
N.  H.,  and  at  King's  College  until  and  after  it 
became  the  University  of  New  lirunswick. 
He  matriculated  in  September,  1858,  was 
awarded  the  Dougla.ss  gold  medal  in  June, 
1859,  graduated  bachelor  of  Arts  in  1861, 
and  Master  of  Arts  in  1863.  He  studied  law 
in  St.  John  with  Afe.ssr.s.  Gray  &  Kaye,  bar- 
risters, was  admitted  attorney  in  1864,  and 
was  called  to  the  bar  in  1865;  and  he  has 
since  practised  his  [irofession  in  St.  John. 

He  was  appointed  Referee  in  lupiity  of  the 
Supreme  c:ourt  of  New  Hrunswick  in  1S86, 
and  was  appointed  Sheriff  in  April,  1893. 
He  was  elected  Alderman  for  Ward  Four  of 
the  city  of  Portland  (now  forming  a  part  of 
St.  John)  in  1883,  1884,  and  1885.  He  was 
also  elected  a  Councillor  of  the  municipality 
of  St.  John  in  1883.  and  .served  five  years  in 
that  capacity.  He  was  chosen  Warden  of  the 
municipality  in  April,  1S84,  and  1885.  In 
April,    1886,   he  was  elected   Mayor  cf   I'ort- 


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land,  and  was  re-clcctod  to  the  same  office  by 
acclamation  the  following  year. 

Sheriff    Stiirdeo   belongs  to  the    Church  of  j 
ICngland.      He  has  been  vestry  clerk  and  treas-  j 
urer  of    Trinity  Church,  St.  John,  since   1871, 
and  a  delegate  from  that  church  to   the  Synod 
of  the  Diocese  of  Fredericton  since  1890.      He 
is  also  one  of  the  delegates  from  that  diocese 
to  the    Provincial   -Synod   and  to  the  Cicneral 
Synod  of  Canada,      lie  is  secretary  and   treas-  ; 
urer  of  the  Madras  School  in  New  Hrunswick,   j 
having  held  these  oftices  since    1877.      He   is  : 
Past    Worshipful    .Master  of    L'nion    Lodge   of 
Portland,  A.   F.    &   A.    M.  ;  a  member  of  the  , 
New   Hrunswick    Royal    Arch   Chapter  and   of 
the     I'jieampment     of     .St.     John,      Knights 
Temiilar.      He    was    two  years   vice-president  - 
and  two  years  president  of  the  St.   George's  ; 
Societv,    and    is    Lieutenant    Colonel    of    the 
Third  St.  John  Reserve  Militia. 

Sheriff  Sturdee  was  married  .September  26, 
1866,  to  Jane  Agnes,  daughter  of  the  late 
William  R.  Fraser.  Ivsq.,  M.D.,  of  ICdin- 
burgh,  Scotland.  His  family  consists  of 
three  sons  and  two  daughters;  namely.  Henry 
Russell,  Ivlward  I'rederick  l.awrance,  Harold 
lidwyn  Carter,  Constance  Lmily  Lawrance, 
and  (iertrude  Agnes  Kingdon. 


lIJFFORU  W.  ROHINSON,  ex- 
Mayor  (if  Monctiin,  X.H.,  was  born 
near  that  city  on  September  1, 
]Hr,6,  a  son  ol  William  J.  and  Margaret 
Crrenholmi  Robinson. 

William  C.  Robinson,  father  of  William  J., 


was  engaged  in  the  pursuit  of  agriculture  in 
Albert  and  Westmoreland  Counties  till  he 
retired  to  the  town  of  Moncton,  where  he 
ended  his  life  of  seventy-four  years.  A  man 
of  integrity,  he  was  highly  esteemed  as  a  citi- 
zen and  as  a  neighbor.  Of  his  union  with 
Margaret  Chapman  four  children  were  born, 
of  whom  two  are  now  living  —  John  T.  and 
Albert  C. 

William  J.  Robinson  was  born  and  brought 
up  in  Albert   County,  New  Brunswick.      From 
the  completion  of  his  eehication  until  attaining 
his  majority  he  was  employed  in  general  farm- 
ing on  the  parental  homestead.      Suhscepiently 
removing  to  Moncton,  he  endiarked  in  the  real 
estate  business  to  a   large  extent,   and  for    a 
:  number  of  years  was  among  the   leading  and 
I  successful  citizens  of  the   place.      He  died   at 
the  age  of  fifty-four  years,  leaving  a  substan- 
1  tial   property.      1  le  was  a  Liberal    in   politics, 
:  and  held  many  offices  of  trust,  including  those 
:  of  Town  Councillor;  chairman  of  the   School 
Committee,    a    position    which    he    accejitably 
tilled    Miany   terms;    and    School    Trustee,    an 
;  office  Which  he  held  at  the  time  of   his  death. 
His   wife,    Margaret,    dieil    when    ...le   was   but 
thirty-seven    years   ol<l.       .^he    liore    him    four 
'  children,  ol  whom  Clilford    W.  and    iMan'..    C. 
;  are  t!ie  only  ones  now  living. 

Cliffi.'-''  W.  Robinson  w;is  educated  in  the 
county  ol  Westmoreland,  and  graduated  from 
the  I'niversity  at  Sackville,  N.H.,  with  the 
(lass  of  i8Sr,,  The  I'nsuing  three  years  he 
was  emploved  as  ,1  book-keejier  with  .i  Monc- 
ton firm,  but  resigned  his  jKisitioii  lo  take  up 
I  the  study  ot    law,  which   be  read    with   C.    A. 


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Steevcs,  and  with  liis  brother,  the  late  A.  L. 
Robinson.  lie  siil)se(|uently  studied  with 
Me?;irs.  llaniii^'ton  &  Wilson,  leailini;  barris- 
ters .)f  St.  John,  X.  M.,  after  which,  in  1892, 
he  opened  his  present  nffic-  in  IMoncton, 
where  he  has  since  followed  his  profession 
with  siueess.  In  1S95  his  fellow-townsmen 
gave  evidence  of  their  appreciation  of  his 
abilitv  and  character  by  electing  him  Town 
Councillor,  a  jiosition  which  he  filled  two 
years.  In  iS()7  he  was  further  honored  by 
lieinn  elected  i)y  acclamation  Mayr)r  of  Monc- 
ton,  an  office  whicii  he  filled  to  the  satisfac- 
tion of  all  concerned.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Liberal.  In  June,  1S97,  he  was  elected  by 
acclamation  a  member  of  the  I.es^islative 
Assend)iy  of  Xrw  lirun>wick  for  the  county 
of  Westinorelanil.  and  in  March,  1S99,  re- 
elected to  tile  same  position. 

On  October  2,  1S90,  Mr.  Robins<in  married 
Annie  M.  Ilinson,  of  lvni;land.  Mr.  Robin- 
son is  a  memlier  of  Trince  Albert  Lodge, 
I.  ( ).  ( ).  I'".,  of  Moncton,  and  an  ailherent  of 
tlie  Metho'list  church. 


'on.     tii.\kLi:.s     \.     .sk.i\ni:r, 

(KC,  e\-Judi;e  of  Probate  for  tlu 
i-ouiit\'  of  .St.  lolm,  X.H. ,  is  now 
KccokKt  for  llie  li'y  of  .St.  Jnhw.  lie  was 
born  in  St.  Jojm.  March  12,  iS;,^,  son  of 
.Samui  '  .Sfvinnei',  whose  fatiier  came  from  Xi'w 
Lni;l.oid  to  till'  I'ldvinto  just  bcfoii.'  the 
breaking  out  ol  the  Revnlulion.ir\  War. 
.S.nnuel  SkiiuuT  «.!■>  Ihuh  in  Xov.i  .Scotia 
.iiul    during    bis    active     life     was    a    leading 


builder  and  contractor  of  .St.  John.  lie  mar- 
ried Phebe  Sherwood,  daughter  of  Robert 
(lolding  and  grand-daughter  of  Captain  (iold- 
ing,  a  Loyalist,  wiio  comm.inded  a  company  of 
dragoons  througli  the  American  Revoluti  'ii, 
.uid  afterward  emigrated  with  his  family  to  the 
Maritime  Provinces. 

Charles  X.  .Skinner  receixed  liis  elementary 
ediicalioii  in  the  schools  of  .St.  John,  and  after 
studying  law   with   Charles   W.    Stockton  was 
admitted  an  attorney  in  1S5.S,  and  in  i.Sfio  was 
called  to  the   bar.      He   began   the   [iractite   (jf 
his  profession    in   the  cit)'  of   his   birth,  where 
he  has  since  won  an  excellent   rei)utation  as  a 
keen,  clear-headed   lawyer,  prudent   in  counsel 
aiul    devoted    to   the    interests   of    his   clients, 
h'or    neaily    twoscoie    years    Mr.    .Skinner  has 
i)een   acti\e    in   politics,   and   from    1S61    until 
1.S68    li'     was    a    member    of    the    Legislative 
.\ssemblv.        In     August,     1867,    he    was    ap- 
pointed   Solicitor  (leneral,  an    office  which  he 
ably   tilled   until    .March,     iSTlS,    wlien    he  was 
made  Judge  of  Probate   for  St.    Jolin    I'oiint). 
During  the  same  \ear  he  was  also  appointed 
Oiieen"s    Counsel    In    the    ])rovincial    govern- 
ment, and    in    1883   was   tlius   lionoreil   by   the 
Dominion  (iovernment.      In  iS87Mr.  .Skinner, 
who   had   jireviously    resigned    his    ]iosition    as 
Judge,    was   elected   to   the   Dominion    Parlia- 
ment,   in    whicli    he    served   until    1892.        He 
subsei|uentl v    resumed    his    position    as  Juilgi' 
of    Probate,  iuning   liecn   reap]iointed   in  June, 
1S92,  and  served  until  J.inuary,   I  8(14,  when  be 
resigned   to  .iccept   his   present   oflu  e   of    Citv 
Recorder.      I'"or  several  years  he  w;i>  .1  member 
of  the  St.  John  City  Council,  .md  while  occu- 


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I'yin^-  that  luisiti'in  took  advantnge  i<i  ovciy 
opportunity  to  advance  the  welfare  of  the  city 
and  the  interests  of  its  citizens, 

rrateriially,,  Mr    Skinner   is  a  Mason  anil  an 
Odd  Fellow;  and  he  is  a  member  of  the  Union 
Club  of  St.  John.      In  his  rejif^ious  belief  he 
is  a  Haptist,  and  contributes  ^^enerously  toward 
the  support  of   that   deunniination.      In   June, 
1896,    he     received     the     honorarv    deforce    of 
Doctor    of    Civil    Law    from   King's  College, 
Windsor,    \.S.       On   January    12,    1S65,    Mr. 
Skinner  married   i;ii/a   Jane,   daughter  of  the 
late    Daniel    J.    Mcl.auyhlin.    ni   St.    Jolm,    a 
former  jiresident   of  the   Commercial    ]?ank   of 
New   lirunswick.       l';ight   children    have   been 
born    of    this    union;    namely.    Anne    J.     (de- 
ceased),   Stewart,    Charles,    Crace,    Sherwood, 
Cicrtrude,  Handd,  and  Waldo. 


sif^ATTHIAS  IIAM.M,  who  tor  many 
years  was  en^'aj;ed  in  n-.ercantile 
business  in  St.  John  and  vicinity, 
was  born  at  Grand  Hay,  near  Westfield,  Kin,i,'s 
County,  \.]5.,  in  iS^o,  son  of  Captain  David 
and  .Sarah  (Hritton)  Hamm.  His  grandfather 
was  Charles  Hamm,  a  (ierman.  who  with  his 
wife  emi,L;rated  to  America  jirevious  to  the 
Revolutionary  War,  settlin--  first  in  Jersey 
City,  N.J.  An  account  of  his  family  will  he 
found  in  a  sketch  of  J.  h.  Hamm,  which  aj)- 
pears  elsewhere  in  the  Ri.vii.w. 

David  Hamm,  tlie  lather  of  Matthias,  was 
born  at  Grand  Hay,  Kings  County,  \.H.  He 
followed  general  farming  during  his  active 
years,  and  also  operateil  a  grist-mill.      He  was 


accidentally  killed  in  his  mill  in  i88j.  His 
wife,  Sarah,  was  ;i  daughter  of  Captain  Jo- 
seph Hritton.  She  became  the  mother  of  five 
children,  namely:  James  K.  ;  Klizabeth;  Jo- 
^  .seph  M.  ;  Daviil;  and  .Matthias,  the  subject  of 
S  this  sketch. 

Matthias    Hamm   left    home   at   the  age    of 
i  filteen,  and,  going  to  Indiantown,  entered  the 
general     store    of     I'hilip    Nase    as    a    clerk. 
After    continuing    in    that   capacity   for    some 
years    he    was    admitted    to    partnership,    and 
later  became  sole  proprietor  of  the  business, 
which  he  carried   on   until   selling   it   back   to 
Mr.    Nase.       I'or   the    succeeding   seven   years 
he  was  engaged  in  the  Hour  and   feed   business 
on  .South  Wharf,  St.  John,  and  then  returning 
to  Indiantown  he  erected  what    is   now   known 
as   Court's   Block,  where   he  established   him- 
self in  the  grocery  trade.      In  connection  with 
his     mercantile    business    he     became     cpiite 
largely  interested  in  the  manufacture  of   lum- 
ber at  the  H(dt    Mill   on    the   St.  John    River, 
and    in   com|)any  with   G.   V^an    Wart   he   built 
the     steamer    "Star,"    which    w.is     run     as    a 
passenger    boat    to    and     from    t.'olc's    Ishmd. 
He  also  invested  in  shipi)ing.      kelincjuishing 
the  grocery  business   in    1S75,  he  engaged    in 
the    manuf.icture    of    linio,     but    subse(|uently 
went    to    M.irsh    Hridge,    where   he   once   more 
turned    his    attention    to    nieic.mtile    pursuits 
and  continued  in  trade  for  the  rest  of  his  life. 
.Mr.   Hamm  married   .Miss   Cassie   Ketchum, 
daughter    <if    James    Ketchum.    of     Carleton, 
N.  15.      They  were  the  [)arents   of   eleven   chil- 
dren, si\  of  whom  lived   to   m.ituritv,  n,imely: 
Minnie;  Jair.es    K.;   I'hilip  \.,  win,  was   born 


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ill  St.  John,  Xovcmhor  G,  1862;  Robert 
l':irker,  who  was  liorn  January  25,  1X65; 
l'"iaiik  v.,  born  in  1S72;  and  Georj^e  II.,  born 
in  1880.      Minnie   is  the   wife  of   l-'rank    Ran- 

kine,  i)t  tiie  lirm  of  T.  Rankiiie  &  .Suns, 
limes  K.  Ilaniin.  who  siu'ceeded  to  iiis 
l.ttiier's  business  at  Marsh  Hrid;;e,  married 
lennie  Cociiran,  of  Mlooinfield,  and  his  chil- 
dren are:  I'rank,  Matliias.  Mdith,  Harold. 
I'iiiiip  N.  Ilamm  served  an  apprentice  shij)  of 
five  years  at  the  baker's  trade  with  T.  Ran- 
kine  6i:  .Sons,  and  was  in  tlie  employ  of  the 
Well-known  biscuit  manufacturers,  Messrs. 
riuirston  &  Hall,  I'xistou,  for  the  same 
IcTif^th  of  time.  In  |8,S()  he,  in  comjiany  with 
his  brother,  Robert  I'.,  established  the  biscuit 
manufactory  in  .St.  John  carried  on  under  the 
tirm  n.ame  of  Ilamm  Hrothers,  and  has  built 
up  a  good  business.  (  Mi  June  \C\  18S5,  he 
married  .Marj;aret  May  .Siteman,  of  lioston, 
daughter  of  the  late  Captaiu  Siteman,  for- 
nierlv  of  Halifax.  He  has  one  son,  .Arthur 
M.,  born  I'ebruary  22,  1,S,S6,  I'hilip  X. 
ll.nnni  helonj^s  to  the  Canadian  (  )rder  of 
l''orcsters.  and  is  Captain  of  the  Xonh  I""nd 
Sal vaj;e  Corps.  He  has  been  X'estrynian  for 
two  years  of  .St.  Luke's  Chuicli.  RobiMt 
I'arkcr  H.imni  w.is  in  the  livery  business  prior 
to  engaj^ini;  in  the  lu.muf.icture  of  biscuit, 
lie  is  one  of  the  proi;rcssive  vcuini;  men  of  St. 
John,  and  is  a  I'ast  Chief  Rani;er  of  the  loc.d 
court,  Canadian  <  )rder  of  b'oresters.  In  Xo- 
\eniber,  |S,S,S,  he  married  Helen  I^.  Andrews, 
daii<j;hter  ot  John  .Andrews,  who  lor  thirty-live 
vears  was  in  the  employ  of  I'rice  iS:  .Shaw, 
c.uii.ige  hiiildei's  ol  this  city,  .uid  who  diccl  in 


1895.  Robert  I".  Ilamm  is  the  father  of  three 
children:  Geor^^e  I'.,  born  in  November, 
i8go;  Gladys,  born  in  November,  1893;  and 
I-'rceman  Woodman,  born  in  i8()5.  I-'rank  \'. 
Ilamm,  who  has  ac(|uired  success  in  mercan- 
tile business,  was  married  in  1895  to  Maud 
C.  Clark,  dauj;hter  of  i'liomas  Clark,  of  .St. 
John.  Geori;e  II.  Hamm  is  an  efficient  book- 
keeper of  this  city. 

.Mattliias  Ilamm  died  December  8,  18S9. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Church  of  Knj;land, 
and  for  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century  a  Vestry- 
man of  St.  Luke's  Church,  .St.  John;  and  ho 
took  an  active  interest  in  the  tem|)erance 
cause.  Mrs.  Hamm  dieil  Xovembcr  j;, 
189J. 

(^^XDRI'.W  SM.AI.I.  I  XCIIi:.S,  for  twenty 
years  I'ro\  incial  .Secretary  of  cTown 
l.nids,  was  a  nati\e  of  .Scotland,  and 
was    boin    in    the   rer;ion  of   the   River  Clvde. 

I  IK-  attended  the  common  and  hi^h  schools, 
and  studied  ci\il  enj^inceiing  in  his  native 
ciiuntr\.      .\l    the  a,i;e  of  (.■i^hteen   he  came  to 

j  |-'iedeiictoi  for  the  purpose  of  following;  his 
prufessiou,  and,  entering-  the  >er\ice  of  tlu' 
;;ii\'ernnicnl,  wa^  'appointed  to  a  position  in 
cniwn  land--  nHiee.  He  ald\  performed  the 
le-^poiisible  duties  of  chief  dr,iu^ht>man  for 
a   period   nf  twcntv  vears,    was  then  appointed 

;  secret, n\  of  the  depaitment,  and  remained  at 
its  head  for  the  same  leny;th  of  time.  He 
w,is  Inr  several  \c,ns  a>sistant  ilerk  of  tlie 
l-'..\eculi\e  Cjouncil;  and  his  pulilic  services 
weri'  UKivked  by  ,1  thoiiiu^h  understanding;'  of 
the  bu--inc>s  intruNted  to  his  i.h,ii -c,  his  fidelity 


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t'l  the    interests  of  the   l'ro\ince  bein^   univer- 
sally recognized  and  ap|ireciated. 

Mr.  Inches  married  Margaret  D()n<;al,  dau.^h- 
ter  (if  William  I)i)n,t;al.  \\!io  was  idniieeted 
with  Knnkins  Whart  tcir  manv  \ears,  nr  until 
his  death,  which  <iicurretl  in  iSS'v  Mr.  and 
INIrs.  Inches  had  so\cn  chilihen,  mie  ot  whiini 
died  in  infancN.  une  at  the  a,L;e  ui  twenty  seven 
years,  and  live  are  livin-  'riieir  twn  smis  are 
hdth  medical  practitioners.  One  daiiyhti'r  be- 
came the  wife  of  Major  llemmin-,  of  tlie 
I'redericton  li.nr.iclxs.  Another  married  I'rii- 
tessor  l-'letci.vr,  of  the  rni\crsit\- (jf  Toronto; 
and  the  third  married  the  Rev.  .Millcdge 
Walker.  .Mi'.  Inches  was  a  membei"  <if  the 
Church  of  lui-Lind.  I  le  departed  this  lite  on 
the  1st  of  November,    i.Sij7. 


§N()RM.\\  W.  WIN.SI.OW,  harris- 
ter-at-law.  Woodstock,  \.l!. ,  w,is  horn 
there,  July  S,  i.srio.  a  si.n  of  the  Lite 
John  C.  Winshjw,  lor  ni.mv  \ears  a  most  hon- 
ored and  respected  citi/en  of  this  town.  Wv 
is  of  dLstinguishcd  stock,  beiiij;  lineallv  de- 
scended from  Hdward  Winslow.  who  came  tn 
Anierici  in  the  "Mayflower,"  and  \iMs  one  ol 
the  eaily  Ljovernors  o|  the  I'lvmonth  cilonv, 
(.See  sketch  ol  \'..  liyron  \V'inslo>von  another 
page  ol  the  Ki  \ii  w  lor  further  .iccount  of  ;in- 
cestrv.  ) 

John  L.  Winslow.  ,1  son  ol  lohn  !•'.  W. 
Winslow,  the  first  .Sherilf  of  (..'arleton  ('ount\', 
w.rs  born  in  Kingswood,  |)arish  i<\  Kiii'.jsde.ir, 
ne.ir  I''rederict<jn,  .Ma\-  j.j,  i,Sj(i.  ||e  w:is  ol 
pure    Loyalist    paruita-e,  and   during    his    lile  \ 


j  remained  true  to  the  sentiments  of   his  ances- 
I  try.        He    was    a    great-grandson    of    lulward 
Winslow,  who  died  in  Ha!ifa.\  a   century  ago, 
and  the  grand.son  of    Iiidge    Ivlward    Winslow, 
who  resided    ,it     Kingswood.  parish    ol     Kings- 
dear,  and  who  was  one  of  the  hrst  ludges  of  the 
Supreme    C'ourt    ot    this     I'ldvince.       John    C, 
Winslow   studied    l.iw  at  JMedericton  with    the 
late  David  Shanks    Ken,  ,md  subse;j;iently  lo- 
j  cated    in    Woodstock,  where  he  was   connected 
j   in  business  with  different  men,  his    first    ji.irt- 
'  iier   after  coming   here    having    been    the    kite 
I'.dwin    lacob,  tlie  .second    lames    {•Mg.ir.  and  a 
later   W.     H.    Chandler.       i'or  a    time    he   was 
Lieutenant     in     the    artillery  corps    of    which 
the  {.:aptain  was  J.ames    I-:dgar,  with  whom    he 
liad  a  lew  years"  e.\i)erienee   in   the   newsiniijer 
business,  the  two  men    having  established   the 
. lor, //<ii/  in  1865.      In    1,^73   he  was  appointed 
I'ostmaster  of  Woodstock,  and  on  the  death   of 
the  late  1).   L.    l)ibi)lee  he  was  a|ipointe(l  Reg- 
istrar   of    I'robate.       His    de.ith,     in    January, 
iSc.r).  was  a  gre.it  loss,   not  only  to   his   family 
and    speci.il   friends,  but   to  the  entire   coinmu- 
nitv.        He    was    most    eniphatical  1  v    ,1    l.irge- 
h'.Mited.    m.mly    ni.m,    despising   an\-  .ippro.uh 
to  meanness  or  pettiness  of  (onduci.       He  w.is 
honest,  candid,  ,ind    lilKr.il,  ever   re.idv  lo    re- 
lieve the  wants  ol    the  p.ior,  the   ..nlv  limit    to 
his  gencrositv  being   his   .ibililv  to   give.       lie 
had  a  genial  disposition,  and,  llioii-h  not  with- 
out laults,   had    nothing  to  conee.il.   hi^    inipei- 
leetions  being   upon  the  surl.ice.       He  m.nried 
Charlntte  1    ,  daughter  ol    S.imuel    (i'l)onnell, 
ol    .Amherst.   I)e])uty  Land    ,Suivi'V(  r   ol    Cum- 
berland   County,    .\.i\,i    Scoti.i.    and    ihev    h.id 


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lour  rliilclrci\ ;  I.  Norman  W.  ;  Minnie  ( >.  I). 
Ivihcrt,  of  Monlical,  Canada;  Jessie  K. 
Sjostoilt,  of  Alontreal,  Canada;  and  I'a\iline. 

1.  Norman  \V.  Winslow  |)ursued  his  early 
studies  at  tiie  Lenno.wille  (iranimar  School, 
i'rovince  of  niicbec,  at  I'lishop's  College,  and 
at  the  I  niversitv  of  New  Brunswick.  In 
\^/()  he  entered  tlu'  law  olfiet'  ol  i'Vaser,  Wct- 
inore  &  Winslow  in  I'redericton,  and  remained 
with  that  firm  until  iSSi,  when  he  took  a 
course  o!'  lectures  at  the  Harvard  Law  Schixd. 
ReturniuLC  then  to  I'lederictoii,  lie  was  ad- 
mitted as  an  attorney  in  (  ictober,  iSSj,  and 
the  followiuL;  n'onth  he  opened  .1  law  olTice  in 
Woodstock.  In  iSS^  he  was  admitted  barris- 
ter, and  he  has  since  built  up  a  verv  success- 
ful practice  in  this  vicinit\'.  He  does  a  solic- 
itor's business,  and  makes  a  specialty  of  con- 
vcvancinj;,  in  both  i'\  which  he  is  skilled.  In 
June,  1.SS3,  he  established  an  insuranci' 
a.Ljeacy  in  Wooilstock  in  coiti|)anv  with  his 
fatlicr:  and  on  the  de:ilh  oi  the  latter  he  suc- 
ceeded to  the  entire  business,  which  '••  now 
one  of  the  l.u'gcst  of  the  kind  in  the  town. 

Mr.  Winslow  married  i'llla  (iertruile,  dai:,:^h- 
tcr  of  (i.  W.  \'.ui  W'.ut,  ot  whom  a  sketch  .ip- 
pears  on  .niothei  pa,L;c  of  this  \'idunie.  'I'hey 
li.ue  two  children — John  l)oui;las  and  Marion 
(iertrude.  Mi'.  Winslow  bclonLjs  to  a  number 
<il  the  leading;  Ir.iterual  or,i;ai\i/at  ions  ol 
Woodstock,  iucdiidiuL;-  !•".  ^S:  A.  M,,  Xir  11, 
ol  which  lu'  is  (Uie  of  the  Tru-ti'cs;  Ivaidioe 
l.odi^e,  K.  of  !'.  ;  and  ("onrt  Rei;iii,i,  I.  <  •.  !■'. 
i'olit  ii'alh ,  he  i>  chairman  ol  tho  jjlicral 
Conservative  p.iilv  in  ('aibtou  ("ountw  lioth 
he  ,ind  hi.>  \\ih'  ,irc  members  o|    the  Church  ol 


lai;^land,  and   he   is  ve.stry  clerk  of  the  pari.sli 
church. 


^\0V'7  II.LIAM  .SII.XW,  M.IM'.,  one  of 
**«/  ,St.  John's  representative  citizens, 
was  born  in  .Simonds  Parish,  St.  John  County, 
N.  IV,  on  September  Kj.  1S3S,  his  parents 
hein.i;  William  and  hlllen  iWest)  Shaw.  His 
father,  who  was  a  native  of  the  north  of  Ire- 
land, emigrated  to  New  Hrimswick  about  the 
year  1.SJ5,  and  here  eng;(,4ed  in  agricultural 
puisuils.  His  death  occurred  in  iSiQ,  and 
that  of  his  wife,  Llleu,  in  iS/j,  the  latter 
being  seventy-two  year.s  of  age.  They  had 
six  children,  four  of  whom  are  living. 

William  .Shaw  spent  his  boyhood  days  on 
his  father's  farm,  but  in  1S54  came  to  the 
city,  where  he  worked  at  different  occupations 
until  i,SC)S.  He  then  joined  his  brother 
James,  and  the  two  established  the  baking 
business  which  has  since  been  so  highly  suc- 
cessful. Mr.  .Shaw  has  shown  himself  ti'  be 
an  apt  business  man,  skilful  in  the  handling 
ol  his  business  and  in  its  linancial  managc- 
inent,  prompt  in  every  ti  .in.'-.icti(Ui,  and  of  un- 
impeachable iiiti'gritv  in  the  conduct  of  all 
his  alfaiis.  Kccogni/eil  ,is  such  bv  his  felhuv- 
citi/rus,  he  h.is  been  scuight  .liter  .is  their  rep- 
resent.itive  in  the  caii'ving  on  oi  puhlic  busi- 
ness in  v.iriou-'  lines.  l'"or  ten  years  he 
sciA'ed  tlu'  city  in  the  Common  ('onncil  as 
represent. itive  liom  Wellington  W.ird,  and 
from  the  lime  ol  the  union  of  .St.  lohn  and 
rortl.ind  until  he  resigned  his  scat  in  the 
I'ouncil  hi'  w.is  ch.iiiinau  of  iln'  Ho.ud  o|  I'ub- 
lic   Works.      I'rom    iScjo   to   the   jircseni    time 


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he  has  been  u  member  of  the  rrovincial  Lej^is-  I  years,  three  of  Ihcm  bcinj,'  sons.  Th.  y  were 
latiire.  Fraternally,  he  is  a  member  of  the  !  named  as  follows:  James  .McCrt-or,  Robert 
Knights  of  Pythias,  and  for  some  years  he  has  |  (iordoii,  David  A.,  KUa,  Jessie,  Mars,  .Sarah, 
been  trustee  of  the  E.xmouth  .Street  Methodist      I'lllen,    and    Caroline.      Robert   (lordo'i   \v;is  a 


Church.  In  addition  to  conductini,'  his  ex- 
tensive bakery,  Mr.  Shaw  has  for  the  past  six- 
teen vears  carried  on  a  huLre  farm. 


physician,  and  practised  !)is  profes.;ion  in 
Moncton,  X.  H.,  fcir  twcntv  vears.  He 
died  in  August,  1 890.  ])a\id  was  :•.  dentist, 
Mr.  Shaw  was  married  in  iSji  to  Isabella,  ;  resident  in  (Juebec.  ICii/a  is  the  wife  of 
ilaughter  of  William  Wooton,  of  Loyalist  |  Ilu-h  Dunlap,  of  Stcwiacke,  \.  S.  Jessie  is 
descent.  To  Mr.  and  iSlrs.  Shaw  th<'  follow-  1  the  wife  of  James  l-'iaser,  of  Margaret  hay, 
ing-named  children  have  been  born:  William  j  N.  .S.  Mary  and  .Sarah  reside  in  Truro.  Kllen 
A.,  who  is  engaged  in  business  with  his;  is  the  wife  of  Charles  Hart  Baddeck,  of  Cajie 
father;  James  !"rederick  :  j-ldward  I-:.,  a  clerk;  :  Hreton.  ('[iroline  is  the  wile  of  the  Re\-.  Isaac 
Leonard  H.  ;  Harry  H. ,  who  is  in  his  father's  '  Simpson,  of  C;uiton,  ill.  The  Rev.  Mr.  Hax- 
business:  Nellie  W.  :  Jennie  Is:J)elle:  and  !  ter  was  agent  for  the  .Maritime  Provinces  for 
^"*^"  ''•  '  the  I'resbvterian  Po;ird  of   I'ubl  ic;it  ion  of    i'hil- 

;  adelphi.i,   I'.i.      1!  is  death  occu.'ed    in  I.S>S';,  at 
AM]:S   Mc(H<i-;C()R    PA.NTKR,    Mi).,      the  age  of  eighty-four  year.s.      His  wife,   Mrs. 
oneof  the  leading  medical  |)ractit  ioners     Jessie   (iordoii   H:iMer,  died   at    fifty-four  years 
of  Chatham,  X.  Iv,  is  a  native  of  'i'luro,    '  of  age. 
X.S.,  and  was  hum  in   1S.15,   bis  paivnls    lieing  James  .MeCregor  Haxter  attended    the   model 

the  Rev.  John  I.  and  Jessie  ((iordon)  IS.ixter.  seho.d  at  I  ruro,  the  I'resln  terian  Seminary  at 
His  f.itber  was  ,1  Sctebnian  hy  birth,  and,  the  same  place,  and  1  ),illi,iusie  Cullege  in 
previous  t.)  coming  to  Xov.i  Scnti.i  in  i.Sji,  Halifax.  l-i,imthc  last-named  institufini.  he 
was  settled  in  Dumfriesshire.  His  mother  ,  went  to  Hostnii,  and  studied  mediiine  with  I)i . 
w.is  a  dati-hter  ol  I'eler  (ini,l,,n,  uliu  -ettlcd  at  I'dye,  lb,'  City  Coi.mei,  and  siibsccpicnt  to  th.it 
St.  iV'ter's  ii.iy,  i'linee  lalw.inl  Island,  her  attended  Jelfeison  .Me.lieal  (  olK-e,  riiiladel 
native  pi, ice.  Her  lathei  died  when  she  was  pbi.i,  |',i.,an.|  jlarsaid  .Medii  ,il  CuJK-e.  lie 
an  infant,  ;ind  her  nmther  subse(|iiciul\  m.uiied  was  ,^r:iduated  at  llar\ar,l  .Medical  Colle-e  in 
the  Rev.   Dr.   MiCiegor,  of  I'ict.ni.  iS;i,    and     immediat.lv    came    to     Chalham, 

The  Re\.  John  1.  lia\ter  w.is  a  cleigym.m  of  I  which  b.is  since  been  the  .seeiie  <i|  his  profes- 
the  I'lesbyterian  chiucli.  He  served  the  I  si,,i,,il  l.il.,,is,  He  h.is  an  extensive  pi.iclice 
church  in  Onslow,  X.S.,  p.r  lllty-li\e  years,  j  anion-  the  best  lamil  ies  heie,  and  is|,M,kedup 
losing  only  ;i    half. day  in  , ill    the   time   of   his      to   as  an   authority    by    his    fcl  low-plivsii  i.ms. 

'1  he  doctiii    is  now  sei  \ing  as  siiigeoii-m;ijor  of 


ministration.      He  ;ind  his  wile   were   the   p;n- 
ents    111    nine    children,    who    grew   to    mature 


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liulil  this  (ifficc  for  the  past  eleven  years.  He 
is  president  of  the  Natural  History  Society, 
and  takes  an  aetive  part  in  all  its  proceed inj;s. 
Professionally,  he  is  connected  with  the  New 
Brunswick  Medical  Society,  and  fraternally 
with  the  Masons  and  the  Kni'dits  of  I'sthias. 


rf?)T<>N.  DAVID  M(  LICLLAN  w.is  born 
in  Portland,  St.  John,  N.H. ,  January 
20,  i<S39.  His  father,  who  was  a 
ship-huikler,  came  from  Drunifries,  Scotland; 
and  his  mother,  whose  maiden  name  was  Mary 
Is.nii;ht,  descended  from  a  (Juaker  family  of 
i'ennsylvania.  Mr.  Mc'.ellan  was  ed"cated 
at  the  commercial  ard  i.'athematical  school, 
St.  Johi>,  tau<,dit  by  th^  late  William  Mills. 
At  an  early  age  he  gave  his  attention  to  the 
lunilier  business,  and  was  for  years  the  senior 
member  of  the  firm  of  Mcl.ellan  &  Holly,  one 
of  the  largest  lumber  concerns  in  St.  John, 
whose  openitioiis  handled  from  forty  to  sixty 
thousand  feet  of  rough  lumber  annually. 

Mr.  Mcl.ellan  also  tonk  an  active  interest 
in  the  piditical  aff.iirs  of  the  Province.  He 
was  first  elected  to  the  House  o\  Assembly  of 
New  Hruiiswick  at  the  general  election  of 
i.S^iS  for  the  city  ,tnd  county  of  St.  John,  at 
the  Lead  of  the  pcdl,  and  was  re-elected  at  the 
general  election  ot  i.S,S2.  The  Hon.  Dr. 
Klder,  a  colleague  in  the  representation  of  the 
city  and  county  of  St.  John  and  I'rovincial 
Secretary  of  the  Province,  died  in  Julv,  1883. 
Mr.  Mcl.ellan  succeeded  Dr.  l^lder  as  Pro- 
vincial Sf  !■■..'>  V  and  was  sworn  in  a  member 
of   the    rxeciUi^'e   (."ouncil    and   as    Provincial 


Secretary,  July  28,   1883.      His  acceptance  of 
office    in    the    government    of    the    Province 
vacated  his  seat  in  the  Assembly,  and  an  elec- 
tion was  held  on  August  23,  1883,  to  fill  the 
vacancy    caused    by    his    resignation    and    the 
death  of  Dr.  I'llder.     He  was  then  re-elected, 
with  Dr.  A.  A.  Stockton  as  his  colleague,  and 
continued  to  represent  the  city  and  county  of 
St.  John  until  the  general  election  of  January, 
1890,    when    he    was    defeated.       In    March, 
iSgo,    Mr.    McLellan    resigned    his    office    as 
Provincial   Secretary,  and  was  appointed  to  a 
seat  in  the  Legislative  Council,  still  continu- 
ing his  position  as  a  member  of  the  Executive 
Council,  of  which  he  was  appointed  president, 
and   also   a    member   of   the    Hoard   of    Public 
Works,  until  August,   1891.  when    he   was  ap- 
pointed   Registrar   of    Deeds    and    Wills    and 
Registrar  of  Probates  for  the  city  and  county 
of  .St.  John.      This  office  he  continued  to  holil 
till    his  death,    on    December    19,    1894.      At 
that  "time  he  was  a   member   both   ot    the   Ma- 
sonic ,irder  and  of  the  Odd   P\dlows,  and  was 
president   of  the   Union   Club,   .St.   John.      In 
religion   he  was  a  liaptist,  attending  the  (.ier- 
main    Street    Baptist   Church.      In    Dominion 
politics  he  was  u  liberal,  anil  in  the  personal 
relations  of  life  was  a  warm  friend  and  popular 
with  all  having  his  accpiaintance. 

He  married  December  19,  1865,  Fanny  H., 
daughter  of  the  late  Henry  Richards,  of  St. 
John.  l"our  children  were  born  of  this  union, 
namely:  Harry  R.,  ,1  lumber  merchant  of  St. 
John;  Ida  K.,  wife  of  P'rederick  J.  Harding, 
agent  of  the  Marine  and  Fisheries  Department 
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of  Deeds  and  Wills  tor  the  city  and  county  of 
St.  John;  and  lulmund  1'.,  who  died  in  in- 
far.  cy. 

J.  Verner  McLellan  was   born   in   St.  John, 
N.  ]{.,  November  10,   1868.      He  was  educated 
in    the   city   school.^,    Woodstock    (;()nt,  )    Col- 
lege,  and    Kerr's  Business  C<illege.  St.   John. 
In  1888  he  accepted  a  position    in   the  general 
offices  of  the   New  Brunswick    Railway  Com- 
pany as  ear  accountant.      In    1 89 1    he  was  ap- 
pointed Deputy  Registrar  of  Deeds  and  Wills 
for  the  county  of   St.   John;  and    in   1894,  on 
the  death   of   his  lather,  the    lion.   David    Me- 
Lellan,  he  was  appointed    !'icgistr;.-r  of   Deeds 
and  Wills,  which  position  he  at  n'-esent  holds. 
He  is  a  member  of  the   .Masonic  order  and   of 
the    Knights    of    I'ythias.        (  )n    Octobci     19, 
1897,   he   married    Florence    I.oui.se,    daughter 
of   Robert   ().  .Stockton,  a  prominent   barrister 
of    St.    John.      They    have    one    child,    Jarvis 
Didfield. 


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TT^APTAIN    J;i|lN    M.  I.I'OI),     M.l'.l'., 

I  Jj        a  well-known   capitalist   and    business 

^*" ^  man     of     Black     River.     N.B.,    was 

born  at  (}reenock,  on  the  (■ly<le,  .Scotland,  in 
1825.  His  parent-  were  I'eter  and  .Mary  '  Mc- 
Curdy^  .Mcl.eod,  the  former  of  whom  w.ts  a 
native  of  (Jreenock,  Scotl.ind,  ami  a  ship- 
wright by  ()ccui)ation,  having  learned  his 
trade  in  Scotland 

I'eter   Mcl.e<d    emigrated    from    his    native 
land  in  18J5,  when  his  son  John  was  an  infant, 
and   settled  at  Miramichi,  where  for  a  lime  he  j 
followed  his  trade.      Sidisefpiently   lir  eontin-  1 
ued  it  in  St.  John,  to  which  iilace   he   had   re-  I 


moved,  and  in  St.  John  County,  of  which  he 
remained  a  resident  until  his  death,  which 
occurred  in  1865,  when  he  was  eighty-five 
years  old.  He  was  an  l':i(ler  in  the  Presby- 
terian church.  His  wife  died  m  1862,  at  the 
age  of  si.Nty  yeans.  She  also  was  a  native  of 
Greenock,  Scotland.  They  had  seven  chil- 
dren, namely:  Mary,  who  married  John 
Smith,  and  died  in  Western  Ontario;  John, 
whose  name  appears  at  the  head  of  this  sketch, 
j  and  of  whom  a  fuller  account  follows;  .\ngus, 
i  who  is  now  deceased;  I'eter,  Robert,  and 
.Sarah,  who  all  reside  in  St.  John  County:  and 
Margaret,  who  is  the  wife  of  a  Mr.  Wasson, 
of  Boston,  Mass. 

John    McLeod.    with    whom   this   sketch    is 
more    ilirectly   concerned,    was   reared   ii|)on  a 
larm.      In  early  manhood    he  engaged    in    fish- 
ing and    lumbering,  to   which   occupations   he 
devi,..d    his     energies    for    many    years.        In 
[S62  he  went  to  .Australia,  where  he  spent  live 
successful  years  in  the  gold   mines.      Return- 
ing h.ime    in    1867,  he   built   the   ship  "Brill- 
iant," which   he  sailed    lour  years  as   master, 
trading  in  the  West  Indies,  ihe  I'nited  States, 
and    luiropc.      Then   giving   tip   seafaring,    he 
engaged     in     ship-building    at    Black    River. 
The  last    large   ship   built    in   the    I'lovince    - 
the  "John   McLeod,"  si.vteeii    hundred   tons    - 
w,!s  I. lunched  from  his  y.ird.      (  ither  line  speci- 
mens of  his  workmanshij)  were  the  "Hudson" 
and   the  "\ew  (  ity."      In   .dl   three    of   these 
lie   held  an  interest,  .md   he   -till  Indds  an    in- 
terest in  several. 

In   |8()2  Captain  McLeod  was  elected  to  the 
Provincial  Parliament,  his  election   being  de- 


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ckled  by  the  castinj^  vote  of  the  sheriff.  lie 
was  re-elected  in  1.S9G  without  opposition, 
and  again  in  1899,  this  time  by  a  large  ma- 
jority. He  was  a  member  of  the  Municipal 
Council  of  lUack  River  for  twenty-four  years. 
1  le  also  served  some  time  as  commissioner  of 
the  almsiiouse,  and  is  still  a  commissioner, 
lie  was  one  of  the  organizers  and  for  some 
time  presidrnt  of  the  St.  .Martin  Telephone 
Company.  lie  is  a  member  of  the  .St.  An- 
drews .Society. 

Captain   Mcl.i.vwl    was    married    in    1S70    to 
IMiss  Mary  .Ann  Alward,  n\  Kings  County. 


ioNTl-SnlTI'lU  McDonald,  bar- 
rister, St.  John,  was  born  in 
<  Kieens  (.ounty.  New  Hrunswick, 
June  13,  i.S.|fi,  son  of  i'homas  Iv  and  Susan 
A.  (McDonald)  McDonald,  llis  father  was 
born  in  <Jueens  County  in  1.S15.  His  grand- 
father, David  McDonald,  was  also  born  there; 
and  his  great-grandfather,  Alexamler  Mc- 
Diinald,  who  emigrated  from  .Scotland  to  New 
York  jiriiir  to  the  American  Kevohuion,  came 
to  New  Ihunswick  witii  other  Loyalists  in 
17S3.  David  McDonaUl,  whn  \v.is  a  farmei-, 
married  Jemima  Helvea.  din\  had  a  family  of 
ten  children,  five  sons  ,ind  livi-  ilaughters,  ol 
whiim  Thomas  !■;.  was  the  eldest. 

Thomas  ]■'..  McDonald  followed  agricultur.il 
pursuits  in  (  >ueens  Cnunty  during  liis  active 
years,  and  was  a  pi'ominent  man  in  his  local- 
itv.  serving  .is  a  Justice  ol  the  I'eace.  .Susan 
A.  McDon.dd,  his  wife,  was  a  native  nf  the 
same  county  and  a  daughter  of   Alexander  Mc- 


Donald,   second,    a    native    of    Westmoreland 
County.      Her  grandfather  was  Alexander  Mc- 
Donald, first,  who  came  direct  from   Scotland 
j  to    New    Hrunswick.      Alexander    McDonald, 
I  second,    reared    si.x    sons    and    one    daughter. 
I  Thomas  K.  and   Susan  A.  McDonald  were  the 
I  parents  of  seven  chiUlren,  namely:  George  K., 
whf>  died    in    infancy;    .Alexander   D. ,    .NLD.  ; 
Montescpiieu,     the    subject    of    this    sketch; 
I'aneline,    wlm  married    David    H.    (jilchrist; 
Jannett  J.,  wlio  married  James  W.  Cox;  Jane 
Iv,    wife  of    Henry    .S.    Seely;   and    .Margaret 
A.,  wife  of  John  M.  Wiley.       The  father  died 
July  31,   1S92,  and  the  mother  died  April    12, 
1.S68.      Alexander  1).    McDonald,  M.D.,    is  a 
successful  physician  of   Kalispell.   Mont.,  and 
has  two  children. 

Montestpiieu   McDonahl   attemktl   the   com- 
mon and   superior  schools  of   liis  nitive  place, 
and  completed   his  education   at   tiie  St.  John 
(dmmercial    .School.      luitering   the   office   of 
Dr.    .Silas   Alward.    D.C.L.,    as  a  student    in 
iiS^f),  he  pursued  his    legal    studies   under   the 
direction  of   that   able   lawyer  for   four  years, 
\  at  the    expiration    of    which   time   he   was   ail- 
mitted   an   attorney,    becoming  a   barrister    in 
1S71.      A    large  and    varied    practice   of    over 
i  twentv-five    years"    duration    has    made    him 
'  widely   and    favorably    known    throughout    the 
'  Province,    and   lie   is   regaided  as  a  lawyer  of 
uiuisual   .d)ilitv.      In    1SS2    he   was   appointed 
Clerk  of  the  St.  John   <  ounty  t^)urt,  and   has 
served    in    that    cai^acity    continuously   to    the 
present  time. 

In    1S75    Mr.   McDonald  was  united  in  mar- 
riage   with    Clara     L.     .Streek,    ilaugliter    of 


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Thomas  K.  Streck.  who  came  to  this  city  Iroin  lively    interest    in    the   various   institutions   (,1 

London,  l>:nf(lan(l,  when  a  young  man.      Seven  :  the  city,  religious,    charitable,    fraternal,  and 

children     have    been     born     of     this     union,  '  others,  and  was  a  Master  Mason.      Thomas  M. 

namely:  William  .S.,  who  is  in  the  office  with  •   .Smith   died    in    1X67.      lie   was  the   father  of 

his  father;   Annie   L.  ;   Charles    H. ;   Kenneth  '  eight  children;    namely,    John,    Rufu.s,   Julia, 

!■;.;   Nellie  H,;  Jean;   and  Allen  C.  who  died  William,    I'leanor,  George   F,  (the  subject   of 

'"  '"''"icy-  this  sketch),  luiwin.  and  James.      The  widow 

Mr.  McDonald  is  a  member  of  the  (lermain  (if    Thomas    M.     Smith    died    in    1877,    aged 

Street  Haptist  Church,  of  which  he   is   a  trus-  seventy-three  vears. 


tee,  and  was  formerly  i)resident  of  tiie  i^aptist 
Juiucational  Societv. 


(Jeorge  F.  Smith  acquired  the  primary 
branches  of  his  education  in  St.  John,  and 
.vent  Irom  the  grammar  school  there  to  a  [iri- 
vate  educational  institution  in  Kingston, 
-  j^  '•-' "'^^'1^  '•'•  ^^HTll,  who  for  many;  N.H.  When  a  young  man  he  became  associ- 
V^  years  was  prominently  identified  '  ated  in  business  with  his  father,  and,  succeed- 
ing to  the  business  after  his  father's  death,  he 
enlarged    and    carried    it    on    successlully    for 


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with  the  luisiness,  social,  and  political  inter 
ests  of  St.  John,  was  born  in  tliat  city,  <  )cto- 
ber  19,  1839,  ;ind  died  March  6,  1894,  He 
was  the  son  of  Thomas  .M.  .in<l  Rebecca  (I'iiul- 
lay)  Smith  and  grandson  of  Nathan  Smith, 
M.D.,  a  surgeon   of  oiu-  of  the   Lovalist   regi- 


many  years.  He  was  an  extensive  ship- 
owner, and  was  one  of  the  lirst  in  St.  John  to 
'■wn  steel  and  iron  ships.  His  interest  in  the 
affairs  of   the  city  was   most   beneficial    to  the 


ments,  the  lamous  He  l.aiuy's  l^rigade,  who  community,  and  the  salary  he  r^-eived  during 
settled  in  St.  Jnj.n  in  i-8;„  received  h:ilf-pay,  his  term  as  Alderman  was  use<i  to  erect  a 
and  practised  his  pr.ilession  in  that  city  till  fountain  in  the  old  cemetery.  lie  ever  to,,k 
his  decease.  ;,  ,i,.^.p  |ntj.,-^^^.^t  in  militia  matters,  and  as  a 
Thomas  M.  Smith  was  for  many  ye.irs  con-  y,„mg  man  was  a  member  ol  the  old  "Peters' 
nected  with  the  firm  of  Johnson  ^t  Walker,  Mattery. "  At  the  time  of  his  de.ath  he  was 
ship-chandlers  and  shipowner..  He  later  Captain  and  Paymaster  ..1  the  \ew  lirunswick 
transacted  a  l.irge  business  m  the  s.ime  line  Hrigade  of  Garrison  Artillery,  and  wa;.  one  of 
for  himsell,  and  was  one  of  the  most  active  men  the  best  loved  offic-rs  ol  that  corps.  He  was 
of  his  day.  hor  saving  a  large  amount  ol  respected  f,u-  his  high  s.Mise  ol  h.inor  and  al.so- 
specie  which  had  been  sunk  off  the  coast,  he  lute  integrity,  .as  well  as  belov.-d  for  liis  kind- 
was  presented  with  a  gol.l  watch  by  the  iiness  and  charm  ol  m:;nner.  and  his  death 
Cunard  Company.  He  was  lor  snme  years  the  was  regretted  by  the  citizens  at  large, 
head  of  the  fire  department.  Apart  from  his  In  October.  1S79,  he  married  Miss  .Minnie 
extensive    business    n,idert.d<ings,    he    t(;ok    a  Gordon,  ol   I'ictou,   .\.S.,  daughter  oi  William 


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Gordon,  who  came  to  that  place  from  Scotland 
when  a  younp;  man.  IJesiiles  his  widow  he 
left  three  daughters. 

The  late  Mr.  Smith  belont;e<i  to  the  Ma- 
sonic order;  the  I  nion  Club,  of  which  he  was 
one  of  the  orj^anizers ;  the  Neptune  Rowing 
Club;  the  Athletic  Association,  and  other  in- 
stitution'^  of  a  public  or  social  nature,  ami  he 
availed  .imsclf  of  every  opportunity  to  ad- 
vance thr  interests  of  his  native  city,  of  which 
he  was  a  most  loyal  son.  lie  had  travelled 
extensively  in  both  Europe  and  America,  was 
a  man  of  powerful  physique,  and  took  a  great 
interest  in  athletic  si)orts.  In  liis  religious 
belief  he  was  a  member  of  the  Church  of  Hng- 
land,  and  for  many  years  was  a  Vestryman  of 
the  "Stone  Church,"  in  the  affairs  of  which 
he  took  a  deep  interest  and  leading  part  up 
till  tlie  time  of  his  death. 


LOI.ONKI.  i;i)\VI\  l?()ND  liKl'.K,  a 
lending  ritizen  of  Sussex,  N.H. ,  was 
iiorn  in  Sussex  on  May  I'S,  1833, 
son  of  Tiiomas  Heer,  who  was  a  native  of 
Devonsiiire,  i'jigland.  horn  August  18,  1777. 
As  a  hoy  of  thirteen  Thomas  Mcer  enlisted 
as  a  cadet  in  the  royal  navy,  and  in  time  he 
rose  to  tlio  rank  «\  Commander.  For  many 
years  lie  was  in  the  coast  guard,  and  during 
the  war  between  ICngland  ami  the  I'nited 
.States,  1S12-1814,  was  stationed  in  New 
iirunswick.  Here  he  met  his  wife,  wiioni  he 
marriei!  in  1S15,  and  wlio  accompanied  him 
when  lie  went  hack  to  luigland  at  the  close 
of    the  war.      Her    maiden    name   was    Annie 


Leonard.      She  was  born   in   -St.  John  on  July 
23.    '796.   and  was  a   daughter   of   the    Hon. 
George  Leonard,  a  sketch  of  whom  appears  on 
another  page  of  this  work.      In    1829  Thomas 
Heer    returned    to    America    antl    settled    in 
Sussex  on  the  Leonarii   grant,  where  he  lived 
until    his  death  at  the   age   of   eighty   years. 
Thomas  Beer  was  an  active  and  devoted  mem- 
ber of  the  Church  of   England.      He  was  the 
first  president  of  the  Sussex  Agricultural   .So- 
ciety.     Mrs.  Annie  L.  Heer  died  f)n  October 
I,    1886.       She   was    the    mother   of    thirteen 
chiltiren:     namely,     Lucy     Codner,     l';ieamir 
James,  Ant..e   Leonard.    Thomas   llore,  Caro- 
line. .Maria  Eli/abeth,  George  Leonard,  Lucy 
Maria,     Elizabeth     ICvanson,     bldwin      i?ond, 
M.ary,  William  Henderson,  and  Jane  Hope. 

The  first  named  of  these,  Lucy,  was  born  in 
Stoke  Devon,  luigland,  and  died    in   liourborg 
in    1829.      James,    who    was    born    April    11, 
1818,  at  Falmouth,  iMigland,  died   in  Sussex, 
N.H.,on  l'ebruary20,  1899.      .\nnie  Leonard, 
'  who  was  born   in   Dock.  Juighuul.  on  Septem- 
ber I  J,   1819,  is  the  widow  of  the  late  Captain 
T.  W.  R.   I'ike,  formerly  o.licer  of  the  survey 
ship  "Columbia"  of  the  royal   navy,  and  set- 
tled at  this  station.      Thomas   llore.  who  died 
in  Liverpool,  England,  in    1885,  was  born  on 
September    29.     1821,    at    Hroadstairs,    Kent. 
He  resided  in  Jamaica  for  a  number  of  years, 
but  in    1857  came  to  New  iirunswick,  and  the 
following  year  returned   to    ICngland  and    en- 
gaged in  lousiness  there.      He  married   Annie 
Hope,    a   native  of    Devonshire,  anci   she   bore 
him  several  children,  who  survive  him.     Caro- 
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Whitstable,    Kent,    Kn-iaiul,    married    R.     S. 
Devever,   of  St.    John,  ami   resides   in    Hraiit- 
foril,    Ont.       Maria    Elizabeth    was    born    at 
Folkestone,  Kent,  on  December  24,  1824,  and 
died  on  July  25,   1825.      Geor-e  Leonard,  who 
was   born   on   May  23,   1826,  at   Middle  Deal, 
died   at   sea.      lie  was   in   the  royal   navy   for 
some  years,  but   subsequently  left   the  service 
and  went  into  the  China  trade.      Lucy  Maria, 
who  resides  in  ICngland,  was  born    in    I-' ranee 
on  August  26,   1829.      She  is  the  wife  of  Caj)- 
tain    Frederick    Har\y    of    the    British    navy. 
Ji^lizabeth   Evanson  was   born  at   Sussex   \'ale 
on  August  3,  1831,  and  died  at  Campo  Ikdlo. 
ALiry,  who    is    the    wife    of    C.   J.    Wilds,    of 
Halifax,    N.S.,    was    born    on     September    7, 
1835,      William  Henderson  Heer,  who  died  in 
1896,    was    born    on    September    5,    1837,    '" 
Sussex  Vale.      He  married   Maria  Schoficld,  a 
daughter    of    the    Kev.    Mr,    Schofieid.      Jane 
Hope    (now  deceased)  was  born  on   April  ii, 
1839.     She  married  William  :\L  Jarvis,  of  St. 
John. 

Edwin  Hond  Beer  went  to  l-jigland  at  twelve 
years  of  age,  and  there  attended  the  Roval 
Naval  College  at  (Greenwich  for  tnree  years.  In 
1S48  he  returned  to  New  Brunswick,  and  the 
following  year  left  for  .San  I'"rancisco  on  board 
the  barc|ue  "Teal,"  commamied  by  Captain 
(Iray.  After  two  and  a  half  years  spent  in 
California  he  went  to  Auckland,  New  Zea- 
land, and  thence  to  .Sydney,  Australia,  where 
he  remained  until  September,  1857,  when  he  ' 
returned  to  ICngland,  lie  arrived  in  St.  [ohn 
in  January,  1858,  and  after  a  year's  residence 
in  that  city  he  came  to  Sussex  to  take  char^-e 


of  the  homestead  estate.     Since  that  time  he 
has  been  engaged  in  farming. 

Colonel  Ik'cr  was  married  in  1868  to  Sarah 
Hogg,  of  Newcastle.  She  died  in  giving 
birth  to  her  .son,  lulwin  Leonard,  who  was 
born  in  June,  1S70,  and  is  now  in  British  Co- 
lumbia. Prior  to  1898  Edwin  L.  Beer  was 
employed  in  th.;  Bank  of  Montreal.  In  1863 
Colonel  Beer  joined  the  militia,  forming  a 
company  of  which  he  was  Captain,  lie  was 
subsequently  Major  of  the  Second  Battalion 
of  King-  County,  and  in  1866  Lieutenant 
Colonel.  After  the  confederation  he  was  a])- 
pointed  Lieutenant  Colonel  I'rom  Kin^-s 
County,  and  in  1868  he  joined  the  lughth 
Regiment  of  Cavalry.  In  1870  he  t^ok  com- 
mand of  the  Seventy-fourth  Battalion.  In 
1897  he  resigned  his  conmiission. 

Colonel  Beer  is  a  member  of  the  Indepen- 
dent Order  of  Odd  I'Vdlows.  I''rom  1871  to 
18S5  and  again  from  1893  to  1895  he  was 
Warden  in  the  Church  of  luigland.  He  has 
served  as  chorister  for  a  number  of  vears.  lie 
was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  I'rovineial 
Rifle  .\ssociation  and  in  1897  its  president. 
He  also  assisted  in  organizing  the  Dominion 
Ritle  Association,  and  conmianded  the  Wim- 
bledon team  in  1878.  He  is  at  the  present 
time  its  vice-president. 


HARLi:s    I'DWAKl)    HARDLNvi,    a 

reiired  liimhor  dealer  of  St.  John, 
was  horn  in  that  eity,  .Vovember 
21,  1819,  son  of  rhomas  an.l  Mary  (Johnson, 
Harding.       His     grandfather     was     William 


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llardini;,  a  Loyalist  who  came  from  the  States 
to  New  lirvnswick  in  1783. 

Thomas  Harding,  the  father,  was  born  Feb- 
ruai'y  17,  17)^6,  in  St.  John,  where  he  fol- 
lowed the  trade  of  a  tanner  throughout  the 
active  period  of  h's  life.  He  was  closely 
identified  with  local  public  affairs,  his  mem- 
bership of  ihe  Hoard  of  Aldermen  extending 
over  a  peri(  1  of  forty-five  yi  ars  ;  and  he  served 
with  ability  as  Mayor  of  the  city.  Mrs.  Mary 
Johnson  Hardinj^,  his  wife,  was  born  ( )ctober 
5,  1785.  She  was  a  daughter  of  George  John- 
son, of  Morton,  X.S.,  unci  on  the  maternal 
side  was  a  representative  of  the  Cleveland 
family,  which  was  noted  for  its  longevity. 
The  average  age  of  her  uncles  and  aunts  was 
eighty-one  years  and  eight  months,  and  her 
mother  lived  to  be  one  hundred  anil  one  years 
olil.  Thomas  and  Mary  Harding  were  the 
parents  of  eleven  children,  namely:  George 
Johnson  Ilartling,  M.l).,  who  was  born  Au- 
gust <S,  1S08,  and  practised  his  profession  in 
St.  John  for  many  years;  Mary  I-ilizabeth, 
horn  May  2,  iSio,  who  married  Robert 
I'aylor,  a  native  of  luigland,  and  died  January 
19,  1895;  Thomas,  born  l'"ebruary  29,  iSu, 
who  was  a  tanner  in  St.  John  lUiring  his  ac- 
tive years,  and  died  April  7,  1859;  William 
Harding,  M.  I)  ,  l)orn  January  18,  1814,  now 
living  in  retirement  in  St.  John;  N'alentine 
John,  born  March  4,  1816,  who  is  now  resid- 
ing in  llardingville,  M.i<.  ;  John  Henry,  born 
January  2,  i8[,S;  Charles  ICdwanl,  the  subject 
of  this  sketch;  Jesse  Giles,  born  (  )ctober  JO, 
iSji;  Harriet  I,.,  born  N'ovember  17,  1823, 
who   died    Seiitember    30,     1895.    Leah,    born 


May  21,  1826;  and  Sa.'ah,  both  of  whom  ilied 
in  infancy.  The  father  died  April  7,  1854. 
and  the  mother,  who  lived  to  be  eighty-nine 
years  old,  died  April  19,   1S75. 

Charles  I'Idward  Harding  was  educated  in 
.St.  John  and  at  the  Horton  Academy,  Nova 
Scotia.  When  a  young  man  he  engaged  in 
carpentering,  which  he  followed  for  five  years. 
He  then  learned  to  survey  lumber,  and  for 
thirty  years  was  City  Surveyor.  I'or  eight 
years  he  was  superintendent  for  N.  .S.  de  Mill ; 
aiul  after  the  death  of  the  latter  he  estab- 
lished the  lumber  firm  of  L'.  E.  Harding  & 
Son,  with  which  he  cojitinued  until  his  retire- 
ment in  1896. 

Mr.  Harding  was  married  ( )ctober  19, 
1H43,  to  Miss  .Susan  IClizaheth  Lawrence, 
daughter  of  Richard  Lawrence,  a  native  of 
Statcn  Island,  \.\'.,  and  a  Loyalist,  who 
came  to  New  Hnmswick  some  time  after  the 
.American  Revolution.  Her  grandfather  was 
Colonel  Richard  Lawrence,  of  the  British 
army,  who  after  the  close  of  hostilities  was 
arrested  by  the  American  authorities  as  an 
employee  of  King  George  HI.  The  demand 
for  his  rele;ise  by  the  Hritish  government  was 
eventually  complied  with:  and,  going  to  ICng- 
laiul,  he  died  in  Nottingham,  May  25,  178c). 
His  S(Mi  Richard,  born  I7''i4,  died  1S46, 
who  was  engaged  in  ship-lniilding  in  .St. 
John,  was  married  in  iSio  to  T'lizabetb, 
d.iughter  of  ('aptain  Joseph  Mercer.  Uf  the 
nine  children  l>orn  of  this  union,  .Susan  l!li/.a- 
beth,  who  is  now  Mrs.  H.irding,  is  the  only 
one  living. 

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eleven  chiklren,   namely:    Kli.abeth,   wife  of 
Henry  M.   Heckwith;   Olivia,  widow  of  John 
H.    Haniin.t;;    Susan,    widow   of   Charles    A. 
I"Iun,mer.    late  of  Gagetown,  N.M.;   Annetta 
who  married    Henry  Coy,  of  the  same  place': 
tlinrles  i:.,  Jr.,  who  succeede.l   his  father   in 
In.siness;   I-'anny,  wife  of  James  J.;.  Coy,  also 
"t  Gagetown;  Thomas  H.,  surveyor  of  lumber 
'"   St-   John;  William   L.,  merchant  in   Yar- 
"i""tl..     X.S.;     Minna     Lawrence;     Geor-ria 
wile  of  W.  F.  R  Patterson,  of  St.  John;  and  I 


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.H,HI:rt    WILLIAM    VA.\    WART, 

a  widely  known   dry-goods  merchant 
of  Woodstock.  \.H.,  was  born  in   Kampstead 
(jueens  County.    N.H.,    October    29,    ,833,    a 
-son  01  Isaac  Van  Wart,      lie  comes  of  thrifty 
Hutch    stock,    his    paternal    ancestors    having 
emigrated     from    Holland    to    New    York     in 
Colonial  times.      His  gran.lfather.  Isaac  Van 
Wart,    Sr.,  was  born   on    Long   Island,   \.  Y., 
••'nd  there   spent   his  early  years.      I„  ',7851,0 
came   with    the   colony   of    Lovali.sts   t„    .New 
Brunswick,   and   having  settled   in   Wickham, 
Uueens  County,  devoted  his  attention   during 
the  remainder  of  his  life  t )  ^iliing  the  .soil. 

Isaac  Van  Wart  was  born  in  Wiekham, 
N.R.  March  ,;,  ,,So2.  Lntil  ;mainlng  his 
majority  he  lived  at  the  parental  homestead, 
assisting  his  father  in  farm  work.  Removing 
tl"-'"  to  the  neighboring  town  of  Hampstead" 
be  carried  on  general  farming  on  bis  own  ac- 
count for  many  years,  owning  and  improving 
an  extensive  farm.      In    .854   he   retired   from 


active  pursuits,    and   thenceforward    he    made 
his    home    in    Woodstock    until    his    decease 
He  married  Catherine  Clarke,  of  Hamp.stead, 
by    whom    he    had    five  children,  as  follows: 
Kleanor.    wife  of   Leonard   G.    Slipp,    of   the 
parish  of  Woodstock;   Deborah,  decease.l,  who 
was  the  wife  of  L.ra  Hrun.Iage.  of  Greenwich 
Kings  County,  N.  B.  ;  France.s,  wife  of  Thomas 
Hurgan,  of  Jkidgewater  Centre.  Me.:  Gilbert 
I  William;  and  Mary  Klizabetb,  wife  of  .Samuel 
I-    Churchill,   of   Butte   City,    Mont.       Both 
parents  were   members    of   the    Free    Baptist 
church. 

Gilbert   W.    Van    Wart    acquired   his    early 
education  in  the  common   schools  of   Hamp- 
stead,    and   during   his   younger  davs    became 
thoroughly  acquainted   with   the  practical   de- 
tails   of    farming.       From     ,854,    when     his 
father    left    the    home    fan,,,    until    ,857    he 
lived    with    bis    brother-in-law,    L.    G.    Slipp. 
Lmbarking   then    in    mercantile   business,    he 
formed  a  partnership  with   William   .Stephen- 
son,   as    head    .,f    the    tirm    of    Vn,    Wart    & 
Stci,henson,  which  for  five  years   had  a    large 
tmde    in    general    nierehandi.se.      In    186.    he 
I'oMght  out  the  interest  of  the  junior  partner 
an.l  from  that  time   until   the  present   dav  has 
continued    alone.       He    f„nnerly    carried'  dry 
g^oods,    groceries,    ard    both    ready-made    and 
custom-made  clothing;    but,  having  gr.idually 
reduced    his  ass„rtn,ent,  he   now  deals    in   .Iry 
Koodsonly.      In  the  earlier  part  of   his  career 
I'c  also  bad  an   extensive  wholesale  tn.de,  fur- 
"ishiiig  goods  to  the  greater  number  of  the 
•icalers   up  the   St.  John    River.       Im.,-  several 
years  .Mr.  V^n  Wart,  in  addition   t„   jiis  other 


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business,  was  .'gcnt  of  three  express  coni- 
]):inies,  and  also  did  private  banking,  there 
being  at  that  time  no  organizetl  bank  in 
Woodstock.  He  acted  as  agent  for  tlie  St. 
Stephen  15ank  of  St.  Stephen,  by  ciriulating 
their  notes,  as  lie,  being  a  private  banker,  wa.s 
not  allowed  to  use  notes  of  bis  own.  In  1.S80 
he  assumed  the  agency  of  the  Maritime  Hank 
of  the  Dominion  of  Canada,  and  continued  its 
agency  until  the  baidv  went  out  of  existence. 

Mr.  Van  Wart  married  I'hcebc,  daughter  of 
ivoi)erson  Merritt,  of  liampstead,  N.  1$.  Of 
the  five  children  that  blessed  their  union  three 
are  now  living,  namely:  Gertrude  I'^lla,  wife 
of  John  Norman  W.  W'inslow,  Msq.,  of  Wood- 
stock: Auriila,  wife  of  Jarvis  .S.  Stinson,  of 
lioston,  Mass.  ;  and  Annie  Mabel,  wlio  mar- 
ried George  11^  Harrison,  superinteniient  of 
the  high  school  of  Woodstock,  N.  H.  Mr. 
Van  Wart  is  a  Liberal  in  politics.  He  has 
served  four  terms  in  the  Town  Council,  and 
has  been  one  of  the  .School  'i'rustees  ever  since 
the  free-school  system  was  adopted.  He  be- 
longs to  Woodstock  Lodge,  I'.  &  A.  M.,  and 
is  a  member  of  the  i""ree  Baptist  church. 


ii.i.iAM  HKvnnxr:  iack,  m..\., 

D.C.!..,  late  jiiesident  of  the  I'ni- 
\ersitv  of  New  Hiunswiek,  died  at  bi>  home  in 
[■■rederictnn,  Novembei'  J^  iSSfi,  passing 
.i\va\-  on  the  sixty->eventh  anni\ei>aiy  of  his 
hirlh.  He  was  hniii  in  the  parish  of  Tinwald, 
lJumfries>hiie,  .Srotland,  November  .2^,  1.S19, 
and  came  of  honorei!  .uueslrs.  He  was  ]ire- 
paied  for  college  at  llutloii    Hall    .\cadem\'  in 


Caerlaverock,  and  in  1835  entered  the  united 
college  of  St.  Salvator  and  St.  Leonard's.  He 
was  accounted  a  brilliant  scholar,  and  while  in 
that  institution  led  his  class  in  mathematics 
and  physics,  taking  the  highest  prizes  in  both 
those  studies.  He  graduatetl  with  the  degree 
of  Master  of  Arts  in  .St.  Andrew's  University, 
Fifeshire,  in  i  S40,  and  soon  after  had  tw(j  de- 
sirable positions  offered  him,  one  in  Manches- 
ter Xcw  College,  Manchester.  Lngland,  to 
succeed  the  noted  Dr.  Dalton  as  ])rofessor  of 
physics,  and  the  other  that  of  ])rofessor  of 
mathematics,  natural  philosophy,  an<l  astron- 
omy in  King's  College,  now  the  Cniversit\-  of 
New  Brunswick,  ]-"retlericton.  .Several  of  his 
w:irm  friends,  among  them  Sir  David  Hrewsler, 
one  of  his  former  teachers,  then  principal  of 
St.  Andrew's  College,  feared  that  the  duties 
and  responsibilities  of  the  New  College  would 
be  too  arduous  for  one  so  inexpeiienced,  and 
atlvised  him  to  accci>t  the  chair  in  King's  Col- 
lege, whii'h  be  did  in  .Septemlier,    1S40. 

King's  C'ollege,  as  the  Cniveisit\-  was  then 
named,  was  under  the  control  of  the  Clunch  of 
I'jigland,  and  was  but  little  patronized  by 
members  of  otlier  religious  bodies,  nor  w.is  the 
geneial  jjublic  in  ntiie  sympathy  with  its 
management.  During  the  years  that  followed 
\'arious  attacks  were  nvide  u|)on  the  institution 
by  the  Legislatun-  ami  other  bodies  interested 
in  adxanced  education  for  the  Nouth  of  this 
proN'ince;  and  ,dter  nnkh  contention  it  was 
remodelled  in  1860,  and  its  name  changed  to 
the  I'niversity  of  New  Brunswick.  Since 
then  all  denominations  arc  represented  in  its 
govermnent.       Dr.    Jack   w.is  appointed   p.esi- 


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(lent  <if  the  University  in  iS6i,  and   tlicrcattcr 
administered  its  affairs  with  wisdom,      Durin- 
the  vacations  he  travelled   extensively    in   the 
l)nivinii\  and  by  public  addresses  and  persnna: 
interviews  with  men   cif    infinenre   brnnght   the 
tiijlege  into  jiromincnt  notice  and  advanced  its 
claims    as    an    educational    institution    of   the 
hifjhcst  order.      I le  became  well   known  as  an 
educator,  and  on  the   inau,i;uiation   of   the   free 
school  system  was  made,  ,r  <;///,■/,),  a  member  of 
the  Hoard  of  lulucation.      In    iSSq,  after  serv- 
ing forty-fi\e  consecutive  years  as  a   jirofessur 
and  fourteen  years  as  president  of   the  Univer- 
sity, he  se\'ered  his  connection  with   it,  resi'ii- 
\\v^    the     presidenc)     on     account     of     lailin,:; 
health,  .nul  was  retired  with   a   pension   of  one 
thousand  dollars  a  \ear. 

Dr.  Jack,  however,  never  lost  interest  in  the 
college,    and    in     i.S'sri    was   appointed    bv    the 
government  a  memb.er  of  the  senate  of  the  Uni- 
versity, a  p'lace  which   he   occui)ied  at  the  time 
of  his  death.      The  de,^ree   of    Doctor  of   Civil  ' 
Law   was  tonferrcd    upon    him    bv  this  Univer- 
sity   in     1.S55.        A    thorou-h     student    of    all 
sciences,  h^-  was  specially  interested  in  astron 
oiny,  and  was  among  the   Uist   t"   ni.d<e   use   of 
tele^iaphy  in  determining   distances   •■■(   loiigi- 
tude.       ]W  connect  i(in  witli  the  Harvard  Obser- 
vatory at  Cambridge,  Mass.,  he  ascertaim-d  tlie 
true  longitude  of  ]'"redcricton,  and,  taking  this  , 
longitude  as  a  basis,  found,  at  the  expense  and  ' 
for  the    benefit    of   the    local    g.ivei  imient,    the 
longituile  of  St.  jolm  anil  of  x.arious  places  011 
the   boundary  lin,.'s   o|    the    province.       He   was 
thus  of  great  service  lo  .^ir  William  l.oMan  in 
his  construcli(jii  of  the  geolngje.d  m.ip  of  Can- 


ada.      Dr.    Jack    was   a    ]'"ellow    of    the    Rnval 
Astronomical    Society    of    London,    ICngland, 
I  and  of  the  Athenx'um  of  \ew  l?runswick. 

Dr.  Jack  w.is  twice  married,  and  bv  his  first 
wife,  Marian   llllen.  youngest  daughter  of  At- 
torney.General    Peters,  had  eight  children,  two 
of    whom    arc    living.        In    1S59    he    married 
Caroline,  daughter  of   Xoah    Disbrowe,    a    [us- 
tice    of   Peace  and   a   former  merchant  of    St. 
John.      .Mrs.    Jack,  who   is   still    living,   comes 
of  distinguished   stock,   the    Disbrowes   having 
been    early    settlers    of    Xorwalk,    Conn.,    and 
peo|)le  of  considerable  mean.s.      Ir)  former  days 
they    were    slaveholders.        In     I7,S;,    they    re- 
moved   with    the   colony   of    Loyalists   to    \ew 
liruuswick,    and    here    became    identified    with 
the  best  interests  of  the  jiiovince.      Xoah  Dis- 
browe   was   a    magistrate    at    the    time    of    his 
deatli.      .Mthough   not  a  niember  of  anv  relig- 
ious   orgaui/ation.    be    was   a   good    Christian. 
He   leared  three   sous,  two   of   whom   were  or- 
dained clergymen   of  the   Chinch   ol   l-ingland. 
Mrs.    Jack   has   one  daughter,   Mrs.    Lewis    1). 
Milledgc.  Ill  St.  John,  and  four   sou>.      'I'u-,,  of 
the  sons  are  residents  of  Hritish  Columbia,  one 
being  a  physician  in  X'.iucouvcr  and  one  a  l.iw- 
_\er.       .\   thiid,   now  deceased,   was  an  engineer. 
The  louith  sou,  also  an  engineer,   is  located    in 
the  United  St.ites. 


A\'ll)  T.\1'L1':Y.  lite  I',dice  Magis- 
trate and  Jud^e  ot  the  Civil  Court, 
I'ortlauil,  was  born  in  Sheffield, 
Suniuiry  County,  X.H.,  April  I'j,  i,S2o,  .son 
of  David  and  ll.mnah  il-'letchcr,  Taplev,      lie 


ilii-ti  ; 


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383 


was  descLMidcd  irom  James  Rol)ert  Tapley,  a 
mariner  ami  Loyalist,  wiio  was  a  native  of 
I'rDV'idence,  R.I.  While  in  Cork,  Ireland, 
James  Robert  Tapley  niarrie<l  a  Miss  ()"lirien, 
wlio  was  a  ,;;rand-daii;:;Iiter  of  a  lord.  He 
came  to  New  Hrunswick  with  his  bride,  and 
settled  upon  a  tract  ol  land  in  .Siinbiiry 
County,  where  he  was  enjja^ed  in  farming;  for 
the  rest  ni  his  life.  lie  died  at  tlie  age  of 
forty-five,  and  his  wife  survived  him  many 
years.  He  was  the  father  of  six  children; 
namely,  William,  John,  David,  Ann,  Mary, 
and  James. 

David  Ta])ley,  .Sr.,  Judi;e  Ta])ley"s  father, 
was  born  in  Suidiury  County  in  1791.  In 
early  life  he  was  a  farmer,  init,  moving;  to 
.St.  John  in  1S47,  he  there  carried  on  a  lum- 
ber business  until  his  death,  which  ijccurred 
November  30,  1.S69.  lie  was  a  firm  believer 
in  total  abstinence.  lie  married  Hannah 
l''letcher,  a  native  of  Nova  .Scotia,  and  was 
the  father  of  nine  ciiildren,  namely:  David, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch;  John,  a  lumber- 
man, wiio  died  in  St.  John,  {■'ebrnary  16, 
1S93;  Mary,  who  died  at  the  a'j^c  of  fifteen 
years;  I\ol)irt,  wiio  went  to  .Australia  in 
1S53,  ;ind  is  now  living  in  New  Zealand; 
Archib:tld  and  D.miet  I"'.,  who  are  prominent 
business  nu'ii  of  .St.  John;  Ihmnah.  widow  of 
.Shadrach  llollv;  Ann,  witKiw  of  (ieorge  !•". 
Mrown,  who  died  .August  I,  11^97;  and  I'.li/a- 
beth,  who  is  uiim.irried.      'I'Ik'  motiier  died  in 

i,sr)r,. 

David  'I'.iplev,  tlie  .snbj<'Ct  ot  tiiis  sketch, 
<'ic([uirt'd  his  iMJucition  iu  the  common  schools. 
lie  worked  upon  ;i  f.irm  until  of  age,  when   he 


moved  to  St.  John  and  engaged  in  surveying 
and  the  general  lumber  business.  He  contin- 
ued in  these  employments  until  1.S56,  .vhen 
he  was  elected  to  the  f,egislature  from  Sunbury 
County.  He  was  re-elected  the  lollowing 
year,  and  served  as  a  member  for  that  county 
continuously  until  iSfii.  He  was  the  author 
of  the  bill  reducing  the  number  of  the  jury  in 
civil  cases  in  the  .Sui)renie  Court  from  twelve 
to  seven  men.  After  the  expiration  of  his 
second  term  he  was  repeatedly  solicited  to  be 
a  candidate  for  re-election,  but  ileclined.  He 
remained  on  his  farm  in  Sunbury  County 
three  years,  at  the  end  of  which  time  he  ac- 
cepted the  appointments  of  Police  Magistrate 
and  Judge  of  tiie  Civil  Court,  I'oitland. 
These  offices  be  filled  witli  markeil  aiiilitv. 
In  1876  he  began  the  study  of  law,  and,  hav- 
ing passed  a  creditable  t;xamination,  he  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  October,  1  S.So.  In 
])olitics  he  supported  the  Liberal  [larty.  He 
w;is  made  a  Mason  in  Union  Lodge,  St.  John, 
and  was  a  Knight  Templar.  He  was  ;i  mem- 
i)er  of  the  Cduirch  of  lOngland  and  :i  X'estry- 
man  of  St.  Luke's  (.'hurch.  Portland  (now  a 
pait  of  -St.  Joiiu),  and  was  held  in  iiigh  esteem 
by  ;ill  who  knew  him.  lie  died  July  18, 
1895. 

'  )n  November  \<).  1841,  Judge  Tapley  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Margaret  Ann 
Dalton,  daughter  of  .Samuel  Dalton.  He  was 
the  father  of  seven  children,  of  whom  two 
s(nis  survive;  I-'rederick,  of  St.  John;  ;in(l 
Horace,  who  iiKirried  Cor;i  Reynolds,  of  .St. 
John,  has  three  children,  and  resides  in 
Nashua,    N.li.      l'"rederick    lapley   w.is    born 


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BIOGRAPHICAL    KEVIKW 


in  St.  John,  October   16,   1846.      He  was  c-dii- 
cntcd  in  the  public  schools  of  St.  John  and   at 
Oromocto.      In  1870  he  entered  the  office  of 
the     Intercolonial     Railroad     Company,     St. 
John,    and    is    now    freij,dit    .igent.      lie    is    a 
member  of  Albion  I.od^'e,  No,    1,  l-'.  &  ..\.   M. ; 
and  New  Hriinswick  Lodt,a-,  Knights  of   Pyth- 
ias.     He    attends    St.     Luke's    Church.      On 
June  3,    1874,  he  married   .Mi.ss   .Mary   Kliza- 
beth   l^arnhill,    daughter  of    Alexander   Harn- 
hill.      They    have    five    children  —  Ella     Mc- 
Ntitt,    Frederick    Hryan.    William   Guy,    !\Iar- 
gucretta,  and  Alexander  Marnhill  Tapley. 


KORGl';  XMLSON  I'l'ARSON.  M  1)., 
the    well-known    physician   and   sur- 
geon of  Sussex,  was  born  in  Kings  County  on 
•September  4,    i,S57,  his  parents   being  George 
and    ICliza   Ruth    (Secord)    Pearson.      His   pa- 
ternal  grandfather  was   Tho'^ias   Pearson,  who 
w.is   a   native   of   Cumbirland,    luigland,    and 
was  engaged   there  as  a  coal   merchant,      lie 
married  a  Miss  Heavisi-' J,  and   in    \H2,]   came 
with   her  and  their  family  to  New  Brunswick, 
iind   settled   on  a  farm    in    Studholm,    then    a 
jiart  of  Sussex  parish,  where  he  carried  on   an 
extensive  farming  business.      lie   died   at    the 
age  of  eighty-two  years.      His  wife,  who  sur- 
vived him  several  years,  died  also  at   the  age 
of   eighty-two.      Their  children    wore:    John; 
Th.unas;    Joseph;    William;    HIi/abeth,    who 
married     Walter    :\Iurray;     Richard;    James;  ' 
.\nn,    who  married   David   Murry;   Isaac:  and 
(ieorge.      Of    these    George    is   the  only  sur- 
vivor.     Horn    in    iS.'i,   he   was   reared   on   the 


farm,   and   at  one  time  engaged  quite  e.xten- 
sively  in  lumbering.      His  wife,  the  mother  of 
Dr.  Pearson,  was  born  in  .Studholm,  her  father 
being  James   .Secord,  son   of   William   .Secord, 
a    Loyalist    from    New   York,    who   settled    in 
Greenwick,    N.  K.,    in    17S3,   and  her  mother, 
who.se   maiden    name    was   Ann    Sharp,    being 
the  daughter  of   Robert  Sharp,  also  a  Loyalist 
from  New  York,   1783.     The  following  chil- 
dren   were    born    to    George  and   Kliza    Ruth 
,   Pear.son;    J.    T.    II.,    who  resides  .m   the  old 
homestead:    Bessie    A.,    wife    of    Andrew    L. 
Adair,    of  Studholm;   John   IL,    who  was  for 
.some    years   a   merchant    in    Spencer,    .Mass., 
and     who     die.!    :it    the    age    of    thirty-eight; 
(ieorge  N.,  the  subject  of  this   sketch;   Mary 
A.;    ICmma    .M.,    uow   deceased,    formerly  the 
wife  of   Arthur  R.ankin;  Alice    R.,    a  trained 
nurse  .at   Newton,  Mass.;  Albert  Iv,  who  is  a 
teacher   by   profession;    and    Ida   J,,    wife    of 
James    H.    .Manchester,    of    Studholm.       Mr. 
Pearson   resides  on   the   Piarson    farm,  and    is 
one  of  the  representative  men   of   his  .section. 
His  wife  (lied  in  1  ,S94. 

Dr.  1-earson  giew  upon  tiu'  farm,  and  dur- 
ing his  boyhood  attended  the  common  schools. 
He  sub.sc(|uently  entered  the  normal  school, 
and,  after  i)nrsuing  a  course  of  .study  there,  he 
taught  school  for  .several  years,  meeting  with 
excellent  success.  He  began  the  study  of  his 
present  profession  with  Dr.  James  H.  Gr.ay, 
now.,!  lairville,  N.  1!.,  continued  his  studies 
with  the  late  Dr.  Charles  .\.  .Murray,  of  Stu.I- 
liolm,  and  atu.  tw.>  years  un.ler  their  tutelage 
entered  Bellevue  ll,)spital  Medical  College, 
New   York.      Three   yeirs   later   he   gr;i<luated 


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BIOORAIMIICAL   RKVIF.W 


38s 


from  that  institution,  anil  in  1891  he  began 
the  practice  of  n'.edicine  in  .\|>()ha(|iii,  N.  H. 
In  1893  he  came  to  Sussex  to  succeed  tiie  late 
Dr.  Raymonil,  aiul  lie  iia>  since  practised  iiere 
most  successfully- 

The  Doctor  was  married  in  1886  to  Jennie 
T. ,  dauj^hter  of  the  late  (.'harles  Secord,  of 
Sussex.  He  is  a  memiiei-  of  tiie  Kind's 
founty  Aledical  .Society,  of  the  New  Hruns- 
wick  Medical  .S  iciety,  and  of  the  Maritime 
Medical  .Society;  also  of  the  Masonic  frater- 
nity and  of  the  Independent  Drder  of  l"'ores- 
ters.  He  is  chairman  of  the  Liberal  Conserv- 
ative Association  f(M-  the  jiarish  of  Sussex. 
While  a  student  in  the  nurinal  school,  the 
Doctor  was  awarded  tlie  Lan.sdown  Senior 
medal. 


Church,  ilau<'hter  of  Kdward  and  Marv  (Shav 


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father  died  in  Falmouth  in  Au<;ust,  1822,  and 
the  -randmother  died  in  Newport  in  Novem- 
ber, 1SJ4.  Tliey  h. id  a  family  of  eight  chil- 
dren; namelv,    ICdward   T. ,  Marv,  Martha   S., 


W 


illiam  (,".,  Alexander,  I'hiebe   iC. ,  Sarah  R 


and  James  S.  Mary  married  Samuel  (jodfrey, 
and  died  in  Albeit  County,  New  Mrunswick. 
nMnied    Henry  Nortiirup,  and   died 


Martha  S. 
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Fredericton,    N.  H.      Sarah    R.    married    |;i 


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DWARD  T.  C.  KN()\VI,i:S,  barrister, 
St.  John,  was  born  on  Januar\-  26, 
1850,  son  of  ICdward  T.  and  I'h.ebe  J.  (Ches- 
le\i  Knowles.  His  father  was  born  in  New- 
port, N.  S. ,  January  5,  1 SC14.  His  grand- 
father, Henry  Knowles,  was  born  in  I'almoutb, 
N.S.,  in  1777;  and  his  great-grandfather,  also 
named  Henrv  Knowles,  was  born  in  Newport, 
R.I.,  in  1720.  IIeiir\-  Knowles,  .Sr.,  wlio 
went  from  Rhode  Island  to  Newport,  N..S  ,  in 
17(10,  married  Molly  Williams,  of  Hartford, 
Ciinn.,  and  his  children  were:  William, 
Nathan,  Sarah,  Henry,  and  Martha.  Sarah 
married  Joshua  .Smith,  .md  M.irtha  m.irried 
Daniel  I'iaton,  a  sea  captain. 

Henry    Knowles,  Jr.,  who  w, is  a   |)rosperous 
farmer    of     Newport,     N.S. ,     marrieil     (irace 


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Knowles's  father,  entered  mercantile  business 
as  a  clerk  in  a  store  at  Granville,  N.S.,  when 
a  young  man,  ami  first  came  to  St.  John  in 
1.S24.  He  was  emplo\ed  here  as  a  clerk  until 
gf)ing  to  r'reilericton,  where  he  was  similarly 
engaged.  Returning  to  this  city  in  1836,  he 
established  the  linn  o!  Knowles  &  Yhornc, 
dealers  in  WVst  India  goculs  mi  Soiitli  Wharl, 
and  became  interested  in  shipping.  That 
coiucrn,  whose  warehouse  was  burned  (Hit  in 
1837  and  again  in  1839,  was  dissolved  after 
a  pnispeioiis  exi.-iteiice  of  several  years,  and 
!  Mr.  Knowles  continued  in  business  alone. 
.At  the  lime  nf  his  death,  which  occurred  in 
1887,  lie  w.is  (ine  of  the  oUlest  membeis  of  St. 


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John's  I.oJjro,  I-.  &  A.  M..  thou-h  n..t  ac- 
tively associated  witii  the  lotif,re.  He  took  an 
active  interest  in  reli','imis  matters,  and  was 
one  of  the  fust  trustees  of  the  Centena 
(Metliodist)  Church. 

On    April    2.^,    1X34,    Kdwani   T.    Knowles 
married    for   his    first    wife    Mrs.    Sibyl    Hall, 
born   Thorne,    (lauj;hter   of   James    Thorne,    of 
Cranville.       She    was    the    widow    of    Captain 
^^oses    Hall,  by  whom  sl.e   had   one   (lau,:,dUer, 
I'ili/abeth  ]'.,   who  married  John    II.  b'oster.  of 
St.    John.      Hy   her   second   marria^'e   she   had 
four  children:   namely,  Joseph  S.,   lulward  T., 
Anna  Sneden,  and  Jane   Hall.      Anna  Snedcn 
married  the  late  Stephen   J.    Kin-,   i'ost-office 
Inspector,    and    had   seven    children,    three    of 
whom  are   livin-— Anna   A.,    Allen   G.,    and 
Sibelle.      The  others   were:    Stanley,    Helen, 
Geor'^e    T.,    and   Josephine.      lulward    T.    and 
i 


an  active   member  of  the   Centenary   Church. 
In    I'ebruary.   i.S.S;,   Joseph   S.    Knoules   mar- 
ried llmma    \.  Noble,  dauichter  of    Robert    |. 
Noble,  of  Halifa.x.      They  have  lour  chihlren 
livin-— Sibyl    T.,    Ilmily    .S.,    Kathleen    A., 
and    Robert    Iv      Another    child    died    in    in- 
fancy,     lidward    T.    Knnules's  Cirst  wife  died, 
and  in  December,   1  ,S4,S,  he  married  l'h(el)e   |. 
Chcsley,    dau.nhter    of    Samuel    Cheslcy,     jr., 
who  was  the  first  Knjrjjsh  male  child   born    in 
Gr.uiville,   N.S.,  bein,;,- :t  son  of   Samuel  Ches- 
ley,  who  assisted  in  layinc;  out   that  township. 
Of   this    union    was    born    one   child,    Iklward 
T.  C,  whose  personal   history  is  ■^ivcn   below, 
lulward     T.    Knowles's    second   wife    died    in 
1S50,  and  in  the  followin<,'  year  he  married  for 
his  third  wife   ICthelinda   A.    Husby,  dau'jhter 
of  the  Rev.  Samjison  Mushy,  a  Methodist  min- 
ister.     Her  mother,  who  was   before   marria"-e 


Jane     Hall     die.l     in      infancy.        Joseph      -S.    |  Maria  Hyard.  was  a  native  of  Nova  Scotia 
Knowles.  who  was  born  in  Granville   in    iS,,?,    |       Having  acquired  his  carlv  education    in   the 
completed     his     education     at     the     .Sackville     .St.      |ohn     public     .scho.d.s,      IMw  .nl     T      C 


.\cademy,  and  from  i.S's.S  to  i.S/;  was  in  the 
service  of  the  St.  John  Gaslijrht  Company. 
Turning,'  his  attention  to  journalism,  he  pub- 
lished for  some  time  a  literary  paper  called 
the  '/'on//.  He  was  subsequently  connected 
with  other  papers,  and  in  iS.S.S  he  became  as- 
sociated with  W.  K.  Reynolds  in  establishing 
the  (iii/<.\(ii/,\  which  is  devoted  to  the  inter- 
ests of  trade  and  commercial  travellers.  On 
th 


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Knowles  pursued  his  law  studies  in  the  oCfice 
of  Messrs.  .Morrison  6t  Kinj,'.  He  was  ad- 
milted  as  an  attorney  in  1.S71  and  as  a  barris- 
ter the  following  year.  For  ,,ver  twentv-five 
years  he  has  transacted  a  -eneral  law  business. 
He  has  taken  some  interest  in  public  affairs, 
and  served  in  the  Common  Council  for  two 
years. 

In  i,S',S,S  Mr.  Knowles  was  joined  in  mar- 
e  withdrawal  of  Mr.  Reynolds  in  ,892  to  ria.i^e  with  Marv  II.  Thonu-  dauHucr  of 
take  the  editorship  of  /V,;^;vxv,  Mr.  Josephs.  |  Richar.l  W.  and  a  «rand-dau,hter  of  |  unes 
Knowles  took  the  entire  char.^e  of  the  paper,  i  Thorne.  He  belonjjs  to  the  Inde,  " 
which  he  is  now  carrvini;  on. 


le   i)elongs  to 
the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  j'ellows,  and  is 


epeudent 
Order  of  Odd  I-'ellows,  tl.e  Ancient  Order  of 
United  Workmen,  and   the  Temple  ol    Honor. 


lary   Cluircli. 
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He  attends  the  Centenary  Church,    and    is  a 
member  of  the  Hoard  of  Trustees. 


JB 


ANIKL  F.  TAI>I.]:V.  of  the  firm  of 
y^  m  Tajiley  brothers,  steamboat  owners  I 
and  luri1)er  mnnufacturers,  St.  John,  ' 
was  born  in  Sheffield,  Sunbury  County,  N.  H.,  ] 
May  '9;  1S31,  son  of  JJavid  and  Hannah 
(I'letcher)  Taplcy.  V<i\-  anrcslral  history  see  j 
si<ctcii  of  Ta])ley  family.  ' 

Daniel   V.    Tapley   resided   ujion   the  home-  j 
stead   farm    in   Sheffiehl   until   he  was  sixteen 
years  old,  when  he  accompanied   iiis  parents  to 
St.  John.      He  was  with   his  l/rother   David   in 
the  lumber  business  from  about    1847  to    1854, 
when  he  became   part   o'vner  and  master  of  a  ' 
tug-boat,  wjiicli   lie  ran   for  twelve  years.      In 
I.S66  John,  Archiixild,  and   Daniel   ]■".    Tapley  j 
organized   the  rum  of    Tapley  Brothers  for  the  i 
jiurpose  of  carrying  on  the  tug-boat  and  lumber 
business.      'Ihe  tliice  continued    in  [lartnershii) 
until  the  death   of  John  Taplc\'  in   1803,  since 
which  time  the  ri'mainiug  two  have  conducted 
the    enter|)risc;    and,    beside>    handling    large 
(|uantities  of  lundicr,  the\'  operate  si.\  boats. 

In  1856  Mr.  Tapley  married  lOleancu-  Ami 
Ihown,  who  was  born  in  Suidnuv  County,  N'ew 
lirimswick,  ilaughter  of  John  S.  Hiown,  a  na- 
ti\"e  of  Sunbury  Count}',  at  that  time  there  en- 
gaged in  lundiering  and  larming.  At  a  later 
date  Mr.  Hiiwn  leiiHued  to  St.  John,  wiieie  foi' 
many  years  he  wa.--  a  lumbernian  and  sur\e\dr. 
Mis.  Tapley  has  had  eleven  ihildrcn,  three  of  i 
whiiiVi,  James  Robert,  Avild.i,  and  l".li/a  K.,  \ 
diul    in    iulancy.       llie   living  aie:   Dora,  wile  j 


of  George  G.  Davis,  of  Point  Wolf,  Albert 
County,  N.B.  ;  Fen  wick  W.,  who  is  with  the 
Tap'ey  Ikothcrs;  Nellie  K.,  wife  of  Charles 
McDonald,  of  St.  John;  I.ewi.s,  who  married 
Catherine  l'"lorence  Gately,  and  resides  in  Bos- 
ton; Mary  ".  ;  Ada  G.  ;  Alice  P.  ;  and  Daniel 
y.,  Jr.  henwick  \V.  Tajiley  married  Emma 
Hrannan,  daughter  of  Captain  Charles  Brannan. 
Mr.  Tapley,  like  his  lather,  is  a  total  ab- 
stainer from  the  use  of  alcoholic  stimulants, 
and  is  an  earnest  advocate  of  temperance. 


XDRiaV  II.  JO\i;S,  f  Monct.m, 
X.  H.,  is  a  young  man  of  e.vcellent 
business  qualifications,  po.ssessing 
in  a  large  measure  the  keenness  and  foresight 
that  are  sure  to  win  succc-s  in  any  field  of 
labor.  He  was  born  in  Moncton,  May  1, 
1866,  a  son  of  Oliver  and  ICiizabeth  J.  (  Heer) 
Jones.  I'urther  ancestral  history  may  be 
found  in  connection  with  the  sketch  of  his 
lather,  Oliver  Jones,  on  another  jiage  of  this 
biographical  work. 

.Mr.  Jones,  having  completed  his  education 
at  the  Haptist  Seminary  in  St.  John,  N.B., 
worked  lor  a  ntiniher  of  years  in  the  wholesale 
dry-goods  cstabli.shment  of  Manchester  i^ 
Allison  in  tiiat  city.  Returning  in  i8()0  to 
.Monctnn.  I'.e  assumed  the  charge  of  his 
father's  many  enterprises,  and  at  the  same 
time  opened  a  hook  and  periodical  .store.  The 
store  he  con,lucted  most  .successfiilh-  until 
1894,  when  he  s(dd  out  to  his  brother, 
Middleton  li.  Jones,  in  order  that  he  might 
devote   his   entire   time   and   attention    to   his 


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father's    business  operations,    which    he    still 
manages  with  ability. 

Mr.  Jones  married  l-jiima  J.,  tlaughter  of 
Captain  Ambrose  Snow,  of  Smithtown,  N.  H., 
ami  they  have  two  childten,  naniely:  Reijinald 
H.,  born  April  13,  1894;  and  Stanley  S., 
l)orn  December  30,  1S95.  In  politics  Mr. 
Jones  is  a  Liberal.  Both  lie  and  his  wife 
are  members  of  the   Haptist  church. 


LIVICR  JONl'.S,  a  venerable  and  re- 
spected citizen  of  Moncton,  N  H.. 
has  been  the  leading  spirit  in  the  de- 
velopment ot  tjie  real  estate  Inisiness  of  the 
town  and  tlie  promoter  of  many  of  the  indus- 
trial enterprises  that  iiave  steadily  contributetl 
to  its  growth  and  prosperity.  He  was  born  in 
Petitcodiac,  N.  M.,  Decemi)er  15,  iSji,  a  son 
of  Jacob  and  Hannah  (Corey)  Jones,  being  the 
seventh  child  in  a  family  of  nine  boys  jind 
girls,  of  whom  i)iit  one  beside  iiimself  is  now 
living  —  namely,  his  brother,  .Malcolm  Jones. 
But  little  is  known  of  iiis  grandfatiier,  Henry 
Jones,  who  was  engaged  in  agricultural  pur- 
suits in  the  Province  of  New  liiunswick  (hn- 
ing  his  entire  life. 

Mr.  lones  tirst  m.ule  his  appi'ar;ince  in 
Moncton  when  a  lad  of  eight  years,  coming 
to  "the  Bend."  as  the  |)!ace  was  then  called, 
to  speml  a  ye.ir  witii  his  ilder  sister,  Mrs. 
Bennett,  tiie  nuiher  of  Mrs.  C.  B.  Record 
and  Mrs.  J.  DeWoll  Spiiir.  He  distinctly 
remembers  the  CNistiiig  (dnclitions  o|  that 
period,  wiien,  among  tlu'  nine  or  ten  Ijuildings 
which  siifelv  housed  the  entire  pop'.ilation,  the 


one  erected  by  Christian  Trites  on  the  river 
bank,  near  the  railway  machine  shops,  was  the 
only  one  made  of  brick.  At  the  end  of  the 
year,  in  1830,  he  returned  to  Petitcodiac, 
where  he  remained  until  1839,  when  he  set- 
tled permanently  in  Moncton.  He  found  that 
"the  Bend"  had  grown  to  scmie  extent  in  his 
absence,  although  all  the  buildings,  including 
the  stores  as  well  as  the  residences,  were 
grouped  on  Steadman,  Pleasant,  Duke,  and 
Main  .Streets,  while,  with  the  e.\ception  of 
an  occasional  opening,  the  entire  west  end  of 
the  town  was  in  its  original  wildness,  a  part 
of  it  being  a  vast  swamp.  Wild  game  was 
abundant  in  the  forest,  and  the  local  sportsmen 
found  keen  enjoyment  along  tiie  river's  edge, 
in  tiie  swamp,  and  in  the  wooiis. 

Very  soon  after  coming  here  Mr.  Jones 
made  his  first  purchase  of  real  estate  by  in- 
vesting one  thousand  dollars  in  the  Crook- 
siiank  ami  Walker  property,  which  contained 
four  acres  of  land  extending  from  Main  .Street 
to  the  river,  and  including  the  landing-place, 
the  store,  and  the  old  Moncton  Hotel,  wiiieh 
is  still  standing.  'I'lic  price,  a  fair  one, 
which  then  seemed  enormous,  woidd  now 
scarce  i)uy  a  frontage  of  fifteen  feet  in  that 
section  of  the  city.  Mr.  Jones  con(hicted  the 
hotel  for  a  few  years  in  com|)any  with  Mr. 
James  Dunlap,  keejiing  a  i)ar,  as  w.is  tiien  cus- 
tomary in  all  puiilic  iiouses,  tiie  selling  of 
liiiuor  beiu"  as  legitimate  a   tr.ide  as   dealing 


in  groceries  or  dry  goods.  In  18.(1  lie  sold 
out  to  his  partner,  and  turned  his  .itteiition  lo 
tradiiig  and  spe.  ulating  both  in  l.uuls  and 
cattle.      in   1841    he  builtawharl    to   t. ike  the 


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place  of  the  old  lanclinj,^  above  referred  to, 
employing  Captain  hai^incri,  to  do  the  exca- 
vatinj;-,  ami  Timothy  Gallaj,dier  the  wood 
work,  tiie  entire  cost  being  four  hundred 
dollars. 

In  1848,  having  made  some  money  by 
former  speculations,  Mr.  Jones  made  his  first 
large  purchase  of  realty  by  buying  from  the 
late  John  Trites  eight  hundred  acres  of  land 
that  had  originally  belonged  to  the  very  first 
settlers  if  the  town,  and  embraced  a  large  part 
(if  the  middle  and  west  end,  extending  from 
tiie  river  on  the  south  to  the  creek  at  the 
foot  of  the  Stephen  1  lumphrey  homestead  on 
tiie  north.  Owing  to  the  depredations  of  the 
grubs,  which  had  eaten  the  grass  from  tiie 
marshes  for  two  successive  seasons,  Mr.  Trites 
had  failed  to  receive  any  income  from  the 
land;  and  lie  offiTed  the  entire  tract,  subject 
to  a  mortgage  of  seven  hundred  pounds,  for 
two  thousand,  two  hundred  and  fifty  pounds, 
with  a  margin  of  sixteen  years  to  make  the 
payments,  (joing  then  to  the  late  Lieuten- 
ant Governor  (then  Mr.)  Chandler,  the  mort- 
gagee, .Mr.  Jones  e\pl, lined  to  him  tiie  condi- 
tions, and,  having  n:ade  satisfactory  terms 
with  him  regarding  the  payment,  to  work 
improving  the  property.  The  very  fust  year 
after  taking  ]iossession  lie  received  one  thou- 
sand dollars  for  tlie  hay  lie  raised  on  it,  and 
the  people  who  h.id  predicted  his  financial 
luin  began  to  change  their  minds.  Cieaiing 
a  sp.ice  in  the  f<uest,  in-  built  a  frame  house, 
\vliich  lie  occupied  until  tlie  con^jjlet ion  ol  his 
liresent  commodious  residence.  .Veighbors 
assisted  him  in  removing  the  trees  and  grad- 


ing   the    grou'^d,    among    them    being    Abncr 
Jones,    Robert   Wilson,    Mr.    West,    Christian 
and  Reuben  Steeves;  and  old   Mr.  Flocks  and 
Gesncr  Harris  did  the  carpentering.      Of  all 
these  people,  once  prominent  at  "the  Bend," 
not  one  is  now  living. 
j       A  few  years  later,  perhaps  forty  years  ago, 
!  Mr.    Jones,    while   quite    sick    with    malarial 
I  fever,    set  a  gang  of  men   to  work,  under  the 
I  supervision  of  the  late   Montgomery  Stewart, 
on    the    opening    of    Ilighfield,      llonaccord, 
High,  and  other  streets  in  that   locality  to  the 
Mountain  Road.     The  prospect  of  the  land  in 
that  vicinity  ever  being  required  for  building 
purposes   was   then   very   dubious,  and  people 
said   that   Mr.  Jones's  illness  had  affected  his 
mind,    otherwise    he    would    ne\er    have   con- 
ceived  sucn    a   jiroject.      The   opening  of  the 
streets,  however,  proved  of  inestnr.able  bene- 
I  fit,    the   draining  of    the    swamp   n-.aking    tlie 
land    available    for    farming;    and    his   subse- 
;  quent  sales  of  land  have  provetl  the  wisdom  of 
'  ins  daring  venture.      1  le  was  tor  several  years 
1  associated    witli   man\'   of   the   most    extensive 
real    estate    transactions   of    Monctnii,    liaving 
alwaws  been  ready  to  sell   on  a  rising  market, 
but   is  not   now    a  very  large  holder  of  land, 
!  though  he  is  indirectly  interested  in  many  es- 
tates. 

Mr.  Junes  lias  also  been  identified  with 
many  other  enterprises  of  value  to  the  town. 
In  iSdo  he  began  the  manutacture  of  a  soap 
which  acquired  a  wide  reputation  for  its  su- 
!  perior  qualities  and  at  the  Sussex  exhibition 
won  the  first  prize.  He  afterward  established 
a  soapery,  which   w.is   successfully   conducted 


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by  tlic  late  \V.  S.  Toricy  for  a  mimber  of 
years.  He  was  also  the  prime  mover  in  the 
establishment  of  the  Westmorland  Hank;  and 
he  accompanied  the  late  Patrick  Kin--  to  St. 
John  to  secure  the  thirty  thou.sand  dollars  in 
{;old  with  which  the  bank  was  capitalized, 
yoinj;-  just  after  a  heavy  freshet,  when  the 
roads  were  so  flooded  that,  but  for  the  careful- 
ness of  the  driver  and  ^Ir.  Jones's  jirecaution 
to  have  the  box  containing;-  the  money  fastened 
into  the  waj^on  with  a  heavy  cord,  the  jjold 
would  have  been  lost  in  the  mij;hty  torrent  of 
waters. 

In  1862,  after  the  disastrous  failure  of  the 
Salters,  extensive  ship-ljuilders,  Mr.  Jones, 
in  order  to  protect  himself,  continued  the  in- 
dustry for  a  while  on  his  own  account,  bein^- 
associated  with  the  late  Governor  Chandler. 
Kmpioyinj;  W.  II.  T.  Sumner,  Abner  Jones, 
and  A.  McKay  as  builders,  he  and  his  asso- 
ciates in  the  short  space  of  a  year  and  a  half 
had  completed  three  twelve-hundred-ton  ships, 
the  "John  Hupyan,"  the  "  i;iiz,d)eth  Kate," 
and  the  "  llxcelsior, "'  and  also  three  smaller 
ves.sels.  After  retiring'  from  the  ship-build- 
in;;-  business  Mr.  Jones  devoted  himself  al- 
most entirely  to  priv;ite  b;inkinj;  and  money 
loanini,^  cairyin,-  on  a  very  successful  llnan- 
cial  business  until  relieved  from  care  and 
worry  by  his  sou,  .Andrrw  II.  lones,  who  now 
assumes  all  responsibilities  i-onnectcd  with 
the  various  enterprises  in  which  he  is  inter- 
ested. Ill  politics  he  is  independent,  ami  at 
one  timeservi'd  as  .Mavor  ol  Mont  ton.  In  his 
religious  belief  he  is  a  I  i.uUist.  I  I  e  rcjutributed 
l,ir;;ely  towa.-d  the  luiildini;  of  the    h'irst    li.ij)- 


ti;t  Church,  and  was  subsequently  a  generous 
giver  toward  the  e.-ection  of  the  edifice  occu- 
pied by  the  Free  Baptists. 

Mr.  Jones  tirst  married  Mlizabcth  .Steeves, 
who  bore  him  four  children,  of  whom  Dr. 
Lemuel  !•".  Jones  is  the  (uily  siuvivor.  liy 
his  second  wife,  Kate  Simpson,  he  had  si.x 
children,  of  whom  but  one  is  living,  ICmily 
A.,  wife  of  John  S.  Trites,  of  Sus.sex,  N.  H. 
Of  his  union  with  i:iizabetb  J.  Heer,  his  pres- 
ent wife,  eleven  children  have  been  born,  and 
of  these  five  are  living,  namely:  Andrew  II., 
of  whom  a  brief  sketch  may  be  found  else- 
where in  this  volume;  Gurney  R.,  who  mar- 
ried Alice  Trice,  and  has  three  children  — 
Randolph,  Nelly,  and  an  infant  son;  Middle- 
ton  H. ,  who  married  Clara  McMurray,  and 
has  one  child,  Vernon.  Hessie  J.  ;  and  Char- 
lotte ().  Mrs.  Jones  is  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  church. 


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II.I.IA.M  HARNIIIl.I,,  of  Fairville, 
was  boi-n  at  Truro,  N.  .S. ,  March  6, 
1 827.  In  May,  1X47,  h^.•  eame  to  St.  John 
and  entered  the  employ  of  his  eldest  brother, 
Alexander  Harnhill,  lumberman,  at  the  hitter's 
mill  at  Tleasant  Toint,  in  which  position  he 
continued  until  b'ebruary,  1  ,S'6,S.  (  )n  the  ^1 
of  l''ebrnary,  iSij.S,  with  his  wife  and  familv 
and  several  relativi-s,  he  sailed  from  Si.  lohn 
in  the  banpientine  ■■Helen,"'  bound  lor 
W'anganui.  \ew  /.eal.ind,  intending  to  t,d<e 
up  his  residence  there.  After  spending  a  few 
months  in  Wangauui,  and  visiting  Welling- 
ton  and    sevrr.il    other   of    the    then    priucip.il 


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business  places  of  the  colony,  the  entire  party 
beinfi  disappointed  witli  the  business  prospects 
and  dissatisfied  with  the  climate,  returned  to 
New  Hrunswicl<,  arriving  in  St.  John  on  De- 
cember 23,  1.S6S.  In  March,  1869,  Mr.  Harn- 
hill  entered  into  partnership  with  Mr.  Will- 
iam H.  Long,  and  acquired  the  Marble  Cove 
Lumber  Mill  at  the  Falls  .St.  John,  N.R, 
which  was  enlarged  and  operated  by  the  firm 
until  the  deatli  of  Mr.  Long  in  1878.  The 
business  was  thereafter  continued  by  Mr. 
IJarnhill  and  Mr.  William  11.  Murray  (who 
had  for  several  years  been  a  silent  partner) 
until  April,  1881,  when  Mr.  Harnhill  retired 
from  active  business  and  '•emoved  to  I'airville 
in  the  parish  of  Lancaster,  where  he  now  re- 
sides. He  retains  his  connection  with  sev- 
eral corporations,  including  the  St.  John  Rail- 
way Company,  of  which  be  has  for  several 
years  been  a  director,  and  is  also  interested  in 
shipping. 

He  married  January  31,  \  n.  1S61,  Mary 
]■;.,  eldest  daughter  of  Ceorge  S.  Baker,  for 
many  years  ,1  prominent  lumberman  and  mill- 
owner  (if  .St.  John  (  \ewcoml)"s  (ienealogical 
Recortl).  Tiiev  iiave  two  sons:  William 
b'rederick  Harnhill,  of  b'airville,  lumberman, 
born  neci'inber  [4,  1861,  now  and  for  several 
vears  \\\st  one  of  the  ropresent.it ives  tor  the 
parish  of  I,aii'.';istcr  in  tlie  Municiiial  C'ouncil 
(if  the  city  and  county  of  St.  John;  and  Alex- 
ander i'erley  Uarnhill,  I!.  A.  (Mt.  A.  "85), 
of  St.  John,  barrister  at  law,  horn  May  2;, 
1863. 

TIk'     following    record    of    the    family    is 
"iven    in    the     Historical     and    Genealogical 


Record  compiled  by  Thomas  Miller.     Robert 
Harnhill,   a  native  of    Ireland    but  of    Scotch 
descent,   arrived    at    what    is    now    known    as 
McNabs     Island,    Halifa.x,    N..S.,    October  (j, 
1761,  in  the  shiji   "Hopewell"  from  Donegal, 
Ireland.      In    the    spring  of    1762    he  settled 
at    Chiganois,    N.  .S. ,   and    became  one  of  the 
grantees    of    the    township    of    Londonderry, 
John,    eldest   son  of   Robert,    born'  in   Ireland 
in    1730,   and    his    wife,    Letitia   Deyarmond, 
were    also    passengers    on     the    "Hopewell." 
Alexander,   second   son  of   John  and    Letitia, 
was  born  in  1765.  and  in    1787  married  Alice, 
daughter     of     Robert     and     Lsther     Hunter. 
John,    second,    son   of    Alexander  and   Alice, 
was  born  August  5,  1791,  and  married  in  1817 
the   second    daughter    of    William    and    Mary 
Joyce.      They  were  the   parents   of   four  sons 
and  three  daughters.      The  sons  were:  Alex- 
ander  Marnhill,    of    St.    John,    X.U.,    lumber- 
man; John   Harnhill,    of  Toronto,    Ont. ,  mer- 
chant: William   Harnhill,    of   St.    lohn,  N.  H., 
lumberman;    and    Robert    Harnhill,   of  Truro, 
N.S.,   farnur.       Of  these,   William    Harnhill, 
the  subject  of  the  foregoing  record,  is  the  only 
one  now  living. 


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Di:ON  KNIC.HT  I'KLSCOTT,  for 
\P'J_  nuuu'  \eais  prominently  identified 
with  the  hunber  and  real  estate  interests  of 
New  Hrunswick,  was  born  in  rennfield,  Char- 
lotte County,  X.H. ,  on  the  twelfth  day  of  h'eb- 
ruarv,  i8ji.  1  lis  mother's  maiden  name  was 
Sarah  Knigiil.  He  followed  the  lumber  busi- 
ness  successfully    in    the    Hela    River  district 


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from  his  tuiirtcfiitli  year  until  lie  was  forty- 
five,  when  he  retired  with  a  competency  and 
removed  to  St.  J(,hn.  Here  lie  enjoyed  the 
fruits  of  his  laljor,  and  invested  to  a  consider- 
able extent  in  rea'  estate.  He  spent  much 
time  in  readin-,  and  was  renKukably  well  in- 
formed on  all  public  questions  and  live  issues. 
He  was  a  director  in  the  old  Commercial  Hank, 
but  led  a  cjuiet  life  after  his  retirement  from 
business. 

Mr.  I'rescott  first  married  a  IVIiss  ]]onh- 
wreti),  who  was  born  in  Scotland.  IW  her  he 
had  one  dau.nhter,  who  is  now  the  widow  of 
the  late  Georj^e  Ritchie,  of  Halifa.v,  X.  S. 
The  first  Mrs.  I'rescott  died  in  1872;  and  Mr. 
I'rescott  was  subsequently  married  to  Miss 
Helen  Maria  Herrynian,  a  dauj,diter  of  the  late 
John  JJerryman,  of  St.  John. 

Mr.  I'rescott  was  an  attendant  of  the  liajitist 
church.  His  death  occurred  on  .April  19, 
1891.  He  was  a  man  of  larj^e  physique  and  ' 
fine  ajipearanee.  Courteous  and  kindlv,  he 
won  the  respect  and  affection  of  all  who  knew 
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(^OHX  I-:,  McI.ALC.HI.IX,  a  prominent 
dry-,:;(iuds  and  clothing-  dealer  of  Wood- 
stock, N.H. ,  was  born  lliere,  December 
13,  1S49,  a  son  of  the  late  James  McLau-hlin. 
His  i)aternal  .i^^andfatiicr,  John  Mcl.auglilin, 
was  born  in  Ireland  in  the  latter  part  of  the 
last  century,  and  until  well  aloni;-  in  lite  w:is 
a  county  surveyor  in  the  old  countr\.  He 
was  well  educated,  and  a  noted  mathematician 
in  his  day.      He  emigrated   with  his  familv  to 


New  JJrunswick,  coming  at  the  same  time  that 
his  son  James  did,  and  for  .several  years  after- 
ward conducted  a  private  schocd  in  h'rederic- 
ton.  While  there  he  i)ublished  problems  in 
the  local  iiaper  that  the  professors  of  the  uni- 
versity could  not  .solve,  and  Liter  he  published 
correct  solutions  of  the  same. 

James   McLaughlin    was   born   at   Xewtown- 
IJmavadi,   Ireland,  in    1S04.      He   received   an 
excellent   education,  and    followed   the   jjrofes- 
sion  of  surveying  until  coming  to  New  l^runs- 
wick.      He   settled    in    Queens  County,    where 
he    taught    school    for  a   few  years,    and    then 
came  to  Woodstock  to  assume  the  position   of 
editor  and  manager  of  the  Tchonipli,  which   he 
ably  managed  for  ten  years.      He  subsequently 
taught  school    in  Woodstock   until   he  was   ap- 
pointed  School    Inspector  of    the    counties    of 
York,  Carleton,  Sunbury,  and  \'ictoria,  a  posi- 
tion   for  which    he   was   eminently   fitted,   and 
which  he  held   until   comiielled   on   account  of 
tailing    health    to    resign    his   arduous  duties. 
Opening  then  a  private  school,  he   taiight   con- 
tinuously until    his  demise.      A    man   of   clear 
judgnK'in   and  good   executive  ability,  he  was 
a  trusted  and    infiuential   citi/en,  and   lor  sev- 
eral   years    prior    to    his    death    had    acted    as 
County  Treasurer.      He  was  a  member  of   the 
Meth.Klist  church.      He   married  Haniet  Case, 
"f    Morris   County,  New   Jersey,    and   of    their 
three    children    two    grew     to     mature    years, 
namely:   Harriet,  deceased;  and  lohn  V.. 

John  !■:.  McLaughlin  ac(|uired  a  i)ractical 
business  education  in  the  conuncjii  scho.ds  of 
Wood.stock,  and  then  began  his  mercantile 
career  as  a  clerk    in   the  drv-goods   store.      In 


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1876,  soon  niter  the  dcntli  nf  liis  Inrmcr  cm- 
l)loyt'r,  Mr.  McLauglilin,  in  toiiip;niy  witli 
K.  15.  Jones,  iJiirchascd  a  dry-yoods  Inisinuss, 
whic'li  they  successfully  conducted  under  the 
firm  name  of  Jones  &  Mcl.aujjhliii  for  three 
years.  In  1S79  Mr.  Mcl.auj;hlin  houj^ht  the 
interest  of  his  partner  in  the  estahlisimient, 
and  has  .since  carried  on  a  very  successful 
mercantile  business  alone,  his  trade  in  dry 
{{oods  and  clothing  being  e.Ntensive  and  profit- 
able, lie  is  well  known  throughout  the  com- 
munity as  a  trustworthy  citizen,  not  afiaid  to 
assume  responsibility  if  called  upon,  although 
he  has  refused  to  accept  a  nomination  for  the 
office  of  Mayor.  He  h.is  been  Town  Clerk, 
was  Town  Assessor  two  years,  and  fur  twelve 
years  was  a  member  of  the  Town  Council. 
lie  is  a  member  of  Woodstock  Lodge,  I-".  & 
A.  M.  ;  is  also  a  nieniher  of  the  Royal  .Ar- 
canum, Woodstock  Council,  \o.  525,  of  whicii 
he  is  I'ast  Master;  and  is  treasurer  of  the 
I'resbyterian  church,  of  which  he  is  a  valued 
member. 

Mr.  McLaughlin  married  Annie,  (l.iugiiter 
of  Moody  Maguire,  of  Woodstock  ;  and  of  the 
si.\  children  that  blessed  tiieir  union  five  are 
now  living,  namely:  lassie;  Harry;  Roy  and 
Ciuy,  twins;  and  Anna  M. 


(ffjTOIlN  Ll'WLS  l'I<:CK,  a  leading  mer- 
chant of  Hillsboro,  Albert  County; 
.\.  1?.,  is  a  man  of  good  business  knowl- 
edge and  practical  ability,  and  is  closely  iilen- 
tified  with  the  linanrial  interests  of  the  town. 
lie  was  born  July  C),   1857,  in  the  neigi>boring 


town  of  Hopewell,  a  son  of  I-Hisha  I'eck,  who 
was  the  third  in  line  of  descent  to  bear  that 
name. 

Elisha  I'eck,  first,  was  born  in  the  United 
States,  where  he  resided  until  after  the  close 
of  the  Revolutionary  War.  Heing  an  adherent 
of  the  Crown,  he  then  removed  with  other 
Loyalists  to  New  Hrunswick,  and,  settling  in 
Albert  County,  took  up  a  tract  of  land  nearly 
four  miles  in  length,  wiiich  included  the  pres- 
ent site  of  the  village  of  Albert.  He  was  one 
of  the  largest  landholders  of  the  county,  and 
became  one  of  its  foreinost  farmers.  He 
reared  eight  children,  I'^lisha  bei.ig  the  name 
given  to  his  second  son. 

Klisha  I'eck,  second,  was  born  in  Hope- 
well, where  he  engaged  e.xtensively  in  agri- 
cultural pursuits  during  his  days  of  activity, 
and  was  also  a  large  dealer  in  real  estate  in  that 
vicinity.  A  wide-awake,  energetic  man,  he 
took  a  deej)  interest  in  everything  connected 
with  local  matters,  and  for  years  was  Captain 
of  the  X'olunteer  Militia  Company  of  Hope- 
well, and  was  also  Justice  of  the  I'eace  for  a 
long  time.  In  politics  he  was  a  Conserva- 
tive. He  married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Na- 
thaniel Hrewster.  lught  of  their  children 
grew  to  adult  life,  and  two  — Judson  N.  and 
Charles  A. —  arc  yet  living.  Judson  N.  mar- 
ried Annie  Turner,  of  Dorchester,  N.B. ,  and 
has  fivechililren — -Albert,  I^lizabeth,  George, 
John,  and  Jane.  Oi  Cliarles  A.  a  biographi- 
cal sketch  may  be  found  on  anotiier  page  of 
this  volume.  Mlisha  I'eck,  second,  and  bis 
wife  were  members  of  tiie  IIoi)ewell  Baptist 
Church,  and  both  lived  to  be  well  advanced  in 


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and  he  that  of  ei};hty-scven. 

Their  son,  Elisha  I'eck,  third,  was  born  at 
the  parental  homestead  in  1823,  and  there 
spent  his  entire  life  of  sixty-six  years,  heinj; 
enf,Mged  the  greater  part  of  the  time  in  tilling 
the  soil  and  in  adding  to  the  improvements 
already  inaugurated  on  the  farm.  He  mar- 
ried Rebecca,  daughter  of  John  Lewis,  of 
Hillsboro.  She  is  now  living  on  the  home 
tarm,  an  active  woman  of  sixty-eight  years. 
She  is  a  member  of  the  Haptist  church,  and  in 
the  daily  walks  of  life  endeavors  to  live  up  to 
its  teachings.  She  bore  her  husband  seven 
children:  Alice,  wife  of  William  R.  Peck,  of 
lioston,  Mass.;  John  Lewis;  Charles  L.,  who 
married  Lucinda  Mittonc,  of  Covcrdale,  N.H., 
and  has  three  children;  William  L. ;  Annie 
R. ;   Ida;  and  Mary  K. 

John  Lewis  I'eck  attended  school    in   Hope- 
well until  he  was  fourteen  years  old,  when  he 
came  to   Hillsboro  to   live  with   his   maternal 
grandfather,  John    Lewis,  who  was  proprietor 
of  a  store  of  general   merchandise.      Hnterin"- 
the  store  as  a  clerk,  lie  remained  in  that  posi- 
tion   fourteen    years,     obtaining    a    thorough 
knowledge  of  the   business.      His  grandfather 
then  took  him   into   partnership,  and   the   firm 
name  became  John  Lewis  &   Co.      Four  years 
later    the    senior    member    of    the    firm    died. 
Mr.    I'cck    has  since    continued   the    business 
alone,   and   has   been   very  successful.      Being 
energetic  and  progressive,  and  well   versed   in 
finance,  Mr.   Peck   established  a  private  bank- 
ing  concern    in    Hillsboro    on    November    i, 
1897.  ai.     this   he   is  conducting  in   conjunc- 


tion with  his  other  interests.  He  isa  hard- 
working man,  self-made  in  every  respect, 
owing  his  present  prosperity  entirely  to  his 
own  enterprise  and  effort.  Politically,  he  is 
a  firm  supjiorter  of  the  Conservative  i)rinci- 
ples.  I'raternally,  he  is  a  Mason,  belonging 
to  Howard  Lodge,  No.  15,  V.  &  A.  M.,  of 
Hillsboro,  N.  U.,  and  is  also  a  member  of  the 
A.  O.  F.  of  Hillsboro. 

Mr.  Peck  and  Minnie  F.,  daughter  of  Chip- 
man  JJishop,  of  Hillsboro,  were  married  on 
August  27,  1885,  and  they  have  three  chil- 
dren—Mary H.,  George  IJ.,  and  Flora  J5. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Peck  are  both  members  of  the 
Haptist  church. 


RTIll'R  H.  MAC  LKAX,  (,f  the  A.  H. 
Mac  Lean  Conip  uiy,  St.  Jolin,  was 
lorn  in  iMcdericlon,  X.  11,  in  1857, 
son  (if  Lauchlauand  .Sojiina  (Marsh)  Mae  Lean. 
His  Internal  grandfather  was  Captain  Jolm 
Mac  Lean,  a  .Scotchman  wlio  emigrated  to  New 
Brunswick  and  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  at 
(iraiul  Lake,  where  lie  engaged  in  farming. 
C  ajitain  Mac  Lean  was  a  pnmiinent  man  in 
that  locality  in  his  day,  serving  as  a  magis- 
trate for  a  number  of  years  aUvl  as  an  officer  in 
the  militia.  He  I  ived  to  the  advauied  age  of 
ninet_\-se\'en  years. 

Lauchlan  Mae  Lean,  .\rthiir  li.  .Mae  Lean's 
father,  came  to  St.  Joim  .  ;■  ,1'  .  young  nia'i, 
and  engaged  in  the  oh.,l;sale  ur  business. 
l-'rom  St.  John  he  went  to  Portland,  .Me., 
where  he  carried  on  a  wholesale  boot  and  shoe 
business  for  eight  years,  or  until  his  store  was 


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swept  away  in  the  disastrous  fire  of  iSfif), 
which  consumed  the  entire  business  portion  of 
that  city.  Retuminj;-  then  to  New  Hrunswicl<, 
he  spent  the  rest  of  his  life  upon  a  farm  in 
Sussex,  Kin^s  County,  i.aueiilan  Mae  Lean 
married  Miss  Marsh,  ilauyhter  of  the  late  John 
I,.  Marsh,  of  Frederictun.  They  had  (our 
children,  namely:  Colonel  II.  11.  Mac  Lean, 
barrister,  St.  John;  Arthur  K,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch;  Maud,  who  resides  in  Cambrid};c, 
Mass.;  and  Charles  Herbert,  president  and 
manaijer  of  the  Merchants'  Ivxchan^e,  Toledo, 
Ohio. 

Arthur  H.  Mac  Lean  was  educated  in  the 
schools  of  I'ledericton,  \.U.,  and  Tortland, 
Me.  His  business  trainiuj^  was  begun  with 
J.  S.  Mayo,  of  Montreal,  I'.Q.  ;  and  he  later 
entered  the  employ  of  \'.  W.  (uegory  &  Co., 
Boston,  with  whom  he  lei.iamed  until  1.S95. 
In  that  year  he  purchased  their  business  in  the 
Maritime  I'mvinces,  and  established  the  A.  1^ 
Mac  Lean  Company,  dealers  in  steamship, 
railway,  and  mill  sujiplies,  and  proprietors  of 
the  "  Lxcelsior  "  brand  <if  marine  engine  and 
cylinder  oils.  They  are  also  agents  for  the 
Boston  Belting  Company's  rubber  goods,  the 
Knowles  &  Blake  slcam-pumi)s,  and  are  carry- 
ing on  an  extensive  business.  This  concern 
has  liranch  oflices  in  Boston  and  New  \'ork. 

Mr.  Mac  Lean  married  Alice  Canong, 
daughter  of  John  L.  Canong,  of  St.  John.  Of 
this  union  were  born  two  children— .Sadie  May 
and  John  luiward.  'I'iie  son  died  at  the  age  of 
five  years  and  six  months.  Mrs.  Mac  Lean 
died  September  19,   1896. 

Although    he   has    resideii    in    St.    Joiui    but 


a  short  time,  Mr.  Mac  Lean  has  alreadv  be- 
come a  prominent  factor  in  the  business  ter- 
ests  of  the  city,  and  is  a  member  of  the  ooard 
of  Trade.  He  belongs  to  Albion  Lodge, 
I".  A.  M.  ;  Carlton  Chapter,  Royal  Arch 
Masons;  St.  John  Commandery,  Knights  Tem- 
plar; and  Kora  Temple  of  the  Mystic  Shrine, 
Lewiston,  Me. 


IlARLh'.S  W.  CiKORC.i:,  a  well-known 
and  able  agriculturist  of  .Sackville, 
.\.B. ,  was  born  .\pril  24,  1839,  on 
the  homestead  where  he  now  lives,  anil  on 
which  his  widowed  mother,  Mrs.  Klizabeth 
b'awcett  George,  has  resiiled  since  tlu  ilay  of 
her  birth,  October  24,  1810.  Mr.  Cicorge's 
father,  the  late  James  Ceorge,  was  born  at 
a  small  hamlet  on  the  St.  John  River,  New 
Brunswick,  being  a  son  of  Peter  George,  who 
was  born  and  reared  in  Scotland.  l-"urther 
[larental  and  ancestral  history  is  given  in  con- 
nection with  the  sketch  of  William  i".  George, 
a  biother  of  Charles  W. ,  on  another  page  of 
this  work. 

Charles  \V.  George  was  the  third  child  and 
second  son  of  the  parental  household.  In  com- 
nvm  with  his  brother-,  and  sisters,  he  receiveil 
an  excellent  education,  being  for  some  time  a 
student  in  tlie  Mount  Allison  Academy,  Sack- 
ville. Becoming  greatly  interested  in  agri- 
cultural innsuits  when  he  was  young,  he 
continued  his  residence  at  the  ok!  homestead, 
which  was  originally  ownetl  by  his  grandfather, 
William  I'awcett ;  and  since  the  death  of  his 
father   in    188 J   he   has   luni    its  entire   charge. 


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His  lai-m,  which  :s  well  improved  and  well 
stocked,  contains  about  sixty  acres  of  upland, 
a  large  tract  of  timber  land,  and  a  hundred 
acres  of  marsh,  from  which  h.>  j^^athers  large 
crops  of  hay  each  season.  A  man  of  wise 
jiulgment.  eminently  iracticaj  and  eneroctic, 
he  is  on.'  of  the  ijromniont  farmers  of  ti;e  com- 
munity in  which  he  lives,  and  is  held  in  high 
re,i;ard  as  a  man  an  I  as  a  citizen. 

Mr.  George   has   been    twice   ma-ried.      His 
hrst    wife,    whose    maiilen    name    wis    L'attie 
Coburn,  died  in  early  womanhood,  leaving  one 
'-'liild,  Ifattie,  who  i.,  now  the  wife  of  V'ilbur 
Turner,   of   Port    Klgi„.    \.j{,,    and   has   three 
children  — Herbert,     lAzne,     and      Margaret. 
-Mr.  George  afterward   married   I':ii/abet]i   lUir- 
pee,    by   whom    he   has   six   children;    namely, 
Ivdgar    ]{.,    Clarence   J,,  Amelia    M.,    Charles 
Ashley,  Chesley  C,  and  Margaret  K.      In  p,.l- 
itics  Air.  Geo.g:  is  a  Liberal,  but  is  not  active 
in  party  matters.      He  and  all   the  memjiers  of 
his  family  belong  to  the  Methodist  church. 


-O.SIAH  h()\\l.h;k,  manufacturer  of  car- 
riage-building  materials,  St.  John,  and 
a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War  in  the 
I'nited  .States,  was  born  in  i'rench  Milage, 
Kings  C.iunty,  N  H. ,  N'nvcniber  24,  1X57. 
His  father  was  J,,siah  l-,,wlcr,  a  fanner,  and 
his  grandfather.  Gabriel  fowler,  who  came  j 
from  New  ^'ork  to  Xew  lirunswicl<  with  other  \ 
Loyalists  in   17S  .;.  1 

When  sixteen  _\ears  old,  young  luwler  left 
his  lather's  f.iiin  and  went  to  W. tip,,],.,  .M.rss., 
where  he   tound   employnient    in   a   siiovel   and 


axle  factory.  At  the  breaking  out  of  the  Re- 
bellion he  took  sides  with  the  North,  and  en- 
listed in  the  I'orty-fourth  Regiment,  Mas.sa- 
chusetts  Volunteer  Infantry,  with  which  he 
served  until  honorably  discharged  in  1S64. 
Coming  to  .St.  John,  he  established  him.self  as 
a  manufacturer  of  spri-igs  and  axles  and  edge- 
tooLs,  a  business  which  he  is  .still  carrying  on 
successfully,  employing  an  average  I'orce  of 
thirty  workmen. 

In  ,-^6^  Mr.   I'owler  was  joined   in  marriage 
with   I'ersis  M.  Blake,  his  first   wile,  who   v.as 
a    n,ative   of    I'ranklin,    IMa.s.s.       .She    died    in 
1877,  leaving  one  daughter,  Idclla  M.,  who   is 
now    the    wile   of   A.  J).  Jjarlier,    u(   St.  John. 
In  1 889  he  married   for  iiis  .second  wile  .\miie 
R.    Rankin,    daughter    of    Alexander    Rankin, 
formerly   .,f    the   tirm    of    T.   Rankin    &    .Sons. 
The    children   of  this    union   are:    lilanchard, 
(iieta.    Aline,    Andrew    li  ,    and    Ronal-i     R. 
i'"owler. 

.Mr.  I'owler  belongs  to  the  .Mas.Miic  order 
a.id  tlie  .Sons  of  Temperance,  lie  is  a  meni- 
l)er  of  the  Congregational  ciunvli.  Iiis  busi- 
iiess  ability  has  enabled  bini  to  a.c|uiie  .1 
linancial  success,  and  a>  a  citi/en  be  is  lii-ldy 
esteemed  for  his  many  sterling  (pialities. 


().\.     Ron  KIM       MAkSllAl.l,,     a 

proniincnt  iiisur.ince  man  di  St. 
John,  \.H.,  was  born  in  I'ictou 
County,  \„va  Scoti.,,  April  27.  i.S.u',  a  s,m 
of  Alexamler  McNaughton  .Marshall  and  his 
wife,  h;ii/.d,eth  Crockett,  grand-d.iught.'r  of 
James    Johnson,    of     Tmro,     .\,  S.      He     is     .1 


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40s 


^rreat-grandson  of  Robert  Marshall,  Esq., 
generally  known  as  Deacon  Marshall,  who 
emigrated  from  Dumfries,  Scotland,  to  I'ic- 
tou,  N.S.,  in  1773.  On  August  26,  1783, 
Deacon  Robert  Marshall  received  a  grant  of 
three  hundred  and  fifty  acres  of  land  at  Mid- 
dle River,  in  I'ictou  County,  Nova  Scotia. 
John  Crockett,  of  Dumfries,  Scotland,  who 
emigrated  to  I'ictou,  N.S.,  in  1783,  and  who 
was  the  maternal  grandfather  of  the  subject 
of  tiiis  sketch,  reccMved  at  tlie  same  time  a 
grant  of  five  hundred  acres  of  land,  also  in  the 
county  of  I'ictou,  N.S. 

The  Johnson  branch  of  tiie  family  emigrated 
in  1756  from  Londonderry,  Ireland,  to  New 
Hampshire.  James  Johnson,  Mr.  MarshalTs 
great-grandfather,  in  1761  removed  from  New 
I'.ngland  to  Truro,  N.S.,  and  became  a  sharer 
in  a  land  grant  of  eighty  thousand  acres 
divided  among  about  seventy  settlers,  all  from 
the  New  I'Ingland  States.  This  grant  included 
the  wliole  township  of  Truro.  The  names  of 
James  and  John  Johnson  appear  in  a  record  of 
the  grant,  signed  by  Governor  Wilmot. 

Robert  Marshall  was  educated  in  the 
grammar  scliool  at  Cliathain,  N.H.  He  was 
subsequently  employed  as  an  accountant  and 
confidential  clerk  by  the  well-known  mercan- 
tile, lumbering,  and  ship-building  firm  of 
Johnson  &  Mackie,  of  Chatham,  Miraniichi. 
Ill  the  nionti)  of  April,  1S50,  he  removed  to 
St.  lolin,  having  been  appointed  accoiiutant'of 
the  now  Intercolonial  Railway,  then  known 
,is  ihe  l'",nroinMii  i^  North  American  Railway. 
Wiiile  holding  this  (losition  he  organized  a 
system   of    returns  and   accounts,    prepared   as 


the  result  of  a  personal  inspection  of  the  vari- 
ous systems,   then  prevailing,  of  railways  in 
the  United  States  and  Western  Canada.     In 
1866   he   established   in   St.    John   a   general 
agency  for   fire,    life,    and   mar'ne    insurance, 
and    now    represents    at    61    Prince    William 
Street,    Imperial    Building,    St.    John,    N.B., 
the  Mutual   Life   Insurance  Company  of  New 
York,  as  agent  and  cashier.     This  company, 
of  which  Jacob  A.  Johnson,  Lsq.,  of  Halifax, 
N.  S. ,   is  general  manager   for  the    Maritime 
Provinces  of  Canada,  and  also  for  the  colony 
of  Newfoundland,    is  the   largest   mutual   life 
insurance   company  known   to  history.      It    is 
the  largest  insurance  corporation  in  the  world, 
with  assets  exceeding  two  hundred  and  ninety 
million  dollars,  and  has  taken   first   rank  as  a 
life  insurance  and   bond   investment  company 
in  Canada. 

Mr.  Marshall  is  secretary  and  treasurer  of 
the  New  Hrunswick  Sanatorium,  and  is  also  a 
Notary  I'ublic  for  the  province  and  Justice  of 
the  Peace  of  the  county  of  Kings  and  of  the 
city  and  county  of  St.  J  hn,  being  the  only 
dual  magistrate  in  tiie  province.  He  is  tlie 
author  of  several  paiiers,  among  them  one  on 
the  subject  of  tlie  "Canadian  .System  of  Clas- 
sification and  Inspection  of  Shipping,"  186S, 
several  suggestions  contained  in  which  were 
acted  iqion  iiy  the  Dominion  go\'ermiient ;  one 
on  the  subject  of  "  Det-k  Loads,"  which  re- 
ceived consideration  by  the  Dominion  ministry, 
and  on  the  recommendation  of  l-'arl  Kiniberly 
sever.d  suggestions  contained  in  wiiich  have 
since  incii  made  statutory;  a  paper  on  "l'"iie 
and  Life  Insurance,"  read  at  Ottawa   in    1S-5, 


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406 


lilOGRAlMIKAL    REVIEW 


while  chairman  of  a  committee  of  the  ]:)omin- 
ion  Hoard  of  Trade;  and  one  in  187J.,  also 
read  before  the  Dominion  Hoard  of  Trade,  at 
Ottawa,  on  the  subject  of  "Canadian  Tonnage 
and  riimsoll's  Hill,"  in  which  he  claimed  for 
tile  i)ort  of  St.  John,  N.H.,  at  that  time  the 
lourth  place  in  gross  amount  of  tonnage,  and 
more  tonnage,  measured  by  jiopulation,  than 
any  other  [lort  in  the  liritlsh  I-jiipire.  Mr. 
Marshall  was  in  1879  a  member  of  the  first 
Hoard  of  Commissioners  of  the  present  Pro- 
vincial Kxhibition  Organization  of  St.  John. 

Mr.  Marshall  married  first  September  27, 
1.S55,  Anna  Matilda,  daughter  of  the  late 
Creorge  Henderson,  Ivsc]..  merchant,  ol  New- 
castle, .Miramichi.  She  died  at  Chatham, 
Miramichi,  in  1856.  He  married  for  his  sec- 
ond wife,  June  16,  186,^,  Charlotte  Neill, 
daughter  of  the  late  Captain  Thomas  Rees,  of 
St.  John,  \.]5.,  anci  grantl-daughter  of  Jame.s 
Shand,  I';s(|.,  of  Afontrose.  County  .Aberdeen, 
.Scotland. 

Mr.  Marshall  is  an  ex-Commissioner  of  the 
General  Public  Hospital  of  St.  John,  ex- 
chairman  of  the  commissioners  of  the  abattoir 
for  city  and  county  of  St.  John,  a  director  ' 
and  life  member  )f  the  Highland  Society  of 
New  Hrunswick;  trustee  of  St.  Andrew's  Pres- 
byterian Cluirch  of  St.  John;  director  of  the 
Protestant  Orphan  Asylum  of  St.  John,  I'irst 
Lieutenant  of  the  Second  Hattalion  of  the  St. 
John  Light  Infantry,  a  life  member  of  the 
\.  .^L  C.  A.  of  St.  John,  and  ex-presidcnt 
of  St.  Andrew's  Society  of  St.  [ohn.  A 
prominent  !'"rcc  ^rason,  he  w.is  created  on 
June  4,    1870,    a   Sovereign   (ir.md    Inspeitor- 


general,    or    thirty-third    degree    Mason,    by 
Supreme  Council  of  the  Scottish  Rite  of  Eng- 
land.     He  is  a  director  of  the  New  Hrunswick 
Masonic     Hall     Company,     and     assisted     in 
tounding  the  higher  grades  of   Free   Masonry 
throughout    the    province.        He    at    present 
ranks  as   follows:  Past   Grand   Master,  Grand 
Lodge    of     New    Hri::-..swick ;     Past     Deputy 
Grand    High    Priest,   Grand  Chapter  of   New 
f  l^runswick:    i'ast    Provincial    Prior  Sovereign, 
Great     Priory    of    Canada;     I'ast    Lieutenant 
Grand  Commander,  A.  &  A.  S.  Rite,  Canada; 
Grand  Cross  of  the  Red  Cross,  Rome  and  Con- 
i  stantine;    Ini|)erial  Grand  Council  of  I'jigland; 
i'rov.  J.  G.  Warden,  Royal  Order  of  Scotland; 
,   Kora  Temple,  A.  A.  ().  M.  S.,  Order  Kastcrn 
Star;   Swedenborgian     Rite,    and    at    present 
:  holds   the   jwsitions   of    Most   Puissant  Grand 
Master  of  the  Supreme  (irand   Council  of  the 
j  Cryptic  Rite  of  Free  Masonry  of  the  ALiritime 
Provinces  of    C';inada,    whose    Grand    is    Fast 
at   the  city  of  St.   John.  N.H.      Mr.   ALirshall 
IS    also    an     Orangeman    and    a    member  of 
i'ioneers"    Lodge  of    Odd    Fellows. 

In  1S74  Mr.  Marshall  offered  as  an  in- 
dependent candidate  tor  the  city  ol  St.  John 
on  a  platform,  peculiarly  his  own,  holding 
that  in  the  New  Hrunswick  school  law,  with- 
out destroying  the  princi|)le  of  non-sectarian 
tree  schools,  modillcatioiis  might  be  made 
which,  while  doing  n,,  wrong  to  Protestants, 
would  be  acceptable  to  the  Roman  Catholic 
portion  of  the  commimity.  On  this  issue  he 
w.is  defeated,  but  in  1876  he  was  elected,  and 
then  the  very  moditications  |)ro|)osed  and  recom- 
mended by  him  were   nuide,  resulting    in   ■■•en- 


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407 


tral  harmony,  provin;,'  satisfactory,  in  general, 
to  both   Catholics  anil   Protestants.     In    1876 
Mr.    Marshall   was   elected   to   the    Provincial 
Legislature,  Init  owing  to  a  contest  over  the 
election  he  resigned  his  seat.     He  was  at  once 
re-elected   by  acclamation,    and    he    was    also 
elected  for  a  second  term   of   four  years,  and 
was  a  memiier  of  the  l'"raser-Wedderburn  gov- 
ernment  of  the   Province   of   New   Hrunswick 
until  his  retirement  from  jiolitics    in   the   year 
1882.      In  the  year  1881   the   Prince  of    \Vale'; 
created   the   Hon.    Robert   Marshall   by  patent 
a  Knight  Commander  of  the  Temple.     Of  this 
order  Her   Majesty,  the  (Jiieen,  is  (irand   Pa- 
tron.     Mr.  Marshall   was  treasurer  in  1865  of 
the  Confederation  Association  of  New  Bruns- 
wick, located  at  the  city  of  .St.  John,  James  R. 
Ruel,  Esq.,   present   Collector  of   Customs   of 
the  city  of  .St.    John,    N.  H.,  being  president. 
He  took  an  active  and  determined  part  in  the 
elections  of    1865  and  of  1866,  which  brought 
about    the  Confederation    of   1867.      .Mr.  Mar- 
shall is  a  Liberal  of  the  Joseph  Howe,  Tilley, 
and    Fisiicr  school    of    politics   who  aimed   at 
resi)onsible  government   by  the  people  for  the 

people. 

. «.••»*- 

OHJ.RT  COLPITTS,  a  prosperous  and 
|irngressive  agiicultui  i>t  of  Coverdale, 
AMhtI  Ctiuntv,  X.H. ,  was  horn  June 
J,  1 8^(1,  on  the  faiin  which  he  "ow  ociupies. 
lie  is  a  soil  of  the  late  La/arus  Colpitis. 

William  Ccdpitls,  iMthcr  ol  La/arus,  was 
born  in  Newcastle,  l''.ni;laiul,  wIriuc  he  emi- 
grated with  his  parents  to  New  liruuswick. 
lie   sulisetiuentlv   settled    in    Coverd;ile,  where 


he  cleared  and  improved  a  homestead,  on  which 
he  lived  and  labored  until  his  death.  .Soon 
after  taking  up  his  abode  in  Coverdale,  he 
married  Elizabeth  Cummings,  who  was  born 
in  Ciermany.  They  became  the  parents  of 
seven  children,  of  whom  Lazarus  was  the  third 
in  orch'r  of  birth. 

Lazarus  Colpitts  was  born  on  the  home  farm 
and  was  there  trained  to  farming  pursuits. 
Learning  the  trades  of  taiuier  and  shoemaker, 
h"  worked  at  these  occupations  parts  of  each 
year,  continuing  his  residence  at  the  home- 
.stead  and  carrying  on  the  farm  successfully 
imtil  a  few  \ears  prior  to  his  death,  when  he 
retired  to  Monctou.  He  married  Jane  Col- 
pitts, a  cousin,  by  whom  he  had  five  children, 
namely:  Robert,  the  special  subject  of  this 
sketch;  William  W.  ;  John  R.  ;  Rolanil ;  and 
Hcnrv  H.  La/arus  Colpitts  ilied  at  the  age 
of  si.\ty-six  years,  and  his  widow  at  the  age  of 
seveuty-si.\  years.  Holh  wcic  mendjcrs  of  the 
Methodist  chmcb. 

Robert  Colpitts  acquired  his  early  education 
in  the  juddic  schools  of  Coverdale,  and  In.ving 
succeeded  to  the  ownership  of  the  farm  which 
his  giandfather  reclaimed  from  the  wilderness, 
and  on  which  his  fatliei's  active  years  were 
spent,  he  has  devoted  his  entire  time  to  its 
nui'.iagement.  I  K- has  ;';iveii  attention  to  vari- 
ous branches  of  general  farming,  and  has  made 
many  substantial  inq)ro\eiuents  on  the  estate. 
In  |)olitics  he  is  independent,  \oting  tor  the 
best  men  and  incisures,  iiicspcctive  ol  jiarty 
relations. 

On    March    }o.    1857,    Mr.  Colpitis  married 
Hannah    .\.    Read,    of    Monctoii,    N.H.      T'our 


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408 


BIOGRAPHICAL   REVIKW 


iliilclicn  were  born  to  tlicni,  and  three  are  now 
living;  name'".  Clifton  R.,  Robert  C,  and 
Minnie.  Mrs.  Colpitts  died  at  the  age  of 
titty-three  years.  .Sjie  was  a  true  Christian 
and  a  member  nf  the  Methodist  ehureii,  to 
wiiich  'Sly.   Ciiljiitts  also  belon;.;s. 


'OIIN  DK.W  I'L'RDV,  who  for  many 
years  was  one  of  the  leadini;  shi|)- 
owners  and  merchants  of  .St.  John,  was 
born  in  this  eit\',  (October  J9,  1817.  His 
]iarents  were  Obadiah  and  .Sarah  (Dean)  I'urdw 
His  father  was  born  in  Westchester  CoimlN-, 
.\ew  \'ork,  in  1777,  and  his  mother  in  Xew 
York  -State,   l-"ebruary  i.,,   17.S0. 

His  paternal  ,;;ranilparents,  (Gilbert  and 
I'llizabeth  (C>,i;den)  I'urdv,  were  natives  of 
Westchester  County;  aiui  thi'  former  took  an 
acti\e  part  on  the  Uritish  side  in  the  .\merican 
Revolution.  .At  the  close  of  the  war,  in  17S3, 
Cirandfather  I'urd}  came  witli  his  familv  to 
Xew  Ihunswick,  and  received  a  ^r.int  of  land 
in  .St.  Jol.n.  I. ate  in  life  he  removed  to 
I'mdy's  I'oint,  l.oni;'  iieaih,  where  he  died  in 
.\pril,  1SJ5,  aj^ed  eij;hty-li\e  years,  his  wife's 
death  occurring  Octolier  j,^,  iS^o.  at  the  a.i;e 
of  ninetw  111'  luid  ti\e  chihhcii;  naincK, 
Tlionias,  Wihnoth.  Jonathan,  Joseph,  .md  Oba- 
diah. 

()badiah  I'urdN-,  John  ])ean  I'ln'dv's  fathci', 
was  six  \e,n's  old  when  his  parents  cauK'  to  .St. 
John.  Wlien  ,1  \oung  m.in  he  en,i;a,L;ed  in  the 
lishing  industr\-,  and  later  he  became  a  pros- 
perous lish  ilealci'.  lie  (lied  iu  1 S ^i.  His 
wife,  Sarah,  whom    he   m.iiricd    No\cmber   Jn, 


I  So  I,  died  in  1856.  She  was  the  mother  of 
ten  children;  namely,  William,  John,  Henry 
Wiggins,  Louisa,  .Ann,  Obadiah,  .Sarah,  Wil- 
moth,  John  Dean,  and  Jane  I'oshay.  William, 
who  was  boin  .September  10,  i.Soj,  left  home 
and  was  never  heard  from.  John  died  in  in- 
fancy. Jfenry  Wiggins,  who  was  born  January 
i.v  iXof).  went  from  .St.  John  to  Woodstock, 
and  later  removed  to  I'urdy's  I'oint,  where  he 
engaged  in  farming  and  tanning.  He  was 
a  man  of  more  than  ordinary  intelligence. 
He  served  two  terms  in  the  House  of  Assem- 
bly of  .New  Urunswick,  and  was  an  ardent  snii- 
porter  of  the  Tory  paity.  He  died  in  St.  John, 
l-'ehiuary  1,  iS.Sg.  Louisa,  who  was  born  Xo- 
vembei'  J3,  iSoS,  married  Captain  Thomas 
Hardenbrook.  She  died  July  8,  1865.  j\nn 
was  born  January  2(),  1810,  and  died  May  .1I, 
1836.  ()badiab,  Ji.,  was  born  .August  ig, 
1812,  and  died  July  22.  188^.  He  was  asso- 
ciated in  business  with  his  brother,  Henry  W. , 
at  l'ur(l)'s  I'oint.  Sarah  was  born  .Xu^^ust  8, 
1S14,  and  died  in  infancv.  Wilmoth,  who  was 
boin  .Se[itend)ei-  3,  1815,  lesided  with  bei- 
brothers  at  I'urdy's  I'oint,  and  died  in  St. 
John,  .\ui;ust  J8,  |8();,.  J.nie  ImisIku',  who 
was  boiai  Januar\  1,  iSjo,  man  ie<l  Captain 
.\lbert  Hett>,  Detendier  j8,  1838,  and  reaicd 
thiee  sons  ami  two  daughters. 

J<ihn  Dean  I'ln-d)-  was  educated  in  St.  John. 
.At  an  eaily  age  he  began  life  as  clerk  in 
,1  mercantile  establishment,  and  later  en-aged 
in  that  line  on  his  own  account.  I  le  met  with 
sever, il  se\ere  losses  |)\  tiie,  but  In  pcise\'er- 
, nice  built  up  ,1  lai,L;c  and  pKisperous  business. 
He    w.is    inteiestcd    iu    shi]iping,   and    was    the 


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409 


lied  May  31, 
August  19, 
Ic  was  asso- 
r,  Henry  W. , 
n  Aui;ust  iS, 
Kitli,  who  was 
.(1  witli  luT 
(lied  in  St. 
I''()sl)a\'.  who 
lied  Captain 
■I,  and    rcau'd 

in    St.    [iilin. 

as  ilcik  in 
atei-  i'nL;a,i;i'(l 
I  \v  nu't  with 
In  |)i'rst'\'tT- 
ms  Inisinc^s. 
and    was    ihc 


owner  of  a  fleet  of  vessels.  January  2S,  1.S70, 
lie  sailed  for  Liverpool  on  the  ill-fated  steamer, 
"City  of  Boston,"  and  never  returned. 


On 
lited 


1) 


eceniher     24,     1S44,     M 


l'urd\ 


in  marriage  with 


ainiah  .xnielM 


\i 


Stiek- 


ney,  daughter  of  Capt,,;-!  Samuel  Stickney,  who 
1   St.  Stephen,  \.H. ,  and  was  a  de- 


was  horn    ii 
seendant     o 


New 


ICngland    fi 


rhev  had  four  sons  and  four  daughters,  namelv 


I'. 


Iv   R 


who    was    horn 


November    1  i. 


1S45,  and  died   .\ugust   <j,   1S47;   1 


ouisa,  born 


sor,  N.  .S.,  and  after  the  death  of  his  father 
took  charge  of  his  ship[)ing  interests.  In  1882 
he  was  aiipointeil  .Shipping  ?t[aster  for  the  jiort 


)f  St.  Ji 
lennie  1) 
md    Mari 


On 


ne    19,    1873,  he   marriec 


uranl   .Sancton,  daughter  of   llei 


1', 


(1) 


manti    .Sancton. 


He    has    had 


tour  cnilciren 


M 


lurice 


M.  o.  P 


Hrunswick  .Sancton;  John  Dean 
;  and   William    H.,  Jr. 


who  died  in  infanc\-. 


till 


Septeml 


)er     I ; 


1S4; 


Mav    2; 


I S62  ; 


W 


illi 


nil    Ilenrv, 


Cieorge, 


N( 


orn    September    i  i,    1S49; 
ibcr  27,    I  S;  I,  who  resides 


.Mice  Wilnioth, 


at  VVickham,  (Jucens  t'mmty 
born  January  24,  1S54;  John  .Dean,  Jr.,  bor 
July  20,  1S57;  Maud  .M.iy,  who  was  born  Sei 
teniber   2  5,    iSdo,  and   died    lanuarv   25,    i8<')J 


1  S6j 


\Vall( 
.\1 


Oi 


lien,    who    was    horn 


JuiK 


28. 


Wilm 


ith  r 


who    niarrieil 


Leonard    Arthur    rille\-    (son    o 


f    Sir    1. 


u-d 


Tillev) 


.\l 


iSrr,,    di 


S.  C 


i'ebruarv  >'<,   iSSi,  leaving   two  children  ,  .im 


.\iken 
Idr 


Mr.  John    Dean    I'urdy's    widow,    who    s 
>urvives  and  is  residing  in  .St.  John,  is  now  in 
ler  seventv-ninth  vear. 


II.I.LA.M    H.    H.WW.XKD,   formerly 

le  of  the  leading  merchants  of  St. 

.Susse.\,  N.  B. ,  in    1829,  son 


(ihn,  was  horn  in 


of    William     D.ivid    llayward.      Reared    on    a 
farm,  he  receixed  his  education    in   the   public 


schools  of  his  native  town. 


In    1 8 -,2   he  came 


to  St.   John, 


d  cut 


ered   into  partnershi 


|)  with 


the  late  William  Warwick  as  dealer  in  crockery 


d   cl 


lina  ware,  thcii'   house   beiii 


icati. 


Laura  Ldith  11.  'I'illev  and  a  son  who  died 
in  infancv.  John  Dean  I'urdy,  Jr.,  who  is 
with   the    James    render    Company    (Limited), 


Willi 


.Street,  near  Chubhs's  Corner. 


In  nee 

The    fiiiii    continued    in    business    until    if 


Ml 


a\ward  bought  out  his  partner  aiu 


ma 


rried  November 


(1.    18SS.  Katie   bl.i   1. 


lor  seven  veais 


ll 


of  St. 


leaviiiL 


one     (lau 


■liti 


Jaiuiarv  25,    1  Sc)^, 
liiu-othv      Wilnioth 


ness   alone. 


until 


;i-eal    lire    ol     18; 


j'unlv.      W.ilter   Ogdeii    I'urdv,    who    is   secrt 


l,uv  ami  treasurer   1 


it    tin 


ender   (."0111- 


panv,  maiiied 


Mi 


one    ell  I 


Si 
Id, 


le    ilie( 


annar\'    i 
I    Mav    . 


'1,    1 


88u,   Bertha    Mav 


i8i)i, 


ilio     died     in     iiitiiu\-. 


Ii.i\in,i. 
Wi 


ilenrv  I'uiih  w.is  binnglit  up  in  St.   lolin.      lie 
w.is  educated  at   the  Collegiate  School,  W'ind- 


lereafter  conducted   the   bnsi- 
was    burned    out     in    the 
Tlien    lie   removed    to   85 
I'riiieess    .Street,    where    he    subsenuenth    con- 
ducted it,  and  where    it    is   now   carried   on    by 
his  son,  11.  1'.  Ilavwaid.      .\  man  of  exemplary 
had      eiitei  pri--c,  and  moreover  ot  ibe  strictest    iiiteg- 
j  ritv,  he  liiiill  up  the    l.irgest    tr.ide  of    its   kind 
I   in  the  .M.iritime  l'ro\inces. 


Ml 


.ivwaiii  marrieii 


.Mi 


st.i  rarlee, 


I    i[ 


l^ 


'ii;;   »: 


111!!!' 


4ro 


BIOGRAPHICAL  REVIEW 


<laiij;htcr   (if    Z: 


Rhana 


h  r 


;ulce.  (if   Sussex.  ;m<I 


of  Loyalist  (k'scent,  ami  by  tliis  iniiiMi  luul  one 
son,  Ilarvoy  1'.  Ih.y.anl.  Mr.  Ihiyuan!  was 
tiiistcc  (if  the  Centenary  Methodist  Chuivii  (if 
St.  Jdhn  f(ir  many  years.  His  death,  whieh 
oceurred  .Septendjer  3.  i.S(j,S,  was  the  result  of 
an  accident. 


tion    as    a    citv    in    i,S';«1 


resi";ne(l 


Ch, 


irles 


iNSO    to    iS.S'o,    when    h 


'isher  was  anionj;-   the   liisl    alinimi 


11 


\K\i.v  ]'.   II.ww.XNn  was  h^ 


in  .St.  John, 
■■    education 
in    the    graniniai-   sih.Hil    (if    that    citv    and    at 


.Ma 


y    -M.    1860.      IK 


Saekville    Ciille< 


Aft 


ei"    leaving 


jhdol    Ik 


entered    the    store    of    his    fathei'.  and    ,in    his 
father's  death  succeeded  to  the  nianayement  of 
IS    married    in    1S8;    to 


(it  King  s  Cdlle-e,  iMedericton,  from  wiiich  lie 
f;ra(kiated  in  \S2<).  lie  read  law  with  Judt;e 
G.    I'".     Street,    then    Advocate-general    of    the 


jirovince,     was    admitted 


as     an    attorne 


llil. 


y    at 


ny    term    in     i  S  ?  1 ,    and 


as     lianistii-    at 


Mich 


aelmas    term    in    i,S: 


in    tl 


le    meantime 


ivm;;-  spent  a  \ear  in    J'ji-land   at 


one  of  tlK 


nns  of   fduit.      Col 
lis  profession    in    !• 


\ance( 


I.      11 


nmcncin-    tlie   practice  of 
ledericton,  lie   rapidly   ad- 


e  unsuccessfiill\-  ran  ai 


1  elect  Kin  lor 


the   busi 


Mi 


ness. 


IK 


Annij  i:.   .\ 


nderson.  a  daughter  of  J.  M. 


Andi'rson.  and  of  .Scott 


ish   descent.      Mr.   IK 


vey  r.  Ii 
of  three  c 


:iyward   and   his  wife  are   th 
hildren. 


e  ]iarents 


a  scat  in  the  House  of  -Assemblies  in  1834,  but 


thr 


years  later,  at  an  elect 


ion    lirnught   about 


)y  the  death  of  King  William  I\', 


ne  was   re- 


turned 


le  ot    the   four    Kepivsenlativ  es   t( 


tl 


le  House 


for    York    ( 


dunt\-. 


II 


elected  in   1841,  and  fmni   that    t 
elcvatidn    to  the   bend 


e  was  again 


mie   until    his 
1   he   was  an    inlluential 


faet( 


■r    in    iiriivincial    jiolitics.       In    l''el 


)ri!arv, 


icK,  was  Horn  in 
I'ledericton,  September  16.  i.Ski.  |[c  was  a 
son  of  I'eter  l''isher,  who  was  a  native  of  the 
State  ol   New  Jersey,   but  of  (ierman  origin. 

I'eter  l-'isher  and  his  father  were  l.ovalists 
during  the  ReMilutionary  W'.ir.  and  in  178^ 
they  settled  in  New  lirunswick.  I'eter  b'isher, 
known  as  the  author  of  a  historv  of  New  Hruns- 
wiek,  was  for  many  years  a  prominent  lumber 
merchant  of  iMedeiii  tmi.  lie  reared  a  familv 
ot  six  .sons,  one  of  whom,  1.,  1'.  l-'islur.  dV., 
was  .Mayor  of   U'lioilstock    Ironi    its   ineorpora- 


i84.\    he  took   a    leading    part    in    the  deliati 


rel,iti\c  to  smreiKk'rini. 


certain   rights  into  the 


hands  of  the  ]-;\ecuti\e  Council,  and  in  1854 
he  was  called  upon  to  form  a  new  ,L;o\eriiiiu-iit, 
ol  which  he  became  the  leader,  with  S.  K. 
'I'illey,  A.  J.  Smith.  ,md  John  M.  Johnson  as 
associ.ites.  This  was  the  tiist  |iurely  l.iliei.U 
administration  found  in  tlie  ]iroviiiee.  In  i8;() 
and  1851  he  was  dofealed  by  the  lion.  Ch.irles 
Mcl'hersoii. 

In  185J  he  was  ajipointed  one  of  the  com- 
missioners to  coiisoiid.iio  ,ind  (odii\  tin;  stat- 
utes, and  iii(|uire  into  the  proceedings  of  the 
Courts  of  Kaw  and  bapiily  ,ind  the  Law  of 
i'lviiJeiice,  the  result  of   which    is  embodied    in 


'LjLmx: 


I'n>i   alumni 
Mil  wliiili  lu! 
with   Judge 
icral    (.r    tlic 
attorno)'    al 
l)aiii.sti.'r    at 
!-■    iiicantinii.' 
'inc  of  tiio 
luatlicc  (if 
rapidly  ad- 
I'k'ct  i(in  l(ir 
11  i.S.i4,  but 
ni,i;lit  about 
1k'  was   ic- 
-•nlativcs   to 
'  was  ai;ain 
L'   until    his 
inlluciitiaj 
l''cbii!ary, 
thi'  dcl)atc 
Its  into  tJK' 
id    in    i,S'54 
ii\fi  iniu-nl, 
■ilh    S.    ].. 
lohnsiin   as 
•1\   l.iln'iai 
In  iNqo 
HI.   ChaiK's 


( 


Hon.   riiAKl.KS    IISIlllR. 


i     !    '       I      I 


!    1         lit! 


■   ( 

I 


I  * 


i  ; ! 


!ti« 


'  t: 


■i    I 


III 


i    1 


i    i     ! 


:t    ^; 


liHu;K\rilU\l.    KIA  IKW 


•IM 


vv.i^,  .i:;.iin  i.'Minu-.l   I.,  llu'  AsmmuI'Iv,  .nul   tin- 

,HU'>li'.l   1>\   ll»'    I  unuii.uil  llowinoi  to  t.'iin  ,i 
,u>w    .uliuinivli.UhM,        Ol    llns    hr    lH>..nu'    llu- 
Alli'im'\   i;i'iu'i.il,    .mil    u'ni.nnnl    .il     il^     lu'.nl 
until    iSi.l,    \vl\i'n    hi'    U'si-ni'.l,    .'wmj;   tn   ici 
,,,i„  .in.'stions  .nisin-  ,is  to  tin'  ni.ni.i-. mrnt   ol 
tlu-  uown  l.ni.ls        In    .oni|'.ni\   with    lIu'    Hon 
lobn     Kolu'itson     h>'    urnl     to    I  n-l.in,l     in    llu' 
inti'icM  ol    pioniotm-   I'l'll'i   i.nlio.i.l    l.i>  ilil«>-- 
|,,i    till-    |.io\nui',   ,uul    sni>iv,lril    m    .  ii.ni;;in- 
a  ,onll,li'l  l"i   llu'  lonMin.lion  ol    thr  linr  liont 
St.    lohlt    to   Slu'.li.li-.       llr    u.l"   tnnmi.li.nil     in 
llu-  -.'ni'Lil   i'lotion   ol    iS(..\  I'ul   .xpnuiu.-.l 
an    ovviwlu-lnun;;    >K'U-.U     in     J.nui.n\,     i.^",^. 
upon    llu-     i>Mu'    ol     r.iii.i.lKin    lonU'il.'i.ilioii, 
wl.iih   lu'  I.uhuhI       IU-  vv.i-  .1  MrK-.ito  to  llu 
Oir'Ihh-  i-onli'UMUv   in  i.So).  ic-pu'sonhMl  I'm'.I 
fiiiton  ,U  llu-  iU-lunl  ronvfnlion    in    i.^c;,  .m. 
was  on.-  ol    llu-   >U-l<-;;.it.->   srnt    to    !■  n^l.in.l    m 
iSoi.   lot-    Ihi-   pmi'OM-    ol    lOini'Ktiui.;    .iimiu;>-- 
nu-nts  tor  nniliiiK  llu'  |'i"\  n\.i-s. 

In  l.-<i'S  his  |.olitu,il  -^.-lAii's  w.-n-  u-vv.iulod 
h\  his  t-K-v.ilion  to  llu-  loiuh,  lu-  iH-in-  .i|' 
,„,inU-.l  .1  lusluo  ot  llu-  Sn|.irnu-  I  onil  ,in.l  .i 
Ju.lj;<.-oi  tlu-  (  onil  ol  DivoMo  .nul  M.ilnino 
niat  Cans.-s.  .\-.  .1  >  onsi  Uut  ion.il  l.iwv.r  ho 
Mooil  i>n-  oiniiu-nl,  .nul  piovions  !o  lu-.oinin-  .1 
liul-.-  lu-  t,l\oi.-,l  l.iws  uhhh  h.ivo  siiur  liorn 
|.asso,l,  ,uul  whoso    oii,ulnu-nl   w.is    I,,   his   Koon 

,H-iTi-plion  snnpU  .1  m">-"""  "'  ''""''  ^'  '' 
K.,;isl,ilo,  lu-  h.is  loll  .1  hio.ul  .nul  iiul.-lil.h- 
,„aiU  nnon  tlu-    sl.Hnlo    hooks   ol    llu-    pio\in>o, 


cjulivoitcss  aii.l  .il>»\o  .ill   .M.K-niK  ,l.-\ot.-il   t. 


MS  .on        v  .in.l   ,-s|-o>-iill\   to    ho.    n.itivo    piov 
llo  ,K-,Imu-,1    to    ,i,AO|.t    llu-   t'hu-l    ,|ns 
lioi-slii|.    on    .u>onnl    ol     |i,nlv     inlou-sls,     .nul 
iwu-o    .i-insi-,1    llu-   .ippomlnu-nl    ol    l.ionli-nant 
(,o\i-inoi        lii-  io>>-ni-.l   llu-   ili-i;M->-  ol    Doilor 
ol  I  i\il  i..i«  Horn  his  .olh-L-,.'  in  i.Soi',  .nul  lor 
his  soivu.-s  III  lu-hall    ol    llu-  Cni.uli.m   lonloil- 
.'lalion  lu-  u.is  .iw.nili-il  luo  nu-iliU,  om-  ol  silvi-r 
,,,„!    anollu-i     ol     hion.o.       llr    onjovoil    llu-    1  >■ 
ni.iiUahh-    .lisliiuUoii    ol     ha\in,i;     no     |u-isoim1 
i-iu-niu-s,    .in.l    thosi-    v\ho    anl.i;;oiii.-i-il    hiin    in 
l„,lili.s  a.liniu-.l   .nul    ios|„->lr,l    hiin   .is  ,1  in.m. 
|u.l';i-  l-'i-.lui  .lii-.l  .11   his  honu-    in  l-'i  ciln  ii  ton, 
Hi-ri'inlu-i  .^,    i.^."^!',  .nul  il   ni.is   In- sai.l  tli.it    his 
ilosiu-    to    l(-.i\i-    llu-    inipu-ssions    ol    his    niinil 
lip,. 11  tlu-   insiuiilions  ol    Ins   .oniiti\    w.is   liiUv 
ic-.il  I.  oil. 

On    >opU-inhi-i     .S,    i.S;^,    |iuU;i'    j-'islu-i    m.ii 
M,.,!  Anu-li.i.   srv.-nlh  il.innlili-i    ol    I  i.i\  i.l    ll.it- 
11,1,1,  A  npirs.-iii.itixo  ol    .111   ohl    l-.n-lish    lam- 
il^    ,11,1  ,,    I  ,,\alisi   who   . .11110   lioin    Now  N'oiU 
1,,  Now   l!iiinswi>  L   .illoi   llu-  Anu-in.iii   Uc-volii 
ti,,n.       .'^lu-  lu-,  ,11110  llu-  ni..llui  ol   I.Hii   sons  .mil 
1,1,11    .laut;hU-is.    ..I     ulumi    two     .l.iiiv.hh-i  s    ,11.- 
ii\,n;-,.       .j.iiu-  M     1'-.   "ulow  ol    111.-    lion     I      I 
|'i.is,-i,  i,-si,l.-s  ,il    |-\iii.iliiu-  I'l.u.-,  .nul  l-'i.nui-s 
Anuli.i  liv.-s  .11   Sninnui    \  ill.i 


,,ius|,  ., insist 


.mil  .IS  ,1  poliiui.m  lu-  w.is   .m    li 

,.nt    ialu-i.il    lioni   Insl    to    l.isl,  li.o   lioni   mh- 


( ) 


Id  i<  \     r,issi-.i  1     I'  \  II  u.^t»N. 

i,i,inl„  I   ol    llu-  linn  ol    Iho,  k  .S;    r.il.i 
n.    wholrsah-    niilliiu-i  V    .mil    l.nu  v 
,|iN   :;,ioi|s.   M.  John,   W.IS  hiiin  in  K  iiiiK-sswo.i.l, 
Si. 111. mil,  Jainian    iS,    iS.pS,   .on  o|    Kulu-rl  ami 
Mai--,in-I     (l.ou)    r.iU-is,iii.       Ill-    i.-.ci\oil     his 


li 


!      \     ' 


;::i 


'  ! 


H 


It 


If 


vent  lo  (ilas<;ow, 
whcio  he  \v;is  employed  as  salesiiuiii  until  iS/t. 
In  that  year  he  aeeepted  a  position  with  Daniel 
iS:  Hoyd,  of  the  "London  honse  "  of  St.  John, 
X.H. ,  where  he  reniaineil  lilteen  vears.  In 
iSSn  he  fdiined  a  partnership  with  !•".  \V.  (i. 
Hfoek,  under  the  linn  name  nf  Hi.ickX:  I'ater- 
son,  and  eslalilished  what  is  now  one  n[  the 
best  known  millinery  ami  laney  dry-^oods 
houses  in  New  Brunswick.  'I'hey  do  the  larg- 
est business  in  the  millinery  line  of  anv  firm 
in  the  Maritime  Trovinees,  oeeupying  the  large 
store  at  3J  King  Street,  ineluding  three  floors 
above.  Hesides  eighteen  elerks  thev  e.nploy 
tour  travelling  salesmen. 

I\Fr.  I'aterson  was  married  in  \SS^  to  Mi>s 
Helen  M.  Xase,  a  daughter  of  the  late  i'hilip 
Xase,  of  Indiantown,  fmther  mention  of  whom 
may  be  fomid  on  another  jiage  of  this  V(dume. 
To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  i'aterson  have  been  horn  six 
children,  wh(iareall  living  but  one:  Kenneth 
!<.,  Graeme,  Robert,  I'hilip  .Xase  (who  died 
at  the  age  of  eighteen  months),  Margaret,  and 
John  I^lair  i^alfour.  Mr.  I'aterson  is  a  mem- 
ber of  St.  David's  I'resbyterian  Chureh  and 
of  the  .St.  Andrew's  .SoeietS'. 

Mr.  J'aterson's  residence  is  located  at  gS 
W'entworth  Street  in  the  city  of  St.  |ohi). 
lUil  he  s])ends  his  summers  with  his  familv  at 
Westfield.  X.]?.,  a  pleasant  little  summer  re- 
sort that  is  located  about  fifteen  miles  iiji  the 
St.  John  River,  anil  is  one  of  the  mo-t  lirauti- 
ful  spots  along  that  river. 


lorn  in  Xorthumberland  County,  this  jirovince, 
on  .March  j;,  i,S4.S,  son  of  J,,hn  and  Janet 
(.Scott)  Robinson. 

Ilis  father  was  a  native  of  Countv  Longford, 
in  the  north  of  Ireland.  Ho  came  to  this 
country  with  his  mother  when  about  twelve 
years  old.  Ijo  learned  the  painter's  trade, 
and  sub>e(|uentlv  worked  at  it  during  the  re- 
mainder of  his  life.  Ilis  wife,  Janet,  was  the 
ilaughter  of  Scotch  parents,  with  whom  she 
came  to  America  in  her  childhood.  She  was 
the  mother  of  the  following-named  children: 
William,  Richard,  .Mary,  George,  John, 
l-'rances,  Alexander,  Janet,  Robert,  and  .Martha. 
Mr.  John  Robinson  was  a  member  of  .St.  I'aul'.s 
Church  and  for  many  years  a  leading  member 
ot  the  Sons  of  Temperance.  He  died  on 
■\\nU  29,  i.S6y,  .md  his  wife  died  on  January 
19,    iS^jj. 

.\le\ander  i>;ol)inson  was  unK  sixteen  \ears 
of  age  when  he  was  set  to  k-ain  the  carriage- 
maker's  trade.  He  worked  at  Newcastle,  and 
in  St.  John  with  I'rice  v't  Shaw,  [ind,  having 
finished  his  ajiprenticeship,  worked  :is  a  jour- 
neyman for  a  year  in  \'armouth,  X.S.,  and  for 
two  years  at  Roschank.  At  the  end  of  that 
time  he  iclurned  to  Newcastle,  and  worked    for 

I  ;i    time    at    cariiage    painting.        He    came    to 

I  Chatham  in  iS;^,  and  established  his  present 
business.  He  not  (July  manufactures  cir- 
riages,   but  keeps  on  sale    imported    \chicles  of 

I  the  best  st_\les  and  makes.       lie  is  agent  lor  all 

I  kinds  of  f.uiiiing  imjilements. 


l|ii 


niOCRAPHICAL    REVIEW 


415 


Mr.     Kiil)in>i)n    was    in.inicd    im    March    4,      a{;e  of  fi{;lity-si\,  ami  (irandiUdtlKi-   McAl|iiiR' 


1873,  til  Miss  Jane  llcwitsoii  Ci 


)irnatl 


a   I 


ia-  I  lived  t<i  he  ninety-four  years  (dil. 


tive  of  Chatham,  daughter  of  Alexander  and  1  Charles  McAljiine,  Jr.,  father  of  lulwin  II. 
Ruth  (I'attison)  Corinack,  who  eanie  here  from  1  was  horn  in  Oiieens  Countv  in  iSo^,  and  f( 
Scotland.  Of  the  nine  thildien  bom  of  this 
union,  three  died  in  infancy,  and  \'iolet  died 
at  the  aj;e  of  si.\  years.  The  live  living;  are: 
Certrude  C.,  l-'.lizahetli  C,  Marj;aret  K.  S., 
Colin  A.,  and  Ilewetson  I..  Mr.  Robinson 
is  one  of  tlie  Chatham  Aldermen.  lie  is 
a  mendier  of  the  Blue  lodjje  and  chapter  of 
Masons,  of  the  Ancient  ttrder  of  I'liited  Work- 
men, anil  of  the  Royal  Arianum.  lie  is  one 
of  the  trustees  of  Si.  Andrews  I'arish  Church. 


LiDWIN   11.    Mi.Xl.riM;,  M.A.,  .St.   John, 

r*  was     horn     in     Cambridf^e,     (Jueens 

County,   .N.H.,   March   ,0,    1851,  s(Tn  of  Charles 

and  Matilda  Jane   (Cameron)    Mi-.\l|iine.      His 

{grandfather,  C"harles    McAlpine,  .Sr. ,    a   native 

of  (;ias<;o\v,  Sidtland,  wdio  emij.;rated   to    .New 

]<runswick    and     settled     in     (jueens    Count), 

where  he  fnllnwed  f.uniinj;',  was  a  son  <if    I'eter 

and  l",li/abcth  (Waters)  Mc.Mpine,  and  one  of 

a  family  of  six  children;   namel),  John,  Janies, 

Chaiies,  Merc\-,  Mli/abeth,  and  lanet.     Charles 

McAlpine,     .Sr  ,    on    .Max     2S,     17CJ4,    married 

Christine  ISelmain,  wlio  was  horn    in  (ilasi;-ow, 

daughter    of    William    and    Marj^aret  (Nevins) 

lielmain,     and     who     had     three     sisters    and 

three  brothers       Julia,   Margaret,   Katie,  John, 

William,  .nid  Henry  Hclmain.      Mi^ht  children 

Teter,  Jame>,   John,    t'iiarlcs,    Katie,    Janet, 

l'e,i;;;\',  and  William       were  the   fruit  of    their 

union.      (irandfather     Mc.Mpine    died    at     the 


was  born  in  Oueens  County  in  1S03,  and 
lowed  farming-  during;  his  active  years.  He 
died  in  1S75.  His  wife,  Matilda  Jane,  was 
a  native  of  (Jueens  County  and  of  Scotch  de- 
scent. They  had  nine  children;  namely, 
James,  .Nevin,  Charles,  I'ldwin  H.,  iXlbenia, 
Matilda,  Mary,  I'riscilla,  and  Cecilia.  The 
mother  died  in  1.S87. 

lalwin   11.  McAlpine  attended    the  superior 
schools    of     Cambridge,    (jueens    (.'ounty,    his 
instructor    hein.i;     Janvs     Mitchell,    who    was 
afterward   Premier  of    .\cw    Brunswick.      .After 
completinj^f     his    collej;e    jirejiarations    at    the 
Collej;iate     .School,     l'"redericton,    he    entered 
the  University  of  N'ew  Brunswick,  and  jjradu- 
ated  with   honor    in    1.SCJ9.      He   was    |)rincipal 
of  the  combined   j;ramniar  and   hij;h    school    in 
Chatham,   N.B. ,   for   fcjur.  \ears.      He   pursued 
his   law  studies  with  William   I'ugsley,  (J.C., 
was  admitted  as  attonie\-  in    1878,  and  became 
a   barristei'    in    1879.      l.ocatin.n'    in    .St.    John, 
he  has  found  ample  cipjiortunity  to  display  hi.s 
talents  in  the  courts  of   .New  Brmiswick,  and  is 
rej;arded  as  a  law\er  of   unusual   ability.      He 
is  Referee  in  I'".(piity  and  Ai;cnt  of  ihc   Minis- 
ter   of    Justice.      He    has   met    with    excellent 
success  in  several  important  cases,  amon,^' them 
beiny  that   of    lielyea  ;■.   Small  </(»/.,  and   Bell 
.-■.   Bell;   and  as  Referee   his   judi;ments   in  the 
j  cases    of    Jones    .••.    McKean    and    Maclare    :•. 
Cirant    were  sustained    bv   the   .Supreme   Court 
i  of  Cmada. 
I        On    No\eud)er  9,    1876,  Mr.   Mc.Mpine    was 


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joiiicil  in  inari"iai;L'  with  Miss  C.'lulilil.i  l-'uriis, 
(lau-lUcr  of  tlio  late  John  I'V^iis,  l''.s(|,,  .M.  1'., 
tnr  Oiicfiis  Ci unity.  ("If  this  iinidii  two  chil- 
(ircn  wci'c  liiii'ii,  Inil  niMtlKT  nf  ihcm  is  living, 
Mrs.   Mc.Miiinc  (lied  in  i.SSi. 

Mr.  Me.\l|iinc  is  a  nioniijcr  ni  Iliiiernian 
I.oil^e,  I'.  iK:  .\.  M.  and  r.i  tlic  .St.  Andrews 
.Soeietw 


R.WCI.S    J.    I)i:.sM()M),    M.I).,  C..M., 

a  ]i(i|)nlar  plixsieian  and  sni;;e(in  ol 
Xcweastle,  N.H. ,  \va>  hiirn  in  linelnnilie,  Kent 
County.  October  7,  iSdj,  a  son  ,<i  I'atiiel^  and 
Saraii  (j-'it/patriek)  Desmond.  1 1  is  iiaternal 
grandfatlier  was  Jolm  Ilesniond,  who  enii,i;rated 
t'l'oni  Ireland  when  I'.itiiek  wa^  lonrteen  \ears 
of  a^e,  setlliiiL;  first  at  1  )iiii-la'-tov\  n,  N.I!., 
and  later  removin,;.;  to  Kent  CfHintv. 

Patrick  Desmond,  bom  in  C'ork.  Ireland,  on 
attaining'  to  \  1  ars  ol  111, It  iirity  eii.i;a,L;ed  in  luisi 
ness  as  a  111  illwii^ht  in  Kent  ('oiint\.  .M'tt'r 
lollowiiiL;'  this  oi'iiipation  lur  some  time  he 
became  proprietor  of  a  hoiel  at  niutoiiehe, 
Kent  t'oimtw  which  he  mina-i'il  lui  se\eial 
\ears.  lie  then  went  iiit>i  hnsiness  as  ,1  nua- 
chant  a, id  as  a  mannf.H  tiiier  and  dealer  in 
lunibei,  and  siil.>ei|iieiitl_\  lor  some  \e;iis  he 
diAdleil  his  eiiei.i;ies  |o  sli  ip  liii  i  Idi  iil;.  His 
wile,  .Sai.ili,  w.is  ,1  nati\e  ol  Ch.tlh.mi,  \.l!., 
and  a  dau,L;lilei  o|  I  .nke  .nul  .Mai\  in'I.earvi 
h'it/patrick,  wbiic.mieto  \ru  Hiniisuiik  liom 
Wexford,  Inland.  Mi.  .ind  Mrs.  j'.inirk 
Di'sinond  were  the  p.iielits  dl  ei-lit  ihildieii, 
two  of  wli'iju  aic  now  liviiiL;,  iniiieN  ;  M.n  \ 
J'dleii,  wile  of  ('aptain  Willi. iin  lle\nnn;  and 
I''rancis  j.,  tin'  snbjecl  ol    this   skelih.       l.iike, 


the  eldest  son,  was  a  sea  captain.  lie  sailed 
from  l.inieiick,  Ireland,  in  Jaiiuar\,  i.SSS,  on 
a  \e:',std  lalied  the  "  Hor/oiie,  '  which  was 
never  more  heard  from.  The  others  died  in 
liiildhood.  Patrick  Desmond  died  in  iSSo,  at 
the  a.ne  of  liltN'-four  vears. 

I'rancis  |.  Desmond  r(i,ei\ed  his  tdcmenta.iy 
education  in  the  ((Jiiimon  schools,  and  snbse- 
(pieiitl)  attended  .St.  Miehael's  folle.-e,  (..'hat- 
ham,  where  lie  look  a  c<immorcial  course.  lie 
tluai  be.^an  the  study  of  medicine  with  Dr. 
I.  I!.  I'leeman  and  Dr.  R.  Mil. earn,  of  l-'red- 
eiicton,  retei\-iiiL;  the  benelit  of  their  iiistnic- 
tion  lor  two  yiMis,  dmiiiL;  ei,i;hteeii  months  of 
which  time  lu'  was  einplo\  ed  in  a  driii;  store. 
lie  h.id  pre\iousl\-,  alti'r  lea\  im;  St.  Michael's 
Collei;"e,  t.iuyht  for  a  \ear  in  .St.  I.oiiis'  Col- 
le.-e,  Kent  Coniitv.  lie  nialiiciilaled  at  Mc- 
(lill  ('ollej;e  in  iNS.p  and  L;r,idiiatcd  Maicb  }[, 
iS.S,'-;.  with  the  di',L;ree  of  M.D.,  C.M.  In  the 
followinj;  June  he  entered  upon  the  duties  of 
ids  prolessidii  in  Newcastle,  wheie  he  has 
siine  leniaineil,  ha\in,t;  built  np  a  l.n_i;i.'  and 
liiciati\e  pi.utice.  lie  is  ,1  member  of  the 
CollcL^eol  Physieians  and  .Siir,L;eons.  (  ineliec, 
C'.in.ida,  of  the  Xew  l!iiin-wick  Mediial  .So- 
iiet\,  the  liiitish  .Medic, il  ,\ssik  kit  ion,  and 
the  ( '.iii.idi.in   .Medii.d   .\ss(  k  kit  imi. 


4.««^* 


lin.MAS  KAN'KlNb;,  lo.mder  of  the 
(?;|  e.\leiisive  bakerv  in  .St.  John  now  c.ir- 
iied  on  by  his  successors,  under  the  linn  name 
ol  Messrs.  'I'liomas  Rankiiie  i\:  Sons,  w.is  born 
in  Kiiic.irdine,  Scoikind,  in  iSn;.  In  1 S 1  ,S 
lie    bei;,ili     his    .ipprenl  iceship    at    the    baker's 


lie   sailed 

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liilier  111  the 
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lu'  was  aiciiK-ntally  kilK'tl  by  ;i 
tiro.  Mrs.  Kaiikiiu'  Ih-immic  tin- 
niotliof  <il  I'lcvi-n  rliildii'ii,  tour  <il  wliom  arc 
liviiii;;  iiaiiuly,  'niomas  y\.,  Alexander.  Janet, 


trade  with  John  Kidston,  withwhcm  he}  He  was  one  ol  the  first  directors  of  the  Mo- 
served  l.nir  vears.  dnrin-  which  time  l,e  re-  '  chanics'  Institute.  At  one  time  he  served  as 
coivcd  his  food  an.i  lo-lRinU-  l''.niifi'atin-  in  treasurer  and  trustee  ot  .St.  Andrew's  Clunch. 
1822,  he  found  einidoyment  at  I'dmund  Kirk's  ^  hut  liter  he  joined  .St.  .StepluMrs  Ciuirch.  in 
hakery  in  Cooia-r's  Alley,  now  Church  S.reet.  •  which  he  held  the  same  ollices  and  was  a  foi- 
St.  lohn;  and  in  iS^.,  he,  in  company  with  lower  of  the  Rev.  W.  T.  Wishart.  In  iSj.j 
a  Mr.  Herryman.  i-nrcliased  the  Kirk  estab-  |  Mr.  Kaid<ine  married  Janet  McWilliam,  who 
lishnient,  wiiich  thev  c.ndncte.l  under  the  !  was  born  in  Scotland,  dauf-hter  of  Thomas 
hrni  name  of  K.mki.ie  \-  Merryman  for  alumt  [  McWilliam.  Ilcr  i-arents  were  pioneers  in 
two  years.  He  then  pnrch.iscd  Merritt's  bake-  j  Cocai-nc,  N.H..  where  her  lather  cleared  a 
house  on  I'nion  Street,  which  he  occupied  1  farm,  am 
until  Lduni;  possession  of  new  quarters  fitted  tallin 
up  by  him  on  Mill  Street.  His  business, 
which  he  bc^an  upon  a  scale  in  accordance 
with  the  population  at  that  time  (1826).  in-  \  and  John.  Th.>  others  werei  Martraret.  Hliz- 
creased  proportionatclv  with  the  city's -rowth,  I  abcth,  James,  Mary.  William,  Crace,  ,md 
until  it  iicc.ime  recoj;ni/ed  as  an  iniiiortant  in-  i   Ann. 

.lustry.       The    wooden    buildin-    in    which   he  '        The  business  w,.s  can  ied  ,m  successfully  by 
carried    it    on    w,is   destroyed    by   a  .lisastrous  '    Thomas     A.    and     Alexan.ler     Kankine    until 
conflaKrati.m    in     .S.,.,.        Fhc    same    year    he  I  about  ten  years  ..-o,  when    Alcxamler   retired, 
erectc.la   brick    bnildinn.  which   he   i.ter  en    j  ami     H.     C    ami     Frank     Kank.ne,    sonsol 
iar-e,l   by  addin-   another   store,  an,l    in    1874  j    I'l'"'"''^  ■\"  ''^•'^'  :">'">><'•''  '"  "'^'  '""'"'  ^^''''•'' 
thc^vhole  W..S  extcmle.l  in  the   rear  throu^'h  to  j  still    retains    its    presti-c   amon;;    the    leading' 
(ic.r-cs  Street.       Ihe    Kankine   estaldishment      business    h..nses    of    St.     John.       rhe    present 
w.is    anain    swept    ,iw,n'    bv    the   j;real    tire   of!  proprietors  itavc  inherited  the  untirin- encr-y 
,8;;.  hutfn.m  its  ,,shes   immedi.itely  rose  the     ami   strict    integrity  of   their   sturdy  i.redeccs- 
present  snb.stantial  block.      In   187.    the  el.lcr     sors;    and   these   essential    cpialities.    together 
Kankine  .idmitled   to  partnership  his  twos.ms      with   their   pn.-ressive   tendencies,  have   been 
-  Th.mi.is    A.   and     Alcxamler     -they  bavin-      the  means  of  still  further   increasing  the   vol- 
been  hnm-ht    up   in    the   business,  which  from  ',  iinte  of  their  business.       To  meet  the  increas- 
that  time'to  the   present    h.is   been  conducted  j  in^;   .Icmand   for   their   ^o,,ds,    thev   iuv.-    just 
,„„,.,,   ,|,e    ^nn^    n.nnc  ol    Thom,.s    Kankine   .St  |  completed   the   erection   of   a   lour-storv    brick 

icticillv  with-      bnildin-    on    (;eiM-,L;e's   street  seventy  Icet  loU'; 
,111(1  ihirtv  leet  wide. 


Sons.      .Mlhou-h   th.'   f.ithei'   pr.ict 

drew    from    the    ccmcern    in    1S7.1,  his   -nidin;, 

its  all.iirs  until   his  de.ith,  Tliomas  A.  Kankine,  senior   partn.'r   of   the 

I  lirm,  w,is  born    in   St.    John,  Auj^ust    1,   i8.-5. 


h.md  w.\s  visible  m  it 
which  ociurred  in   1  870. 


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BIOGRAPHICAL   REVIEW 


In  1846  he  niLiriiecl  Miss  Louisa  A.  Calilwell, 
a  native  of  Hudson,  N.H.,  daughter  of  Alex- 
ander Caldwell  and  a  representative  of  an  old 
family  of  that  State.  Of  this  union  were 
born  eight  children,  namely:  Janet,  deceased; 
Menry  C,  a  partner  in  the  business;  Walter; 
Hester,  wife  of  the  Hon.  W.  S.  iMelding, 
Finance  Minister,  Canada:  Oscar;  Frank, 
who  is  associated  with  his  father;  Allan,  and 
Zillah.  After  the  death  of  his  first  wife, 
Louisa,  Mr.  Thomas  A.  Rankine  married 
Mary  !•:.  Camber,  by  whom  he  has  had  two  chil- 
dren—Mary L.   (deceased)  and  William  C. 

Mr.  Rankine  is  a  member  of  the  St.  An- 
drew's Society,  and  was  formerly  president  of 
the  Mechanics"  Institute.  He  attends  the 
I'resbyterian  church. 


XDRi':    Cl-SllIXC,    f,„-    niaiiy    years  a 
IMiimincnt    lumber    nuTclKiiit    and    re- 
spected   resident    of    St.    John,    was 
a  native  ni  the  United  States.       Horn  in   Hin-- 
iiam,  Mass.,  in  i.Sjo,  he  was  a  son  of  Xeheniiah 
and    i;el)iirab    (Hii.i;-s)     Cushiiij;.   and   was    of 
the   seventh   ,L;eneiation    in   descent    tioni   ;\Iat- 
tlu'w    Ciishin-,    ului,    with    his    wili-    .iiid    live 
children,    t.ime    o\ei      hom     ]:ii,:;land    in     the 
ship    "Dili-ent  "     in     the    -umnier    ol     Ki^S, 
;iiid    in    the    aiitiinui    ol     th.it    \c.ir    settled    at 
Ilin-ham,    .Mass.        The    line    w.is    Matthew,'   . 
I.)aniel,'    Theophilus,  ^     Theophi  Ins, '    Theophi- 
his,'  .Ni'heniiah,'   .\ndre.-      (See  Cnsliin^  -ene- 
alogy   ill   the    History   of    Hiiigliam,    published 
in  i>S'9,>  )  ' 

Coming   to    St.    John    in    i,S5i    in    lomp.my  j 


with    his    brother,    Theuphilus    (the   fourth    of 
that    name    in    lineal    descent),    together   they 
l)urchased   a    site    at    I'nion    Point,    where    in 
i.S'52  they  erected  a  foin--gate  steam   saw-mill. 
I  This    mill,    destroyed    ,:_     fire    in    1.S55,    was 
j  quickly   rebuilt.       Jiurned    again    in    1869,    it 
:  was  again  rebuilt.    Mr.  Theophi  lus  Cushing  was 
succeeded   by  his  son,  George    U.  Cushing,  the 
business  being  then  carried  on  under  the  style 
^  of  A.  Cu.shing&  Co.      The  linn   traded  exten- 
sively   in    lumber    with    West    Indian,    .South 
:  American,    and    United    .Slates    maiket.s,    and 
were  known  far  and  wide   for  their  enteriirise, 
^  sagacity,  and  honorable  business  methods.      P'or 
years  they  bad  a  very  lucrative  tr:ide   in   sugar 
box  shooks,  in  the  manufacture  of  which   tliey 
may  be  said  to  have  been  pioneers  in  St.  John. 
Since  the  deatii  of  Mr.  deorge  ]}.  Cushing  his 
place  in  tjie   firm   has   been   taken   by   his   son, 
Ceorge  S.  Cushing. 

Although    he    never    became    a    natural i/ed 
liritish  sidijcct,   .Mr.   .\ndre  Ciish  ing  laithfully 
discharged  all   the  .hities  of  a   _,ood  cili/en   to 
his  adojited  c.iimtiy.       He   took  a  keen    interest 
in  all  movements  toi  the  |)ubliegood.      He  was 
active    in    the    work    of    temperance,    and    the 
weight  of   his  inlhieiue  was  e\er   given   to   the 
su|i|)ort  of  any  cause   that    rested    upon  a  sound 
moral    ba^is.      lUc    j-n^t    Civil    War    in     tlie 
United  St.ites  (jiiickened  the  home  impulses  of 
all    .American    citizens    residing    in    St.     |ohn 
dining  that  period.      Mr.  Cushing  was  by  birth 
and    education    a    lover   of    Irei'flom,    and    took 
a  deep   interest    in   the   slin-glc.       He   became 
a<(piaiiited  with  many  of   the  more   eminent    of 
his  countiymen  whose  services  on   the  b.iitic- 


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421 


i  foiirtli  of 
;jcthcr  they 
,    where    in 

I  s;i\v-niill. 
1N55,    \v;is 

II  1869,  it 
Jiishinjj;  was 
iishiiii;-,  the 
r  tlie  style 
iiied  exten- 
ian,  South 
ikets,  ami 
enteiiirise, 
hods.  ]''or 
e  in  sui^ar 
vhieh   they 

I  St.  John, 
iishini;  his 
V   his   son, 

iatniali/c(l 
laithfuljy 
eili/eii    to 
n    interest 
I  le  was 
and    the 
en   to   the 
in  a  sound 
!■    in     tiie 
ipidses   (jt 
St.    Joim 
s  h\-  hirth 
and    too|< 
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ui)lrnt    of 
le   l).atie- 


field  or  in  the  political  arena  had  hrought  them 
into  national  jironiiiience.  He  was  a  diligent 
reader  of  the  historical  and  jmlitical  literature 
of  that  important  epoch,  and  it  left  a  dee])  im- 
press on  his  mind.  I'ersonally,  he  was  kind- 
hearted  and  j,^entle  in  his  manners;  hut,  when 
once  his  mind  was  made  up  on  any  subject, 
he  became  firm  and  inflexible.  His  death 
occuned  March  .7,   1.S91. 

In  the  ('.rand  Division  of  the  Sons  of  Tem- 
perance, in  the  society  of  Odd  I'Y'llows,  ol 
which  he  had  been  Grand  Master  in  the  Lower 
I'roN'inces,  on  the  Koard  of  Trade,  and  in  other 
orj;ani/ations  in  which  he  took  an  acti\e  inter- 
est, he  is  greatly  missed;  but  those  who  mourn 
him  most  outsitle  of  his  family  are  the  personal 
friends  who  knew  how  kind-hearted,  how  true, 
how  just  he  was,  and  who  enjoyed  intellectual 
association  with  him,  who  had  the  benefit  of 
his  extended  observation  and  f'ue  power  of  con- 
versation and  close  speculation  in  rare  fields  ol 
studv-  Ml'-  Cushini;  was  a  sincere  and  earnest 
Christian,  his  mind  and  actions  being  intlu- 
enced  by  the  teachings  of  .Swcdenborg,  of 
whose  writings  he  was  a    closo  .student. 

Mr.  Cushing  was  twice  married,  his  first 
wife  being  in  maidenhood  Miss  Delia  Rich, 
a  native  of  Winteiport,  Me.  .\flcr  her  death 
he  married  Mis.  I'..  I).  Jewell,  a  native  of  St. 
John,  N.H. ,  and  the  widow  of  ]'.  D.  Jewell,  of 
St.  John. 

Mr.  Cushing  left  five  childicn,  namely: 
Rebecca,  wifeof  Dr.  C.  S.  May,  of  New  \'ork  ; 
l.ucind.i,  wife  ol  C.eor-e  li.  Dunn,  of  .\shhind, 
Me.  ;  .\llston,  who  is  a  resilient  of  St.  John, 
N.l!.  ,    Kiehmoiid  II.,  wlm  is  ,1   ci\il    engineer 


and  resides  in  Xova  .Scotia;  and  Chauncey  D. , 

who  is  a  resident  of  the  State  of    North   Caro 
lina. 

Ai.i.snjN  Cusiiixc,  son  of  Andre  Cushing, 
subject  of  the  preceding  sketch,  by  his  first 
wife,  Delia  Rich,  was  born  in  Winterport,  Me., 
in  US49,  and  was  about  three  years  old  when 
his  parents  removed  to  St.  John,  where  he  was 
reared.  He  obtained  his  elementary  education 
in  that  cil\',  and  suhsccpiently  pursued  more 
adxanced  studies  in  Waltham,  Mass.  After 
leaving  school  he  engaged  in  the  lumber  busi- 
ness at  .Salisbury,  .N.H.,  and  followed  it  until 
188S.  He  then  moved  to  .St.  John,  where  he 
has  since  been  snci'essfuUy  engaged  in  the 
same  business. 

He  was  marrieil  in  1873  to  Miss  Clara  I.. 
Currier,  a  native  of  Hallnwell,  Me.,  and  a 
daughter  of  Jabe/  Currier.  Her  lather  was  of 
rnritan  ancestry  ;  ami  her  mother  was  a  graiul- 
niece  of  Josiah  liartlett,  whose  signature  ap- 
pears ne.xt  after  that  of  John  Hancock  on  the 
Declaration  of  Indeiiendence.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
■Mlston  Cushing  are  the  parents  of  six  chil- 
dren :  l.uiimla  C".  ;  Hertha  M.,  wife  of  Parker 
V.  lUnlcigh,  of  Houlton,  Me.  ;  Andre  Rich- 
mond, of  .St.  John;  Delia  Rich;  Charles  Dunn, 
and  Chira  l.oiiise.  The  familv  attend  the 
Cluinh  of  b'.ngland.  .Mr.  Cushing  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  I.  (.).  ().   !■'. 


ii- 


OSI'.I'II    CR.ANDAl.l.,   one  of   the  best 
known    cili/ens  of    Moncton,    N.IV,    is 
also  one  of  the  oldest  and   most  highly 
esteemed    residents,    and    for    more    tlum    half 


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IJIOGRAPHICAI,    REVIKW 


niito  in  his  day.  aiui   prcnchcd   in   all 
this  i'i(i\  iiico. 


a  century  has  been   ch^scly    idcntihcd   with    i.s  ^   I'..tn,astcr,  and  „„n,  that  ,in,c  until    .SyS  ad- 

us.n^sp,..^,enty.      He  was  l„„n    in   IVtito,-  !  n,iniste,cd    the  a.fai.  ..   ,he   p„st-om.e  n,ost 

c     V]..K,n,an^,0    ,S..,s,,no,thcKev.  satis,ac,„nly.      ()„    ,,,.n,n,    „f    lailin,   health 

:   ;  T"^"  •  /"•      ;-'f  "'^  --"^-'^■■•.  -  -^  t,K.n  l.„.eed  to  ,i.e  up  the  position,  and 

iK  K.^.  J,.seph   Uandall.  wh„   died    in    Salis-  was  sueceede.l  by  his  s„n,  S,eadn,an  Candall. 

'    ■'■       ■'■•   ;?    ""    ^■^"^"'''^'    ^'^^'    '■'■    -^"•>-      "^  '«;•  IH.  was  appointed  Savings  Hank  .A,ent. 
>-u-s,  was  a  hapt.st    nnniste,-   „f   eons ,.,:.        ,,,    ,S-,    he   was    nu,de    hrst    ehainnan    ..f    the 

I  Tuwn  C\iuneil    under  the    inec-rpurat ion   art   (if 
'  ^'^'"  >'^'-"'  ■'  ili^linetion  that  he  merited   lor  his 
Kev.   I)avulC,-andallwash,.,n    in  Sali.nny,   ;  ,in,ely    !aho,s    dunn;,   the   agitation    that    p,e- 

:'  ■'  ""  :r  "  -■  '"■'"'"''  ""  ""'  """"'  '''-''  '"^  -m-leration  of  the  I-,„vinees  and 
"n.nst,y.  lie  was  a  lauhful  worker  in  the  ;  n,o,e  espeeially  the  incorporation  of  ,he  town 
blasters  vineyard,  and  aecpiired  prundnenee  in  !  „f  .M,,net,in 

the  denomination  with  whieh  he  was  oh.  |  ,n  May,  ,S,6,  M,-.  c'randall  n,arried  iMances 
nocted.  A  n,a„  o,  sturdy  constitution  an.l  of  '  A.,  daughter  of  Willian,  Steadman,  of  Monc- 
tcmperate  habus.  he  lived  to  the  remarkable  ton.  < -f  their  nine  children  live  are  now  liv- 
|.«co.  onehondred  years.  „e  married  idi^a-  in,,  nanudv  :  Steadman,  born  lulv  u,  ,S,;. 
'^''    ""'''■"■•    ^^""   ^"^"   ^'"^'''"^''   ^'   ^'-'    "''•  :  <■'"->.    '-n,   Mav   .,,    ,S35;    William,    bon; 

'"'^V         ,      ,,  ,  ■    ^'^""''1'   '•(.    1«57;    -Avola,   born  April    ^,,    ,,sr.,; 

J..sep  ,    the    second    son    of  ,he    Kev.   Da.id      and    Frank,  norn    Februa.v    .,    ,Nr,6.  '   M,-    and 

tranall,    u.s    educated    at    S,.    Martin's    and      Airs.  Crandall  are  both  n.onbe,  s  of  ,he  l.ptist 

7';^""7-     '"-^     ^"■''     ^'''-    ^"■••'■•^■'"'^    '-  >"-h.       m   polities  he  is  indepemlent.votin..- 

stu<l,es  he  was  en,ployed  as  a   clerk    in   a   store  aecordiny  to  his  hones,  convictions 

at    .St.    John    until    he    reached    man'-    estate.  ' 

I.ocatin- then  in  .\b,ncton   in    1,^4^.  lu'  opened  ^ 

Hn-VI"l<    J.,1IX     I.XMKS    ,;(.R1M)X 
{      1-rne.or     of      ,he     Cordon     X.H 
^  Works,    Wc.    St.     b.hn,    andtl 
7",    "'\""";     "--';'•-    — .    ti..v      ..n.inai  promoter  oMha.industn-  in  the  M.u  i- 

T"^'V'"'''r"'''''''''''''''''^'  *"■'''■'•'"-      •■-   '■■™.s,  .as   born   on    Hluc   Rock,  thi. 
MUh    shops,  and    a   carpenter's    shop.       ,„    ;,.      „,,.    ,,,,„,,,,,.    ,.      ,,^,_    ^,,^,     ^ 

s.,b..cp,e,ura,ud   growth  and  improvcnientAlr.      Jane  „, ,.,„)(  ..don.      H  is  parents  were  , 

,'"''''  '"^  '';■";   ^'''''''''^■'"''''    '■•'••'''••'■•''' ''^''-M-    I.UI-   a    descendant    o,    Scotch 

■-  various   pubhc  positions   to   which    he   Ik.      ancestors   ,md    h,smo,hcr    o,     ,.-,„,i,,        ,,,, 

':7/"',;V'^^---'"'>     —'-'■'      .-■...,.   .rand.ather   was    UHlianr,;'  don 
"""">■ -"'"''H,tv.      "•  . S4MK.  was  appointed,.  om.tylVrry.lrekmd,  a. on  o.,„hn,io.d:,n. 


«4&,-.;. 


time  until  \S()S  nil- 
thc  iMist-ofrK-c  mnst 
nt  (if  tailinn'  health 
'  up  the  pcisitidu,  aiitl 
,  Stcatlniaii  Crandall. 
Savin-s  Uixuk  Aj^ent. 
1st  ihaiiniau  of  the 
iiu-crpuralicin  act  of 
It  lu;  nu'iitcii  for  his 
ayitatidi;  that  prc- 
:  the  i'ldvinccs,  and 
iiratiiin   of  tlu'  town 


l.ill  nuinicd  Jwanccs 
Stendman,  of  Monc- 
•11  (i\'c  are  nou-  liv- 
ii'in    lulv    M,    iS.ir  ■ 


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liliani,    horn 


II  n  April  j;o,  iSrij;  ; 
1.  iSCir).  Mr.  and 
iilieis  of  the  liaptist 
iiule|!ei)deiit,  vntin^L;- 
\it.  t  ion>. 


\Mi:S  (IdRDoX, 
llie  (lordiiu  Xail 
•'^t-  John,  and  the 
'liistiy  in  the  Maii^ 
'II  nine  l^uk,  this 
"11  of  Rnhrit  and 
parents  were  hoi  n 
eeiidant  of  Seoleh 
"I  l':n,:;li>li.  His 
1  i  II  iain    (  iordiin,   of 


1  of    lohn    ( 


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li^li 


ii^iii^ 


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IlKUlKArilK    \1.    KKVIKW 


1-5 


.1  ili'.lli'i    in  li\c  sliiilv         I  lu'  n.imr  Inlm,  Iminc, 
il    is   tluis    shnuii.    Ii\     M,\|iii    (iniiliin's    ,l;H'.i1 
L;i,mill.illu'r,    is    roiispii'iunis    in    the   .inicsti.il 
liiii"  lor  si'vi'i.il  iii'nciations  |,nl!u'i  b.uU 


liir.itinir,  lu'  n-(i;ini'il  tn  Si,  Inlni,  vvlu-u'  lir 
w.is  ('i\^,il;i'iI  in  llu'  l;|'1iim  \  hnsinrss  lur  sunu' 
Wills,  W  hilo  I'mplovi'tl  i.i  ilu'  iii.imil.u'tiui'  ><[ 
linisi'shm"   nails   will)    J.nnrs    I'milcr,  in-    ni.ulo 


Kdlu'il  (iiiiiliiii,  Ma jor  I  iiMclon's  l.illu'i,  bum  >  .11  lanm'nu'ii 


Is  Willi    I  lanii'l    I  iaik.  nt    tl 


in    iSi  (,   was  .\  linrn  wcmvi'i    In   liailr;   anil    lie  '   hie  wniks  in  I'aili'lon,   Inr  spair  aiul  |i(i\vcv  lui' 
liavi'lli'ii  lAiT  lu'laiiil  and  S<  111  land  pu'v  ion:,  Id  [  rsi,\lilis|\inL;'    a    \vii<'   nail    inainilacloi  v  ;    and    a 


iossiiil;  tlu'  oiran.       I   non  his  an  ival    in    Now 


|ivo|iosil  ion    lo    t'onsolidaU'     iiiado    lo    M 


nniilswick    111'    loimd    t'ni]>lo\  nuail     in    a    sliip  I'endi'i'   M;    I'liidv,    llio    lioisi'shm'   nail    niakois, 

\A\{\.       .AiU'iwaid    111'    uoiki'd     ill    a    saw   mill,  •  ii'siiUcd    in    llu'    loiiii.ilion    cij     llu'    joint    stuck 

,111(1  still  lili'i    lolloui'd    till'  Id.li  ksiiiilli's  ti.ldo.  I  lomp.un-  ol     rondi'i    iV    ( 'o. ,    lauiilrd.       Ilo    ir 

At   IriiLitli    111'  si'tlli'd    on    .1    1,11111    ill  ,\  \  lostni  d,  i  niainrd  willi    tli.il  iinuriii  lull  oiii'  \r,ii,  diiiint; 


Kinj;s  ('oiiiil\.  luil  ,ittri  .1  shoit  tiiiu'  ictiiinrd 
111  .St.  John,  Wi'st,  wlu'ic  hi'  spent  thr  list  o| 
his  lili',  ,iiiil  hr  dii'd  Si'pti'llllu'r  JO.  I'^Si). 
Ill'  lH'loii,i;i'd  to  thi'  (  lr.iiiL;i'  .'^ocicix,  ,iiid  \\,is 
,1  nu'iiilu'r  ol  till'  I'li'shvli'i  i.in  ihiinli  Koluit 
.mil  l.iiu'  (l)i\oii)  (ioiilon  li.ul  ,1  l.imih  ol  lour 
ihildu'ii,  ii.inu'lv:    I'lllon,    lioin    M,i\    .',    i,*<^i, 


wliiih  tiiiU'  111'  had  i'li.irj;i"  ol  tho  win'  ii,iii  do 
p.utiiu'iil  ;  .iiid  in  tlu-  spiiiii;  ol  l,'^||;  lie  I'st.ih 
lishi'd  his  pii'si'iit  pi, int.  ni.ikiiif;  his  liist  ship- 
iiii'iil  in  Aii^iisi  111  the  s,mii"  \i',ir.  .\t  the 
pii'sriii  tinii'  lu'  i'niplo\s  .111  ,ni'ii,L;i'  lonr  ul 
twi'lvo  nii'ii,  piodiiiiiiL;  thiilri-ii  Ihoiis.uid  krj;s 
aiinu.illv  ;    .iiid   his    liiisinrss    is  roust, mlly    in- 


w  ho    dii'd      l.iiman     .'7,     l.'>(i,'s;     Jolm     |.,     tho  '  iii'.isiiiL;. 

siiliii'il   ol'   this  ski'ti  h  ;    .\iiiii'  J.mi'.   hoi  n  .\piil   !        M.ijoi   (lonlonh.is    loni;  lu'cn    idoiit  ilii'd  with 


I.?,    iS^;,  who  111.11 1  ill!    riiom.'s  II    Johnsiiini' 


I  hr  I '.inadi.in    militia,  wliirh    ho    ioincd   .it    llu 


I    .St.    John;   .iiiil    C.itlu'i  iiif.   hom    J.mnaiv    J.   i  a^o  ol    oi^hli'i'ii,  oiitoi  iii^;  ,111  ,11 1  illri  \-  I'omp.mv 


iSvS,     now     till'    will'     ol      I,      I'^/okii'l      Mil.i'od, 

riu'  motlu'i ,  lioin  n'^.'S,   is  still  liviiii;. 


,is  ,1  j;iiniii'i,  ,111(1  iiLikiiiL;  his  w.i\  loiw.iid  to  liis 
present     i.iiik.        lie    seivi'd    .is    I  .ieiiteii.int     loi 


lohii    j. lines    (ididon,     Iciviiil;    the    .Si,    Jnhn    :   oiU'    vi'.ii     iindei    Colonel     ,\niisl|on;;,    leieived 


piihlie  s(!ui(ils  ,it  ihe  .iL;e  ol  thiiteeii  \'e.iis, 
woiked  in  .1  s.iw  mill  Im  two  \('.iis,  .md  then 
sei  \eil    ,111  .ippient  iei'ship  ol    ihiee  veils. it    the 


hi,s  eommissioii  ol  M.iioi  in  the  Ro\m1  li^ht 
Allilli'lV  al  the  Milil,ii\-  S. '".ol  Ml  (  hiehee, 
,111(1  w.is  pel  mitted   to   leliiewith   th.il    i.ink   to 


1)1, iss    loiinder's  I  i.ide  w  ilh    Willi. nil    I  l.ivwaid.  the  leseive    list.       lie    .iNn    juined    the    (li.m^e 

lie  siihseipientlv  wmked  sueeessiv  eh'  ,is  .1  join  j   .Sue  i  el  \  .it  eii;liteen,  w  .is  a  memlieidl  Ihe  (  adets 

neS'in.in    loi     ll.nw.iid    vS;     l''.ii  inei    .iiid    .is    hue  ■   ol    'reillpeiaiu  c,   li  is    lieeii  elei  led  Im   ihe  third 

111. in  loi    W.iles  \-  (iieeii,   whom  he  lell    lo    t.ike  '    veil    ,is    Marsh. il    (i|    the  Si.    .Xndicw's  SoiieU, 

eh.iij;e    ol     Ihe    lii.iss     loundn     dep.iitment    ol  ;  .ind  h(doii;;s    lo   the    ('l.in    Mi  Keii/ie,  ihdei    ol 

I. mil's    llaiiis   vS:    (o's    wmks;     ,ind  l.ilei     on,  j   .Seoll.ind.       M.ijoi  ( loidon  w.is    h.ipii/ed    in    the 

opei.itiii^    .1    s.iw  mill     in    ( ■.implielllon,     N.li,.  I    I'leslu  lei  i.m  l.iilli,  .md    li.is    lieeii    ronrnined   in 


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426 


BIOGRAPHICAL   RFA'IEW 


the    t'luircb    nt    I'in^himl.       lie    maiiitaiiis   liis 
foiincctioii   with    both   eliunln-'s. 


I'-ORGI".  ROHI'.RI'SON,  ex-Mayor  of 
the  eit)'  dl'  St.  Jnhii,  \.H. ,  I'lcivince 
of  Canada,  was  born  in  Kinj^stoii,  Kent  C'onnt)-, 
\.  I?. ,  Jannaiy  30,  1844.  His  father,  the  late 
Duncan  Robertson,  was  born  in  1S2J  in  Alier- 
(lecn,  Scotland,  where  he  was  educated.  I'.nii- 
^ratinj;  from  theie  to  New  lirnnswici<,  he 
followed  the  trade  of  a  ship-builder  durin;^  his 
years  of  activity,  being  located  at  l\.in,i;ston, 
Moncton,  and  Cocai{j;ne.  lie  died  in  i.ScSj. 
11  is  widow,  whose  maiden  name  was  (ieor.niana 
Jardine,  was  born  in  Wamphray,  Dumfries- 
.shire,  Scotland,  and  is  now  livin.^'  in  St.    John, 

:;  H. 

C;eor<^e  Robertson  was  Init  two  yeais  oltl 
wlien  in  1846  liis  parents  lemiued  to  Moncton, 
where  he  receivcl  the  rudiments  of  his  educa- 
tion, which  was  further  advai  ced  iiy  a  course 
of  study  at  the  Sackville  Academy.  In  1861 
Mr.  Robertson  seemed  a  situation  as  c]cri<  lor 
James  Macfarlane  in  St.  John,  a  jiosition  wliiili 
he  retained  for  seven  years.  llavin,^  ol)tained 
while  thus  employed  a  j;ood  knowied-  ■  of  tlie 
grocery  business,  lie  enil)aike(l  in  tiade  lor 
himself  in  l8f)8  by  opening  a  store  for  tlie  sale 
of  ^roceiies  and  West  India  ,i;(iods.  lie  car- 
ried on  a  successful  wliolesaie  and  retail  iuisi- 
ness  until  he  was  burnecj  vit  in  the  memorable 
fire  of  1877.  In  1879  be  resumed  business  at 
his  idd  location,  and  at  tlie  same  time  opened 
a  retail  branch  store  on  I'rince  William  Slrect, 
tlie    hitter   of    which    he  .ifterw. nd   removed   to 


Kinj;-  Street,  and  with  lus  partner,  Samuel 
Corbett,  with  whom  he  is  still  associated,  es- 
tablished the  well-known  firm  of  Genrj{0  Rob- 
ertson &  Co.  In  1894  this  firm  closed  out 
the  retail  department  of  their  trade;  and  they 
have  since  confmed  themsehes  to  the  wh(de- 
sale  j;rocery  business,  their  store  beinj;  locateil 
at  67  I'rince  William  .Street. 

In  his  younj;er  days  Mr.   Robertson   was  ac- 
tively   interested    in    military   affairs,    ant!   for 
a  number  of  vears  was  Captain  of  ''ompan\-  I, 
Second  liattalion.  St.  John  l.iybt  Infantry.     A 
man   of    reco;;nizcd    busines.s    ability,    he    was 
chosen    president    of    the    St.    John     Hoard    of 
Traile;    and    during    the    three    years    that    he 
served    in    thi--    capacity    be    became    fa\-orably 
known   throng. .out    the   Dominion   of    Canada, 
his  addiesses  before  the  boards  of  trade   in  the 
more  important  cities  receiving  merited  atten- 
tion fiiim  the  leading  citizens  of  Canada.      lie 
also  ser\ed  as  the  first    president   of   the   Mari- 
time  Hoard   of  Trade  of   St.  John,  anil    was  at 
one   time    president    of    St.   .\ndiews    Society, 
the  cdile>t  oigani/ed   society  in   the   city.      '^Ir. 
Robertson  is  ]iromineiitly  connected  "'lib  many 
1  benc\olent,    business,    and    fraternal    organiza- 
I  tions,  beinr;  one   of  the  commissioneis   of  the 
'   Hii\s'  Industrial  Home,  treasurer  of  the  Relief 
anil  Aid   Sociclv,  a  director  of  the    I '.xhiliition 
Association  and  of   the    1  lort icnltura'    Associa- 
tion,     lie  is  a  member  of  (/hin  McKen/.ie  and 
of  St.  Andrews  .Society,  and  is  an  b.liler  in  the 
.St.  .\ndrews  Presbyterian  Church. 
I        rolitic.illv,    .Mr.    Ro1)eitson    is   an    Indcpen- 
;  (lent.      In    181)3    he  was  elected    Mayor   ol    the 
I  I  itv,  a  position  to  whiih   he  was  annua'ly   re- 


BIOGRAPHICAL   RKVIKW 


427 


ner,  SumucI 
ssocialcil,  cs- 
Gcorj^o  I'vol)- 
11  cliiscd  mil 
l(j ;  and  tlic'V 
I  tliL'  wholc- 
jcint;  located 

tson  was  ac- 
;iirs,    and   fur 

'  '(inipan)'  1, 
Infantry.  A 
lity,  he  was 
Im  Hoard  of 
cais  that  lie 
me  fa\iirably 
1  of  Canada, 
trailc  in  tlio 
icritcd  attcn- 
Canaila.  I  k- 
of  tlic  Mari- 
I,  and  was  at 
cws  Socictv, 
10  .ity.  '^Ir. 
L'd  wiili  many 
nal  (ir^'ani-fa- 
ioncis  of  the 
of  the  Relief 
ic  l!\hiiiilioii 
nra'  Associa- 
-leKen/.ie  ami 
1  {-'.Ider  in  the 
I. 

an  Indepen- 
Maviii'  ot  the 
.  ainuia'h'   re- 


elei'tctl  nntil  1S9S,  when  he  was  nut  a  candi- 
date. During  his  Mayoialty  he  had  the 
pleasure  and  satisfaction  of  seeing  Canadian 
interests  greatly  developed  hy  the  opening  of 
.St.  John  and  other  important  ports  of  the 
Doniiiiioii  as  ports  for  the  winter  trade,  a  meas- 
ure wiiich  he  strongly  advocated  while  presi- 
dent of  the  Hoard  of  Trade.  He  was  also 
largely  instrumental  in  the  opening  up  of  the 
present  .steamship  line  between  .St.  John  and 
Denierara  and  jiorts  in  the  West  Indies.  lie 
is  now  a  member  of  tlu'  House  of  .Assembly  of 
the  I'rovinee  of  .New  Hrunswick;  and  is  pro- 
moter and  director  of  the  Imperial  Dry  Dock 
Conii);in\  of  .St.  John,  .\.  H. 

Mr.  Robertson  marric'd  .\gnes,  daughter  of 
the  late  William  Turner,  A  St.  John,  .\.H.^ 
formerly  of  (ilasgow,  .Scotland.  (H  their  seven 
cliildreii  one  died  in  infancy  and  six  are  now 
living:  Duncan  and  Williair;  Jardine,  twins, 
who  reside  in  ."st.  John;  I'.li/abeth  Rirssell, 
who  is  the  wife  of  John  Montgomery,  a  harris- 
terat-law;  (ieorge  Keith  ;  Janet  I'aterson  ;  and 
I'.lhel.  Mrs.  Robertson  is  a  niember  of  .St. 
Andrews  I'icsbvteriau  CIhucIi. 


l.ISS  A.  M.\RV1;N.  .M.D.,  .me  of 
the  leading  pby^ici.uis  of  llilUburo, 
.Albeit  t'ount\-,  .\.H. ,  was  born  in 
tlie  parish  of  liotstord,  now  called  (ireat  .Sheiii- 
iigue,  December  Ki,  iSf'ii,  and  is  a  son  of 
the   kite  Josiah    H.    MaiAi'ii. 

His  gi-andfather,  Silas  Marven,  was  born  at 
Helle  Isle,  King'-  Count)',  \.H.,  where  he 
spent  his  entire  life  of  eightv-four  \ears.      He 


w;is  a  farmer  by  occupation,  and  worked  most 
industriously  at  tilling  the  soil.  He  married 
Abigail  Inroad,  by  whom  he  had  four  children, 
two  of  whom  are  still  living,  namely:  William 
S. ,  who  mairied  b'.liza  .Shanks  and  has  one 
child,  I'.Ud.  wife  of  W.  r'rank  Hathaway,  of 
.St.  John;  am.  Kenjamin,  who  married  Julia 
Trites.  Moth  of  the  paternal  grandjiarents 
were  members  of  the  Church  of  iMigland. 

Josiah  H.  Mai  Veil  was  boin  in  iS.':/,  in  Uelle 
IsK',  on  the  (dd  honiestead.  In  early  manhood 
he  established  himself  in  business  at  (ireat 
Shemogue,  X.H,,  as  a  general  merchant,  and 
for  a  score  of  years  carried  on  a  thriving  trade. 
Retiring  then  to  a  farm  in  that  place,  he  en- 
gaged in  agricultural  pursuits  until  his  death, 
at  the  age  of  si.xty-four  years.  In  iiolitics  he 
was  a  Conservative,  and  in  religion  he  and  his 
wife  were  Methodists.  He  married  I'"dizabeth, 
daughter  of  Joseph  Avarcl,  a  leading  mer'.hant 
and  one  of  the  most  inlluential  citiixns  of  his 
communitv.  .She  died  at  the  age  of  fort\'-nine 
years,  leaving  seven  children,  namely:  A.lice, 
wile  of  (ieorge  ( i.  Melvin,  M.I).,  of  .St.  John, 
N.H.,  who  has  two  children  —  (^eorgia  and 
Alice;  liliss  A.  ;  Maggie  S.,  wife  of  Cbi|mian 
Keith,  o.'  Ilavelock,  X.l?.  ;  Mdgar  W. ,  unmar- 
ried, a  dentist  in  I.vnn,  Mass.;  Joseph  A., 
unmanieil,  who  is  a  commerci:d  traveller  in 
.Si.  John;  John  I..,  a  mechanic,  residing  at 
.St.  John,  uiiinarried ;  and  Cicorge  II.,  who  is 
dentist  of  Souris,  I'.  K.  I. 

Hliss  A.  Marven  graiiu.ited  from  tho  Ncjinial 
.School  .It  I'"iedericton,  N.H. ,  with  the  class 
of  iS7<),  and  was  afterwarti  engaged  for  ;i  time 
as  a  tc.icher  in  Dorchester  ami  at   I'oil    hlgin. 


H' 


ii'i. 

« 1 1 


i't 


f!'if!lil 


i    ! 


i'l!      t 


iPli  li 


428 


mOOKAI'IIICAl,    KKVIK 


\V 


Ik-  .siibscfiuciitly  contimic.I  Iiis  studies,  attend- 
ing first  St.  Joseph's  Gdlcgo,  tlicn  tiif  Halifax 
iftcr  uhicii  he  spent  two 
t  W'inKiiU  ill  J^iirliii-. 
,'iadiiated  in  iShT). 
irven  practised  at 
the  fall   of   iSS;   located 


AFedical    folii 
vears  at  the  l 


ton,  \'t.,  f 


nuersity  o 
roni    which    h 


The  following  year    Dr.   iM 
Albert,  \.  H.,  and 


at    Hiljsboro,    wliei 
gtiished 


success    111 


I'  lias   met   with 
his    iirofessional 


suhject  of  this  sketch, 
and    is"  the 


was  the  younL'est 


•iile    survivor. 


uius     leiHiant    eiiteivd    tl 


C;i 


Works,     Harrhead,    Keiif 


rint 


iw),  as  a  I 


rewshiiv     (luar    (ilas 


Jound  a|ipreiitice,  and  worked  there 


for   three  years.      .\ft 


for 


etward   lu'  was  employed 


some    time    at     the    .si 


distni- 


I'Vaternally,    hi 
Court,    r.  ().   V 


IS    a    niemher 


.1     U 


career. 


illshoro 


uid   of   the   Canadian    Koine 


Circle,  in   both   of  whii 


orilers 


i-.xam- 


II 


e    IS    also   a    coroner    fi 


inin;;-    I'hysicia 
.Mbert  County. 

On  December  .^4,  r,S;S,  Dr.  Marven  marrieil 
Maggie  I-'.,  daughter  of  Joseph  Dobson,  of 
Stony  Creek,  \.  ]!. ,  and  they  have  two  children 
—  Laura  i:.  and  Alice  I).  .Mis.  Marven  is 
a  member  of  the  Haptist  cluirch. 


I'aisl 
Kil 


ime    occujiation     in 


ey,    also    in    Rcnfiewshire, 


.Hid    later    at 


mainoi  I 


.\vrsl 


iiie.        Siibsei|uently 


worked 
(iieeno 
land,  in 


at     iron 
'■■     l.i\eii 


slilp-hiiilijiii;. 


at     (. 


Hirkeiihead,    ba 


at   the  Cape  of  (iood  J  lope,  U 


ihich 


ast   nameil 


place   he  went   from   J, 


lerpool    in 


-AMI'S  riiWAXT,  an  active  business 
man  of  I'rcdericton,  X.  15. ,  was  boin  in 
i'*^'.i,i.    in   (ilas_:.,ow,  Scotland,    a   >oii   df 


I.S54  and  where  he  remained  three  )ears.  The 
ne.\t  live  years  he  was  engaged  as  steward  on 
one  of  Ihe  vessels  of  thr  Clyde  stcamshij)  line, 
and  after  that  he  leturned  to  (ilasgow.  There 
Mr.  reiiiiant  in  iSrt^  embarked  in  business  bir 
himself  as  a  uliolesale  and  retail  dealer  in 
wines  and  sjiirits.  inwhiih  for  nine  vears  he 
liad  a  sub.stantial  tia.le.  In  i,S;;,  he  joined  the 
party  which  formed  the  Kincardine  Colony, 
with  whic  h  he  emigrated  to  .New  liruiiswick  ;  and 
in   June  of  that    year  he  sett  led  in   iMcdericton 


U.lham    Tennant.       His    father     for    eighteen      where    he   ha.    since   cntinued    „i    his    lomier 
years  served  ,n  the  Royal  Xavy,  and  was  under  |   line  o|    bosin,.,    .„„,    j.   ,„„,  ,   „^,„^,,.,,,    „,^,. 
Xelsi.ia,  the  iKittle  „f   the    Xile   and    also  at  |  chant.      l.-r,aenially,    be    1.  ,i„   aciive    member 
Iralalgar.       In   the   lo.mer   engagement  he  was  '  ,,f  l|,,;,ni   |.,„l^c,    I'.  ^    \    M    •  ,„  ,1,,.  I    o    F   ■ 

wounded,    an,l,    being    captured,    was  cast   into  ;  and  o,    St.   .\iidrews    Societv,  of  whieh  he  has 

a  brench  prison.      After  his  return  to  (ilasgow  [  been   treasurer  .iuce    iSS,.  '   P.diticillv.  he   is 

he  was  there  engaged  as  a  calico  printer   until  j  a  Liberal. 

bis  death,  at  the  age  of   threescore  years.       His  i        M,,    l.ii.i,,,,    ,„„|    m,,,.,,,,,    -,.,,„„,,,    ^„,,^,. 


wile,  who>e   maiden    name  was   Jessie    iJal/icI, 
died    in    (ilasgow    at    tl;e 


J  s.,11,  d.uighter,.!  William  Anderson,  ,,(  CiawLnd 
;e    of     hfty-ei.^ht  I   Moor,    .Scotland,    uere    united    in    man  ia-e   on 

years,       l  hey  reared  tour  sons  and  tu angh-      Xoveniher  ..,    isr,,.      Thev  have   had   thirteen 

ters.      Ul   these  children,    James,    the    special  |  children  born  to  tluni,  and  liav.  been   bereft  of 


mi!': 

fi 


;  ydiingo.st-ljorn, 


'  C;ilioi  rriiit 
ii'  (lUMr  (ila.s^ 
III  uorkod  thcri' 
.'  u;is  I'lnploycd 

i>c(.'iii)ati()ii  in 
,  and  later  at 
Jsc(|iicntly  lie 
at  (Ila.sgow, 
kciilicad,  I'.U'^- 
lliipc,  to  wliiil) 
II  I.i\erpo()I  ill 
ec  wars.      'I'lu' 

as  steward  on 
•tcanisliip  liiK-, 
as-;<iw.  riierc 
ill  I)iisiness  Inr 
tail  dealer  in 
nine  years  lie 
;  lie  ji lined  the 
rdiiie  C(jl(inv, 
'iiiiisuiek  ;  and 
1  I'ledeiietiin, 
in    his    Inrnicr 

.general     nier- 
eti\e    meinher 

the  I.  (  I.   1'.  ; 

whieli  111'  has 
itieally.   he    is 

■llurd    Ander- 

1,  "t  Ciauldid 

in. Ill  ia,;;e    (in 

had    thiiteen 

leeli    herell   (if 


JAMKS     rK.NNANT. 


^     -0 


\ 

\ 

III 


r^w 


ii  1  :  1 


mOORAPniCAI-    REVIEW 


431 


five — INIai)  I.,  halK'lla.  Jnhn,  and  two  otluTs. 
■|"lic  I'i.i^lit  cliiliircii  now  lixiiij:;  arc:  Jrssic, 
wile  111  I  lany  I'hair,  ol  Unstim,  .Ma^s.  ;  Mar- 
fan.'1  ;  Mary,  wilo  ol  l)(inalil  I'ia>rr,  Jr.; 
l.iiuisc;  Arcliihald  Wiilu'ispmiii,  a  tt'liji;ia|ih 
(ipcralm-  cm  llic  Canadian  {'acilir  Railway; 
JaiiH'H,  an  cnipldwc  in  the  saw -mill  (il  Dunald 
l'"rascr  &  Sons;  Xmnian,  who  is  atlendini;' 
school ;  anil  Walter. 


-«^«»«~ 


lianiAAN  !'  COI.OM'.I,  Al.|-Ri;i) 
MARKIIAM,  nKiiia,i;inj;  dirocloi  ol 
the  Snii  i'lintinj;  ('ompan\  (I.ini- 
iti'd),  St.  John,  X.iV,  was  lioiii  in  l.iiuojn- 
shiro,  l'!n,i;land,  on  T'chrnary  J'>,  i,S4i,  >on  ol 
John  and  Idi/ahcth  (liailev)  Markh.ini.  lie 
ieeei\ed  a  praetiial  liaininj;  in  the  pnhlii- 
i^raniniar  school,  and  was  snhsecpRaU  1\  em- 
ployed in  the  railwav  and  doek  ser\  iei'  until 
lSri.|,  when  he  sailed  lo|-  the  I'nited  .States  in 
the  steamship  "  Bohemian.  "  (  )n  the  passaj;!- 
the  "  liohemian  "  was  wieekid  near  I'oitland, 
Me.,  oil  the  J.'d  ot  l'\'hi  u.n\  ;  .ind  tdrt\-twool 
the  ]iasseni;eis  weie  drowned.  (olonel  .^iark- 
ham's  liist  employment  in  .Xnieiiea  was  on  the 
( Irand  i'l  nnk  R.iilwayat  I'orll.nid  and  ISoston  ; 
and  .liter  that,  lor  .diont  one  \iMr,  he  u.is  en 
j;a;;i'd  as  eieik  on  the  I  lite:  n. it  ion, il  t'onipaiu's 
steanH'r  "New  Hrnii^wic  k, "  phinn  between 
Hoston,   .M.i^s.,  ,uid  St.  John,   \.  II. 

In  .\pril,    iS(i(i,  he  look  (hai;^e  loi-  ,in  .\nni- 
ie.ni  eompaiu   o|    the   man-anese  mine  ,il    ll.nn 
mond    \'.ile,   Rin-s   CounU,    N.l!.,    .nid    dniioi; 
the    i|U,irter    o|    .i    eenluiy    tli.il    lollowed    sue- 
eecded  in  nuikin;;   this   the    most    lamous    nian- 


;;anese  mine  on  the  inntinenl.  The  mining 
villa,i;e  which  he  estahlislied  is  still  called,  in 
his  honor,  M;irkliam\ille.  In  iScji  he  l)oiij;ht 
the  St.  John  Piuly  Sun  newspapei,  and  on  the 
organization  ol  the  .Sun  I'linlinj;  t'ompany  was 
ajipointed  maiv.igin;^'  director. 

Colonel  Maikhani  was  Wai'den  of  Kin;,^s 
County  when  the  Maripiis  ol  i.orne  and  the 
Princess  I.(juise  visited  .New  Rrunswick,  and 
he  picsenteil  an  adilress  to  them  at  .Sussex. 
In  iSSo  he  was  appointed  Seiuoi  Major  ot  the 
l'',i,L;hth  I'rincess  Louise  Hussars,  and  in  1  .Sij6 
was  ^,i/etted  Lieutenant  (.'olonel  in  the  militia. 
lie  is  vice-president  ot  the  Provincial  Rifle 
.\ssociation  and  |)resident  of  the  Canadian  Cav- 
,dry  Assoiiation.  He  is  a  Kni-hl  'remplar 
and  a  past  president  ol  St.  (ieoij;c's  Societ}', 
vice-president  of  the  Ke-ystone  l-'ire  1  snrance 
Company,  and  a  director  of  the  Piclou  Charcoal 
Iron  Company.  In  jiolitics  he  is  ,111  active 
Coiiservat'  e,  in  ieli,i;ion  a  member  of  the 
Church  of  i;iiL;l,nid.  He  was  married  in  Nd- 
wmher,  isrir.,  to  N.iida,  dau';htei-  of  the  late 
John  1;,  'rundiull.  His  laniily  consists  of 
two  son-,  .ind  foiu'  daughters. 


CARLTON  CLINCH,  the  uell- 
|[^1  known  l),iid<er  of  St.  John,  was  horn 
in  St.  ( ieor,L;e,  Ch.nlotte  County, 
N.li. ,  on  .Septcmliei-  1  _\  iS..|i),  son  of  Peter 
,md  S.ir.ih  Josephine  (Wetniore)  Clinch.  Ik- 
is  ,1  L;ie,it-,;;iandson  ol  I'elcr  Clinch,  lirst,  a 
-i.iduate  ol  Tiinity  C<ille-e,  Dulilin,  lieland, 
who  emij^i.ilcd  to  .\ineiica,  ,nul  latci',  at  the 
hie.ikin,:;  out  o|  the  Re\  olui  jniKU  \  Wai.  became 


i;uh;k      MIU   \I     K1\1I\\ 


ijiij't 


m 


.!  nu-m 


!^^■^    .'I    llu'    K.'X.'.l    l\'nviMo    Anunu.uiv,  i'.mv 


\.\  St     \.A\\\  ,!■.   .(    \. 


nil   .>!    (hiili'i-u, 


n;'  ,\  I  u'i:ti'n,>n 


i.  AvA  subs>-v]iionll\  iMoni.'i. 


,i      p      v'.iiii.'n     i  liiuh    «,!■-    \.iMiMr.l\     I'uipl. 


1,>  )>o  r.ipM'.n 

At  tlu-  vl.^M-  . 
c,  v'.ipl.un  i'Hii 


>t    th.'   vx.i: 


•h,  >,ii 


•,ll>   i'tli>-i    1  .'\  ,i'i--l^ 


\vVV      1« 


n-.\\  u'lv  .<;u 


1    v>-ttU'vi    ,l!     M     k.o.Mi;o, 


iii'.i'i   iS-;,  \x!uMi  l\.- >'nti'i>'.l  ll\i'  l-.tnlvin',  Ihmim' 
<1      >      l,>n>s    \     To      ,\'-    .  K'llv,     \\1\>1.'     hr    i>' 
'.i.uiuil    until    iSS".   vin.v'    \\hi>li    tiiiu-    lu-    ti.i'- 
.1111,-,!    ,M\    1,M    hmiM-ll    .in    >'\ti'n'.i\>'    iMnlviii;; 


\\,t^  m.inti'il  ,»  i.U; 


ti.ul    .>!    l.iiul    1"\       •in>l    l>i.'k.n.i;,i'   IniMiu 


Ml     (  Iniiti    in.iiiu"! 


Hiitivh    :.v^\t'ninu-nt        IK-    loii'U'<l   ,\    null        Sumo 


I      Mv  ^  iilliini.   I'l    M, ml. 111. 


\  S       11, 


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t.Mnuvl  v.i'in.il' 


r!\,iil>-tt>'   V  >nmt\ .   \\:>u  i\    pii 


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t  ol  tlu-  Fii'v  iiu 


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BIOGRAPHICAL   REVIEW 


ley,  late  of  St.  John;  Alice  !•".,  wile  of 
Judge  (r.  W.  ]Uiil)i(Ij;e,  of  Ottawn;  Ann  K. 
C,  wife  of  W.  P.  Court,  of  St.  John;  Ik-rlha 
P.,  who  married  Jolin  S.  Hale,  of  Ottawa; 
luiinia  C". ,  who  married  R.  W.  McCartv,  of  .St. 
John;  and  I'.Ila  Medill,  wife  of  J.  ]•'..  \aria- 
way,  of  Ottawa. 

Mr.  and  ]\Irs.  Maxwell,  who  have  ])assed 
sixty-four  years  of  their  lives  as  man  and  wife, 
have  foimd  nothiiij;  but  happiness  in  each 
other's  society,  and  have  lived  to  see  their  chil- 
dien  well  provided  for.  Although  ninety-three 
years  of  age,  Mr.  Maxwell  .still  retains  much  of 
the  mental  and  physical  vigor  which  character- 
ized him  during  his  active  years,  and  iiis 
strong  constitution  has  enabled  him  to  survive 
many  of  his  business  associates.  I'"or  many 
years  he  was  a  class  leader  and  a  trustee  of  the 
Methodist  church. 


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ANIKI,  MULI.IX,  O.C,  one  .>f  the 
5^  J  leading  members  of  his  piofession 
in  St.  John,  N.H. ,  his  nati'.e  city, 
is  the  son  of  Patrick  Muilin  and  his  wife, 
Catherine  Rice,  who,  emigrating  fiom  C'ork 
Countv,  Ireland,  first  settled  in  St,  John,  sub- 
sei|uently  removed  to  Westmorl.uid  County, 
residing  there  on  a  farm  for  many  \ears,  and 
finally  returned  to  St.  John.  It  will  thus  he 
seen  that  the  future  law\er  in  his  youlli  com- 
muned with  nature,  and  doubtless,  amid  N'ew 
Hrunswick  forests  primeval,  di<l  "find  tongues 
in  trees,  books  in  the  running  bro(jks,  sermons 
in  stones,  and  good  in  evei'vthing.  " 

Mr.     Mul'in    was    educated     in    the    public 


schools  in  Wcstmorlaad  County  and  by  the 
Christian  Hrothers,  St.  John.  lie  studied  law 
with  the  lion.  C.  N.  Skinner,  O.C,  the  pres- 
ent Recorder  of  the  city,  was  admitted  an  at- 
torney in  June,  iSS.;,  and  called  to  the  bar  the 
following  year. 

luitering  into  partnership  with  the  lion.  J. 
(iorclon  Forbes,  now  Judge  of  the  St.  John 
County  Court,  uiuler  the  firm  name  of  Forbes 
&  Muilin,  he  enio_\ed  with  him  for  a  periotl  of 
the  years  an  extensive  practice  in  marine  and 
mercantile  law.  Subsequently  associating 
himself  with  Richard  ]•'.  Ouigley,  Ph.D., 
1.I..1).,  OC.,  the  tirm  of  (Juigley  &  Muilin 
became  widelv  known,  having  been  engaged  in 
manv  important  cases  with  marked  success. 

Mr.  Muilin  has  been  practising  on  his  own 
account  for  the  past  few  years.  lie  was  re- 
ccntlv  ap|K)inte(l  by  the  Lieutenant  Governor 
in  (.'ouncil  of  New  Ihunswick  one  of  Her 
Majesty's  Counsel,  learned  in  the  law,  his 
Commission,  under  the  (ireat  .Seal  of  the  iVov- 
ince,  dating  July  JS,   iSijt). 

His  reputation  for  integrit\'  and  hnnorable 
conduct  is  ol  the  highest,  while  his  success  as 
a  lawyer  has  been  notable  in  all  branches  ol 
the  profession.  It  is  in  the  criminal  courts, 
however,  that  he  has  attained  his  greatest  dis- 
tinction. 1  lis  achievements  in  the  defence  of 
piisoners  lia\e  been  indeed  rem.ukable.  ,uid  he 
is  tii-ila\  icgarded  as  piobablv  tlu'  most  ]iiiwcr- 
fnl  .uKcuate  at  tlu'  bar  in  such  i:i--es. 

I'issentiallv  modest,  as  he  is  known  to  he,  iu- 
tould  make  the  proud  i)oast  (were  it  not  lor  his 
rigid  regard  for  truth,  wliich  as  a  lawyer  is  not 
the  least  ><i  his  merits,  .uid  which  comiiels  him 


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437 


to  acknowleilfic  one  solitary  cxccptron)  that  he 
never  lost  a  criminal  case  before  a  jury,  though 
he  has  been  engaged  in  a  great  number  of 
them.  Triumph  has  followed  triumph,  and 
within  the  last  few  years  he  has  had  an  un- 
broken series  of  a  dozen  such  victories  to  his 
credit.  He  possesses  in  an  eminent  degree 
the  qualities  which  go  to  the  make-u|)  of  the 
successful  nisi  />n„s  advocate,  his  predominant 
characteristic  being  intense  force  coupled  with 
consummate  tact  and  an  intuitive  knowledge  of 
human  nature. 

When   thoroughly  an.u.sed,  his   forensic  elo- 
quence is  of  a  high  order,  and  has  been  greatly 
admired.     His  ^jiecch  in  the  dcrence  of  Horace 
G.  llurton,  who  was  brought   from   Toronto  on 
a  warrant  charging  him  with   embezzlement  of 
a    large    sum    of    money    Ironi    his    employers, 
Messrs.  ]'.   V.  (^dlicr  &  Co.    (a  New  V„rk  pub- 
lishing   house   with  a    branch    in    St.  J(]hn,  of 
which   ]Uu-ton  had  been  manager),  and  tried  in 
the  .St.  John    County  Court    in  May,    i  .S97,  was 
prcrnoimced   by  many   persons  who  heard    it   to 
be  the  finest  address  delivered    in  the  St.    [olin 
court-hou.se    since    S.     R,    Thomson's    famous 
speech    in  the  .Munroe  murder  trial  thirty  vears 
ago.      On   this  occasion  Mr.   Mullin's  address, 
which  w.is  a  merciless  criticism  of  the  methods 
pursued    by  the  parties  behind    tile   pto.secution 
and   an  impassioncl   appeal   to  the   sympathies 
ot  the  jiuy,  occupied  over  two  hours  in  delivery 
and  evoked  deep  emotion,  causing  many  of  the 
iury   and    spectators,    as   well    as    the   pri.soner 
him.self,    to   shed   tears.      On    being  acquitted, 
Hurton.  with  ,in  excess  ot  feeling,  dramatically 
embracetl  his  counsel.      The  case  excited  much 


interest;  and  the  unexpected  accpiittal  of  the 
prisoner,  who  was  a  comparative  stranger  in 
the  city  and  whose  doom  to  incarceration  for  a 
long  term  in  the  i)enitentiary  had  been  a  fore- 
gone conclusion  in  public  estimation,  though 
a  great  surprise,  produced  a  revulsion  of  senti- 
ment on  the  jiart  .,f  the  imblic  toward  him. 

Although  Mr.  .Mullin,  by  force  of  merit 
alone,  now  i)ractically  mono]x)lizes  this  branch 
of  the  imife.ssion  in  St.  John,  3et  he  has  no 
special  liking  f(,r  it,  and  jirefers  his  general 
practice,  which  is  large  and  varied  and  con- 
stantly increasing. 

:\rr.  ]\Iullin  is  a  Liberal-Conservative  in 
politics,  enjoying  a  high  reputation  as  an 
orator  on  political  subject.s,  and  taking  an  ac- 
tive interest  in  the  welfare  of  his  party,  which 
he  believes  is  .still,  as  it  was  in  days  gone  by, 
the  truest  exponent  of  Canadian  nationality,  as 
well  as  the  ever  loyal  guardian  of  the  best  in- 
terests of  the  I-:mpire,  faithful  alike  to  its 
ideals   in   power  or  out  of   it. 

Mr.  .Mullin  is  yet  a  young  man  on  the  sunny 
side  of  torty.  He  is  a  Catholic  in  religion, 
a  Keleree  in  Jupiity,  a  bachelor,  and  a  member 
of  the  Union  Club.  Residence,  Carvill  Hall, 
St.  John,  x.n. 


Vl|.\Mi:S  Kb'.WKDV.  president  of  -.he 
Canadian  1  )rug  Company,  St.  John,  was 
•'"I"  in  .Ayrshire,  Scotland,  .March, 
iX.?5,  son  ot  (ieorge  and  Mary  (Gray)  Ken- 
nedy. 'Ihe  death  of  his  parents,  which  oc- 
curred when  he  was  twelve  \ears  old.  threw  him 
up(m  his  own  resources;  and  he  was  employed 


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upon  farms  until    1857,  wlicn  he  emigrated  to 
New  Hrunswick.      Resuming   his  previous  oc- 
eupalion  after  his  arrival,  he  later  took  eharge 
of  a   large  farm    in    Moncton,  N.H. ,  where   he 
remained    about    two    years.      Coming    to    St. 
John   in   1861,  he   entered  the   employ   of    the 
wholesale  and   retail  grocery  firm  of  Jardine  & 
Co.,  with  whom  he  remained  twelve  years;  and 
in    1.S7;,  he  estal>lished   himself   in   the  whole- 
sale   fish    and    provision     Imsiness    on    South 
Wharf.      l''or  the   succeeding  twenty  years  he 
carried  on  a  jirofitable  mercantile  business,  and 
also  aci|uired   large  .shipping  interests,  having 
built  five  .ships,    the   chartering   of   which    he 
attended  to  personally,  and  being  part  owner  in 
several  others.      Having  disposed  of  his  marine 
property    with    the    exception     of     two    shijis, 
which  he  still   owns,  he  retired   from   mercan- 
tile  business   in    1893,   and   for  the   past    five 
vears  has  been  engaged   in  caring  for  his    in- 
vestments.      He   has    been    jiresident    of    the 
Canadian  Drug  Company  ever  since   its  organ- 
ization  in    1895,  and  he  was  tiie  ofTiciai   he;id 
of  the  Joggins  Coal  .Mining  Association,  which 
sold  its  property  in  1892.      His  prominence  in 
the  business  circles  of  St.  John  ha.s  been  at- 
tained .solely  th.ough  his  ability,  iierseverancc, 
and  progressi\e  instincts. 

Air.  Kennedv  was  married  in  I S60  In  Mi>s 
Isabella  Longhead.  They  have  had  seven  chil- 
dren, namely;  Mary  (Iray,  wife  of  the  Rev. 
I  .  c;.  Macneill,  pastor  of  St.  Andrew's  I'res- 
.yterian  Church,  St.  John;  William  Ramsay, 
nK\sttf  of  the  ship  "Clcadnnxir, "  owned  by  his 
father;  James  Kerr  Kennedy,  who  died  in 
Idaho  at  the  age  of  twenty-eight  years;  Isabel 


Margaret,  who  died  at  the  age  of  two  years; 
David  Alexander  and  George  Kerr,  merchants 
in  this  city;  and  Robert  J.,  who  died  at  tiie 
age  of  si.x  months. 

Mr.  Kennedy  belongs  to  the  Masonic  order, 
and  is  president  of  the  Thistle  Curling  Club, 
of  which  he  has  been  a  member  ever  since  its 
organization,  some  twenty-two  years  ago.  In 
his  religious  belief  he  is  a  Presbyterian,  and 
is  one  of  the  elders  of  S;.  Andrew's  Church. 


RLAN'DO     11.     WARWICK,    of    St. 

V-  I  John,  wholesale  and  retail  dealer  in 
crockery  and  china  ware,  was  born  in 
St.  Joim,  January  23,  1849,  .son  of  William 
and  Susanna  (Hay ward)  Warwick. 

William    Warwick,    l)>«rn    in    Digby,    N.S., 
was  the  .son  of  a  Loyalist  settler  from  Virginia. 
He  received  his  educati(m   in   St.  John,  N.  K., 
and  on  reaching  manhood  engaged  in  the  hard- 
ware  business  in   that  city.      Subse(|uently  he 
went  into  the  shipping  and   commission    i)nsi- 
ness,  and  at  one  time  w.is  in  tiie  grocery  busi- 
ness.      In     1852,    without    relinquishing    his 
shipping   and   commission    operations,    he   en- 
gaged in  the  crockery  business  with   Mr.   Will- 
iam H.   Ilayward,  Mr.   H.iyward  having  charge 
iif  tiie  crockery  department.      The  firm  contin- 
ued until  1S73,  when  Mr.  Warwick  sold  out  to 
his  partner.      Among  other  business  enter|)rises 
Mr.    W.irwick  estaiilished  the    manufacture   of 
]iottery  in  Si.  John. 

He  was  an  active  member  of  the  Methodist 
church,  and  took  an  especial  interest  in  Sun- 
day-school  work.      He  with   Mr.  Robert   I'rosl 


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organized  a  Suiulay-school  on  the  Marsh  Road, 
furnishing  and  fittinj;  up  a  room  at  their  own 
expense.  This  was  afterward  n)erj;o(l  into 
the  I'ixmoutii  Street  Methodist  Sunday-school. 
His  interest  in  Sunday-schools  was  not  con- 
fined to  those  of  his  own  denomination,  hut 
embraced  others  of  all  the  evangelical  denom- 
inations. 

His  wife  was  a  daughter  of  William  Hay- 
ward,  of  Sussex,  N.  1{.  They  had  two  chil- 
dren, namely:  Orlando  H.,  the  special  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch ;  and  Sarah  M.,  who  is  the 
wife  of  \V.  !•".  Linton,  of  Truro,  N.  S.  After 
giving  up  his  business  in  St.  John,  Mr.  War- 
wick removed  to  I.awroncetown,  X.  S. ,  where 
he  resided  until  liis  death,  which  occurred  on 
October  25,  1X90.  Mrs.  Warwick,  who  sur- 
vives her  husband,  is  now  a  resident  of  I'ruro, 
N.S. 

Orlando  H.  Warwick  was  reared  and  edu- 
cated in  bis  native  city,  St.  John.  In  1864 
he  went  to  .St.  Ste|)bcii,  ,\.H.,  with  iiis  cousin 
James  S.  Clark,  whom  .Mi'.  William  War- 
wick, his  father,  had  started  there  in  the  crock- 
ery business.  Subseipiently  returning  to  St. 
John,  in  1865  be  entered  the  store  carried  on 
by  his  father  ai\(i  .Mr.  Hayward,  where  be  was 
employed  as  clerk  until  1S70.  In  that  vear 
he  became  a  member  of  the  firm,  and  .so  re- 
mained until  iS;^,  when  Mr.  Hayward  i)ur- 
chased  the  business.  In  i.S;;  ho  established 
his  present  business  on  the  iKJrtb  siile  of  King 
Street,  where  ho  cciiulucted  it  lor  some  ten 
year.s.  In  i.SS;  be  removed  to  his  present 
commodious  ipiarters  nn  the  south  side  of  King 
Street,    where  he    now  carries   on    the    lar"est 


wholesale  and  retail  crockery  and  china  ware 
business  in  the  Maritime  Provinces.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Ouarterly  Hoard  of  the  Oueen's 
Street  Methodist  Church  and  treasurer  of  the 
St.  John  I'rotestant  Orphan  Asylum.  Mr. 
Orlando  H.  Warwick  married  in  1.S75  Miss 
Ida  May  I.ockhart,  a  daughter  of  the  late 
Alexander  I.ockhart,  a  prominent  ship-owner 
of  St.  John,  formerly  of  St.  Martins.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Warwick  have  five  children -- George, 
Ida  May,  William,  Orlando  II. ,  Jr.,  and 
Charles  J. 


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^KT]-:R  McSWKKNICV,  a  prominent 
^  business  man  of  Moncto.i,  N.  J5.,  has 
been  intiiYiately  associated  with  its 
mercantile  interests  for  three  decades,  and  by 
his  ujiright  dealings  has  won  the  resjiect  and 
esteem  of  all  with  whom  he  has  come  in  con- 
tact. He  Aas  born  in  Moncton,  April  11, 
1.S42,  a  son  of  I'eter  and  Joanna  (Downing) 
McSweeney.  (Furtlv.'r  ])arental  history  may 
be  found  in  connection  with  the  sketch  of  his 
brother,  (Jeorge  McSweeney,  on  another  page 
of  this  Work.) 

I'eter  McSweeney  received  his  education  in 
the  schools  of  Moncton,  and  when  but  a  youth 
went  to  .St.  John,  where  he  was  employed  as 
clerk  in  a  store  for  thirteen  consecutive  years. 
Returning  to  Moncton  in  186S,  he  became  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  McSweeney  Hrothers, 
which  for  several  years  dealt  extensively  in 
carpets  and  furniture.  In  1878  lie  opened  his 
present  .store,  which  is  devoted  to  the  sale  ol 
dry  gootis  anil  gentlemen's  fin  nishing  goods,  in 


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which  he  has  a  larijc  trade.  I'rom  the  start  he 
has  met  with  success  in  his  dealings,  and  lias 
now  the  leading  establishment  of  the  kind  in 
the  vicinity.  Mr.  McSweeney  is  identified 
with  tile  I.iiieral  party  in  polities,  and  has 
ably  filled  various  offices  of  trust,  lie  was  for 
two  years  a  member  of  the  Town  Council,  and 
serveil  as  chairman  of  the  Alm.^house  C<immit- 
tee  and  as  the  chairman  of  its  lV)ard  of  Trus- 
tees. On  March  16,  1899,  Mr.  McSweeney 
was  apjwinted  Senator  of  Canada. 

Mr.  McSweeney  was  married  November  ir, 
1873,  to  Mrs.  \Vi".helmina  Fisher,  widow  of 
the  late  Peter  Fisher,  of  St.  John,  X.H. 
Three  children  nave  been  born  of  this  union; 
namely,  C"oia,  Algern.'ii  C. ,  and  W'ilhelmina. 


f^zJKnRci:  :\k.s\vi;h;.\i:v,  of  Moneton, 

\^X  X.  H. ,  is  faniiliarl\-  known  to  the 
travelling  public  as  the  proprietor  of  the 
Ih-imswick  Hotel,  a  deservedly  pojiular  house, 
well  patronized  by  home  and  foreign  tourists. 
He  was  born  in  .Moneton,  January  2J,  1.S59,  a 
son  of  the  late  I'eter  McSweeney,  who  for 
nearly  half  a  century  was  conspicuously  identi- 
fied with  the  growth  and  develoimient  of  this 
section  of  Westmorland  County. 

Peter  McSweeney  wa-.  reared  to  manhood  in 
Kenmaie,  Comity  Kerry,  Ireland,  where  lie 
received  a  fine  luiglish  and  classical  education, 
which  \v,is  further  advanced  by  a  tourse  of 
study  at  the  college  of  Maynoolh,  in  l.einster. 
County  Kildare.  In  1.S37  he  came  with  hi> 
bride  to  New  Hrunswitk,  and,  iiaving  secured 
a  position    as     teaihcr    in    Hillsliouj.    Albct 


County,  taught  there  for  three  years,  succeed- 
ing the  Hon.  John  Lewis,  M.  L.C,  and  the 
late  Hon.  W.  H.  Steeves.  Coming  then  to 
the  "Hend, "  as  Moneton  was  called,  he  in- 
vesteit  largely  in  real  estate  in  its  vicinity, 
buying  with  a  wise  forethought  i)ro|ierty  that 
steadil)'  rose  in  value  and  within  a  few  years 
proved  to  be  \  ery  desirable.  Realizing  the 
future  prosperity  awaiting  this  rapidly  growing 
town,  he  hesitated  not  to  purchase,  as  oppor- 
tunity afforded,  such  lots  as  the  one  now  owned 
and  occujiied  by  Norman  Peaton,  at  the  corner 
of  Main  ami  'i'elegraph  Streets,  the  corner 
occu])ied  by  lulward  Allen  &  Co.,  at  the  junc 
tion  of  Main  and  Dike  Streets,  and  the  lot 
now  occupied  by  h.  Toombs  &  Co.,  on  the  cor- 
ner of  Main  and  Pleasant  Streets.  He  erected 
for  his  own  residence  the  second  house  put  up 
on  .Steadman  Street.  He  also  owned  the  home- 
stead propertv  on  the  Mcjuntain  Road  and  other 
estates  of  v. due.  His  last  iiurcliase  was  the 
block  on  the  corner  of  Main  and  Downing 
Streets.  11  is  excellent  business  judgment  led 
him  to  make  extensive  pinch. iso  in  other  sec- 
tions of  the  Province,  including  St.  John, 
Kings,  Albert,  ami  Kent  (  ountics,  in  all  of 
wliit'h  he  bought  ami  sold  consider  ble  le.ilty. 
Lor  many  yeais  he  was  one  1/  the  most  piomi- 
;  ncnt  general  merchants  of  .Moneton,  ;is  well  as 
an  oper.itor  in  real  estate;  lull  about  fitieeii 
years  prior  to  1.  is  death,  whicli  occurred  in 
I  December,  1X76,  In  retired  from  active  pur 
'  suits,  content  to  enj'iyi'u'  competeni)  which 
1k'  l;ad  acc|uired  in  inudeiue  and  foresight. 
In  ])(]litics  he  was  a  Liberal,  and,  besides  being 
jiie  of  the  first  Magistrates  appointed  in  West- 


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the  corner 
at  the  June- 
and  the  lot 
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morland  County,  lie  had  tin-  ilistinition  of 
being  the  vciy  first  Rimian  Catluilit-  to  liolil 
the  office.  Iliswil'i-,  whose  maiden  name  was 
Joanna  Downing;,  died  in  1876.  'I'hey  wi'i-' 
the  parents  of  seventeen  children,  of  whoni  two 
sons  and  seven  dant;lUers  are  now  living, 
namely:  I'eter,  ol  whom  a  biography  appears 
elsewhere  in  this  volume;  (ieorge,  the  sul)jeet 
of  thissketih;  Mikah,  wife  of  Henry  Vonge, 
superintendent  of  the  Southern  Division  of  the 
I\rcxican  National  Railway;  Mary,  wife  of 
I'ldgar  I..  Newhouse,  superintendent  of  the 
Mexican  (iuadalnpe  Mining  Company;  l.ucy, 
wife  of  J.  J.  Walker,  of  the  accountant's  office 
of  the  intercolonial  Railway  in  Moncton ; 
I'Mlen;    Agnes;    Joanna;    and  Kate. 

Cieorge  McSweeney  graduated  from  tiic 
Memrancook  College  in  iS-^,  and  three  years 
later  entered  into  luisiness  with  his  brothers  as 
one  of  the  firm  of  McSweeney  lirothcrs,  in 
which  he  continued  until  i88_'.  llewassub- 
sc(|ucntly  ill  busiiios  alone  foi-  a  >hort  time, 
for  two  years  dealing  successfully  in  furniture 
and  carpets.  In  May,  18S.},  desirous  of  mak- 
ing a  radical  change,  be  jiurcbascd  the  prop- 
erty known  as  the  \Veld<in  House,  which  he 
enlarged,  remudelli'd,  and  rctuinishcd,  and  has 
since  I'oniiiutcd  with  euiincnt  success  uiuler 
its  jjiesent  title  of  the  Hrunswick  Hotel. 
In  politics  Mr.  McSweeney  is  a  Liberal,  and 
since  attaining  his  nKijority  has  l.iken  an  in- 
telligent interest  in  public  aff.iirs.  In  iSS;, 
i.SSr.,  and  1SS7  he  served  as  .\nierican  CoiimiI, 
and  for  four  years  he  lepresenteil  Waid  Three 
in  the  Town  Council. 

In  September,    iS.S;,    Mr.  McSweeney    mar- 


ried Heatricc,  daughter  of  the  late  Hon.  John 
I.efurgcy,  of  Summerside,  V.K.I.  They  have 
two  children       John  I.,  and  JJorothy  U. 


OSF.I'H  U.  .M.\1H;R,  D.D.S.,  a  rising 
young  dentist,  was  born  in  what  was 
then  known  as  Portland,  N'.H.,  but 
which  is  now  included  in  the  city  of  St.  John. 
He  is  a  son  of  the  late  Joseph  and  Mary  V.. 
(I)ehuiey)  Maher. 

His    grandi)arents    were     John     and     Mary 
Maher,     Maurice    and     Anna     Uelaney.      The 
I  grandfather  Maher  was  for  many  years  a  shi])- 
!  builder  in  this  Province.      He  died  about  1867. 
He   was   the   father  of  eight   sons.      Of  these 
the   only  one   living    is   Henry  Maher,  who  has 
carrieil  on  the  grocery  business  in  .St.  John   tor 
many  years. 
j       Joseph    Maher,    Dr.    Maher' s   father,    was    a 
sui\evor  of    recognized    ability,   and    followed 
that   business  until   his   death,  which   oiemred 
about   the  year  1S7.2.      Mrs.  Mary  I'..  Maher,  a 
very   beautiful  woman,  who  was  the   mother  of 
se\en  children,  died  shoitl}'  after  her  husband. 
She  was  the  daughter  of  Maurice  Delaney,  who 
was  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  and  one  of  the 
most  ri's|icctetl  citizens  of  the  olil  town  of  Port- 
land.      The  surviving  children  of  Josejih  and 
,  Mary  Maher  are:  Maude;    am!  Joseph   J).,  the 
;  subject  of  this  sketch.      .Maude  is  now  Madame 
1  Maher  of  the  Sacred   Heart   Convent,  and  is  at 
liresent  located  in  Halifax,  N.S. 

loseph  1).  Maher,  who  is  still  single  and 
generallv  spoken  of  as  pretty  comfortable,  jnir- 
sued  his  preliminary  studies  in  Portland,  N.H., 


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and    completcil    his    education    at    St.    Mary's 
Collc!;o,  ]M(intrcal. 

He   be^an   liis   nrot'cssimial  studies  in  \SS6, 
j;raiiuated  I'mni   tlie   liciston   Dental   (.'()llet;e  in 
June,  i.SSq,  and   at    the   conclusicin  nf  a  post- 
jrraduate   enurse   at   the   American    C'cille^e    of 
Dental    .Sin-j;ery,    Chicago,    in     iM93,    he    was 
awarded   special    honors   for  extraordinary  pio- 
liciencv-.        While     pursuinu;     his    j-.rofessional 
studies  he  \isited  some  of  the  principal  dental  ; 
hospit;ils    in    luirope,    and   the   knowledge   de-  j 
rived  from   his  careful   ohservation  contributed  j 
much,    no  doubt,    to  the   wouilerful   success  he 
has  attained.      In  the  fall  of  iS.Sy  he  began  the  ; 
practice  of  his  profession   in   the   North    luul,  | 
where   he  almost    immediately  acijuirecl   jiopu-  j 
larit)' ;  -uid  his  al)ilil_\  as  a  dentist  has  brought  ' 
him  a   large   business,  which    is   constantly  in- 
creasing, j 

Dr.   Maher    is   entitled   to   ])ractise    in    New 
Voik    State,    anil    is   also   the   only   dentist    in  j 
New    UrunNwick    entitled    to    piactise     in     the  i 
I'idvince  of  No\a  .Scotia,  being  fully  registered 
in  both  places.  j 

Dr.  Mailer's  ability  as  a  denti-t  may  lie 
judged  by  the  fact  that  he  possesses  excellent 
testimonials  from  the  gowrnoi,  piemier,  the 
kite  e\-premiei',  members  ot  the  ,i;ii\i.'i  nmeiil 
council  of  .New  Hiunswiik,  the  ni.ivoi' ol  Si. 
John,  and  many  otbeis. 

In  lS'J5  he  advanced  lln'  idea  n|  .■stab!  ishin,:; 
compulsor)-  examination  of  cbildicn's  teeth, 
and  his  connnunication  to  the  school  board 
upon  th.it  subjcit  was  very  ta\oi,  nl\-  recei\ed 
by  the  public, 

His     parlois,     oirues,     and      labniatoiy     aiej 


among  the  finest  in  the  Dominion,  and  he 
employs  a  staff  of  skilled  assistants.  He  is  a 
prominent  member  of  the  New  Brunswick 
Dental  Association,  which  he  helped  to  form. 
Dr.  Maher  lives  at  the  X'ictoria  Hotel,  King 
Stieet.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Union  Club, 
and  has  a  host  of  friends. 


--♦*••.•— 


H.I.IAM  ML'RDOCK,  civil  engineer 
and  superintendent  of  the  sewer  and 
water  departments,  St.  John,  was  lioin  in  Pais- 
ley, .Scotland,  April  iTi,  •I,S4.S,  son  of  William 
and  Maigaret  (Smith)  .M unlock. 

William  Murdock,  Sr.,  was  born  in  Paisley 
in  1.SJ3.  Learning  the  shoem;iker's  trade,  and 
succeeding  when  a  young  man  to  the  business 
established  by  his  father,  he  carried  it  on  foi- 
a  numbei-  of  years.  In  1S54  he  was  induced  to 
t'ome  to  .St.  Jolm  b\-  iiis  brother  ("lilbert,  who 
i.-migrated  in  1S4J,  and  who  was  supeiintend- 
ent  of  the  water  works  from  iS^^)  \nitil  his 
death,  wbiih  occuned  in  1S94.  1  hi  his  arri- 
val in  .St.  John,  Willi, un  Murdock,  .Sr.,  enteied 
a  clothiuL;  store  carrii'd  on  b\  C'ockburn  and 
(iilbert  Muiilock,  but  later  took  an  interest  in 
the  .\lbcit  House  on  Markit  .Si.|u,ue,  with 
which  he  w,is  connected  for  a  _\e.ir.  He  w.is 
tik'H  appointed  b\  llie  ;;o\ermuent  to  m,nuil.nt- 
ure  g.is  Ini  I'.iitridge  ishmd  Light,  and,  re- 
signing liom  the  servile  in  1,^5,^,  be  nblaiiied 
eniplosnient  :,s  one  o|  the  lirst  ol  the  conduc 
tors  of  the  luuopc.in  .Old  \oith  .\mrriian,  now 
I  ntei  I  iijoni.il,  k.iilu,i\.  l\esi:;niiig  lh,it  posi- 
tion a  little  later,  he  turned  his  .ittentioulo 
liler.ir)    .iiid    jouinali-tic    wmk,    lor   which    he 


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ilteiit  iiiii  til 
wliieh    he 


liad  a  decided  iiiefereiue,  and  ahont  this  time 
lie  jiiihlished  a  \cdume  of  poems,  whiih  w.is 
favorably  received  by  the  jjuhlic.  He  was  for 
awhile  connected  with  the  Si<://is/i  Ai/tirinr// 
of  New  \'ork,  and,  after  workiii!;-  at  the  sline- 
niaker's  trade  a  short  time,  he  turned  his  atten- 
tion wh(dl\'  to  newspajier  work,  wliicli  he  lol- 
lowed  snccessfnlly  tor  the  iie.\t  few  years,  ren- 
deriirf;  valuable  serx'ice  to  the  .I/('/-«///i,'  .\',  .\',v 
and  the  7'r/ixr<f/>//.  lie  was  a  member  of  the 
.St.  Andrews  Societ\-.  Willi, nu  Miirdock,  .Sr, , 
died  May  4,  1S7-.  His  wile,  Mar-aret, 
whom  he  married  in  I.S44,  was  the  mother  of 
eight  children,  n.miely  ;  Joh  a  resident  ol 
Hrookl)ii,  .\.  \'.  ;  William,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch;  (leor^e,  who  resides  in  Cal_i;ary, 
North-west  'rerritoiy,  and  was  its  lirst  mayor; 
('lilbert,  who  was  drowned  at  l'ni;wasli  in  1SS4; 
Marj;aret,  wlm  died  .it  the  aj;c  of  twenty-three; 
M;iry,  who  died  in  infancy;  Joseiili,  who  re- 
sides in  .St.  John;  and  Mar_\,  secmiil.  The 
first  four  weic  born  in  .Scotland,  the  la^l  tiuir 
beiiii;  natives  ot  St.  Jnhii.  'I'lu'  niutlicr  died 
Aii,i;ust    j,s,   iS.s';. 

Willi. nil  Muiil'itk,  son  of  William  and  Mai - 
•^arct,  u.is  echuated  in  the  St.  John  public 
sihools.  .\lter  the  compklion  ot  his  course 
ofstuiU  lie  lic_i;.iii  to  serve  an  appiciil  iceship 
in  a  tiuiiidrv,  where  he  rem. liiicd  until  twenty- 
one,  .mil  while  Ic.iiiiinj;  liisti.ide  he  spent  his 
evenini;s  in  studyiii.^  civil  enj;ineci  iiii;  under 
the  ,L;uid.ince  of  .Me-srs.  Miniiette  .ind  Wel- 
tiiii.  ILivin:;  p.issed  a  siiiccsslul  i  \,uiiinatioii 
loi  the  cmwii  l.nid  service,  he  vv.is  appoinli'd 
licpiily  .Siiivcviir,  .1  pn^itimt  which  he  held  lor 
.1   nunibei   ol    ve.iis,    ,ind   duiiii;;    til, it    time   he 


did  considerable  surveying;  for  private  iiaities. 
In  1894  he  was  ai)poiiited  to  succeed  his  uncle 
as  superintendent  of  the  w.ater  works,  and  this 
position,  toj^ether  with  that  of  enj;ineer  of 
the  sewer  de})artment,  lie  is  now  fillinj,^  with 
marked  ability.  Like  his  father,  he  iiosscsses 
a  taste  for  journalistic  work,  and  at  one  time 
was  a  rei;ular  reporter  for  the  daily  papers. 

In  Janiiar)-,  i.Sjfj,  Mr.  Mnrdock  was  united 
in  niarriaj^e  with  Miss  Mary  Anj^usta  Arm- 
strong, a  native  of  (Ireenhead  Parish,  of  I.an-* 
caster,  N.H.,  and  a  daughter  of  Josejih  .Arm- 
strong;'. 'I'hey  have  eleven  children;  namely, 
(iilbert   (irav,    I'" rank    .S. ,    Arthur  W. .    lessie. 


Robert 


Mar-aret,    J'dsie,     I' 


Kov, 


.Mice,    Marv,    ami    Helen. 

Mr.  Muiilock  was  fornieil)  a  member  of  sev- 
er,il  temperance  societies,  also  of  the  Iiulepeii- 
dent  •  h'der  of  (  )ild  l''ellows,  and  is  now  a  mem- 
ber ot  .*--t.  .\iidrews  .Society.  He  and  his  fam- 
ily attend  St.  .\iidiews  Presbyterian  Clmrch, 
nf  which  his  p.ircnts  were  members. 


II.I.l.XM  IIK'KM.W,  for  many  years 
me  of  the  nio>t  eiK'i,^etic  and  I'liler- 
prisinj;  business  men  of  ]  lorclu'ster,  N.  H. ,  is 
now  liviiii;  retired  Imm  active  pursuits,  al 
thou,i;h  mmli  of  his  leisuie  time  is  occupied  in 
alteiulin;;'  to  his  piiv.ite  inierists.  He  was 
burn  .September  1  J,  iSj^,  in  I  )iirchester,  a  smi 
of  Jiijiii  llickm.ui,  jr.,  .111  eailv  si'tllerof  this 
section  nf  \\\-sliniirl,iiiil  Countv. 

loliii  Hickman,  .Si,,  his  pateriuil  i;raiid- 
f.itlicr,  w.is  born  and  hroiiL;ht  up  in  Ilollaiul, 
.ind  while  yet  ,1   Kid  leceived   .1  niilil.iry  tr.iin- 


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BIOGRAPHICAL    REVIFAV 


inj;-.        l''.mii;ratiii,n-    froin   there   to     Iiehuul    in 

early  mature   life,    he   settled   in    Derry,   from 

whkU  [ilaee  he  ami  five  of  his  hrothers  enlisted  | 

ill  the    British    army.      His  hrothers   were   all   ' 

killed   at   the  famous   hattle  of  V.'aterloo,  after 

which    he    returned    to    his     home     in     Derry, 

wliere   he    devoted  himself  to  the   eare  of   his 

aged   parents,   and  spent  the  remainder  ol    his 

life. 

John    lliekman,    Jr.,   son   of  John,    .Sr. .    was 

horn  in  the  north  of   Ireland,  and  there  grew  to 

man's   estate.      Soon    after   his   marriage   with 

Marv  Camiihell,  a  lionnie  Scotch  lassie,  lie  Icit 

I 
the  1-ancrald  Isle,  and,  coming  to   the   Hritish-  , 

American    I'rovinces,  located   first    at    llalifa.x,   | 
N.S.,  hut   soon   removetl  to   Dorchester,  X.l?.,   ' 
which    he     made    his     iieini.ment      residence. 
After  working  at   the   shoemaker's   trade  for  a 
few  vears,  he  ojiened  a  hotel,  and   this  he  con- 
ducted with  great  success   until    his   retirement 
from    husiness,    ahout    six    yens    piior   to    iiis  | 
death,    which    occurred    when    he  was    .seventy 
years  (dd.      He  was  a   I.iheral    in   politics  and 
a  citi/.en  of  worth.      llis  widow  sur\i\cd   him, 
attaining  a  vcnerahle  age.      (  H  their  nine  chil- 
dren  three  are   now   li\ing;   namely,  William, 
the  special  suhject  of  this  sketch;   Mary  Jam-; 
and  Susan. 

William  ilitkman  w.is  dlucatnl  in  the  puh- 
lic  SI  hold-,  of  Doichester.  l""or  aliout  Iniir 
years  tluring  his  Vdiith  and  e.iily  manhood  he 
followed  the  se.i.  1  le  >ul)-M'(|Ueiltl_\-  einhai  kcil 
in  the  hotel  liU'-iness  in  l)orciu'>ler,  and  aNo 
engaged  to  a  con>ideiahle  extent  in  -hip  hnild 
ing.  'J'he  1. liter  indu'-tr\  pio\'e(l  so  enginss- 
ing  th.il   .Ml.    I  I  ii  km.in  disposed  ol  his  iiotel.  in 


order  that  he  might  give  his  whole  time  to 
commercial  and  manufacturing  pursints.  He 
hiiilt  four  ships  at  Lower  Hillshoro  and 
twenty-five  harques  and  ships  on  Dorchester 
Island.  h'or  sever.il  years  he  was  the  leading 
spirit  in  the  development  of  the  shipping  trade, 
which  was  then  at  its  heigiit  in  this  jiart  of  the 
country,  and  not  only  hiiilt  ship.s,  but  stockeil 
them  and  sent  them  to  for.  ;ii  ports.  He  es- 
tablished an  extensi\e  domestic  and  foreign 
trade,  which  he  continued  for  some  time. 
He  was  also  interested  in  \arious  town  enter- 
prises until  his  retirement  from  acli\e  pursuits 
in  i.S.Sc).  I'raternalK,  he  is  ,1  .Mason,  belong- 
ing to  the  l')orcliester  Lodge,   \'.  &  .\.   M. 

Mr.  Hickman  has  been  four  times  married. 
llis  piesent  wife  was  formerly  Miss  Harrii't 
Cochrane,  of  Dorchester.  His  only  child, 
Charles  S.  Hickman,  is  the  son  of  his  third 
wife,  whose  maiden  n.mie  w.is  Margaret 
l''uiiies. 


C5l  IIO.MAS  liARKN',  for  numy  \ears  a 
(jjl  pminineiit  liti/en  ol  .St.  (icorgc,  Char- 
lotte Counts,  N.l'i.,  was  born  in  this  p.irish, 
.\piil  11,  iSji,  ,md  died  .it  his  lionu'  ill  1S95, 
aged  se\  ciil\ -foui-  \cais.  His  l.itlici'.  w.is  horn 
,ind  brought  up  in  licl.ind,  whciici'  lie  emi- 
giatcd  to  this  cDiintiv  when  be  w.is  \iuiii,t;,  and 
Ificated  in  the  town  ol  St.  (ieoige.  Hewmked 
,is  a  liimberm.in.  and  while  \tt   in  the   piiiiu'ot 

.1  vigorous  manh I  w.is  act  ideiit. illy  killed  by 

the  l.illiii:;  ol  .1  tree. 

'I'hoinas  li.iriA  w.is  cdiu  .itcil  in  the  (oiiiniini 
schools,  .iiid,  having  been  lelt  lathei  less  at  an 
e.ii  K  .ige,  w.isthiowu   upnu    his   own    irsoiini's 


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lole   time    to 

uisiiits.      He 

illshoro    and 

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but  stiiLktxl 
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tdwn  enter- 
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UK'S  married. 
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oim'  ill  1  .Si)5, 
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wlieii  but  a  b(iy.  I*jicr,i;ct  ic,  iiuliistridiis,  and 
tliritt)-,  lie  succcodc'il  in  liis  iindci  takinj;s,  and 
became  an  excellent  representative  of  the  self- 
made  men  of  iiis  day.  lie  first  embarked  in 
business  fur  hiinsidf  .is  a  <;eneral  niercliant, 
and  Midii  after  turned  bis  attention  to  luniher- 
inj;-.  lie  l)e,^an  on  a  nmdest  scale,  but  ,L;radii- 
aliy  enlarged  his  njierat ions,  and,  in  addition 
to  buying  timber  lands,  invested  hirnelv  in 
iiiillin;;-  propeity  and  farms,  liis  puichases  in 
this  line  extendinj^  for  several  miles.  He 
i)uilt  at  one  lime  a  lar^e  mill,  well  eipiipped 
with  all  the  reijuisite  machinery  for  innnediate 
work;  but  wliicii,  howeser,  was  never  used  for 
.sawing  lumber,  as  the  niemoiable  ".Saxbv 
gale,"  which  levelled  the  timber  and  destro\ed 
the  forests  for  man)'  miles,  juacticall}  ciijijiled 
the  lumber  industr)-  for  a  time.  He  subse- 
(piently  gave  up  the  manufacturing  of  lumber, 
all  of  the  principal  mills  of  this  section  having 
been  more  or  less  injured  b\'  the  gale;  and 
for  a  time  he  was  piiimincntly  connetted  with 
the  Hay  of  lumdy  Red  (iranite  Works  as  one 
ol  the  leading  stockholders  ol  the  tom[)an\' 
that  c<inti  oi  led  them  Mr.  Harr\'  was  also  in- 
ti'resti'<l  in  tlic  i.iilw,i_\-  s\>tenis  <if  the  prov- 
ince, and  toi'  nine  \ear^  wa>  president  of  the 
(irand  .Soulhcin,  now  the  .Slinie,  l\ailwa\. 
lie  V..IS  a  (-'on>rr\  ,it  i\  c  in  |iiditics.  lie  also 
took  an  ,ic  tive  part  in  town  niattiTs,  and  for  a 
iiuinhci  of  \c,nsw,rs  Justice  of  the  I'cice.  lie 
wa>  a  nicmlicr  of  the  Chuich  of  Mngland  ;ind 
for  se\'ei,il  \c.iis  .1  \estr\in.in  oi  the  r,iii>h 
t  lunch  at  .'-Ir.   ( ii'oige, 

(In  Ma\'  I'l,    iN;^,   Mi.    H,iri\-   married   j.me, 
ilau"liler   of    William  ,tnd  .M.in    Russell.      .she 


died  a  few  \  ears  later,  leaving  two  children, 
namely:  William  K.,  who  graduated  from 
Howdoin  College,  Me.,  and  after  receiving  the 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine  was  engaged  in 
the  practice  of  his  jirofession  at  St.  .Stejjhen 
and  .St.  (icorge  until  his  death,  eight  years 
later;  aiul  Jennie,  educated  at  .St.  Catherine 
Hall,  Augusta,  Me.,  and  now  the  wife  of 
Harry  Cmoilenow,  ICsii.  On  July  16,  1866, 
Mr.  Harry  married  Sophia,  daughter  of  .Samuel 
and  Mary  Ann  Wallace.  Miss  Wallace  was 
educated  at  a  private  scIkkjI  in  St.  John,  \.  H. , 
under  Mrs.   I  hint. 


ll.l.l.XM  COLWi;].!.,  formerly  a 
well-known  hsh  dealer  of  St.  John, 
was  horn  March  19,  iSo.S,  son  of  John  and 
Marv  (Hutchings)  Colwell.  His  grandfather 
Colwell  came  to  New  Hnmswick  with  the 
Loyalists  in  17S3,  and  settled  near  Long  Inlet, 
(jueens  Counts',  where  he  followed  farming. 

John  Colwell  [lasscil  his  \(uith  on  his  father's 
farm,  and,  ;ifter  attaining  to  years  of  maturity, 
was  for  a  time  engaged  in  agriculture.  Sub- 
sequently for-.aking  this  occupation,  he  engaged 
in  fishing,  which  he  tollowcd  tor  manv  vears. 
His  wile,  Mary  Hutchings  Colwell,  was.  like 
himself,  of  l.oxalist  descent.  'I'liev  had  a 
family  of  five  sons  aii<l  three  daughters, 
nameh' :  I'.li/ahclh.  now  deteascd,  who  was 
the  wife' of  I'hnmas  riieal,  of  Carleton  ;  Will- 
i.im.  the  subject  of  this  ski'lch  ;  James;  Levi; 
John;  -Susan,  wlin  m.uriid  t.'liarles  Hamm, 
of  ('arletoii;  Kobnt  ;  and  .M.irv.  'I'he  last 
II, lined    died    when    .dioiil     sixteen     \c.us     cdd. 


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John  Cohvell,  the  father,  died  in  1853,  at  the 
age  of  seventy-four  years.  His  wife  survived 
him  seven  years,  dying  in  Noveniher,  i860. 

William  Oilwell,  after  attendiiii;  the  com- 
mon schools  in  his  boyhood,  engaged  in  tlie 
fish  business,  which  he  followed  for  many 
years.  In  1S71  he  and  his  son,  Knoch  H. , 
formed  a  )iartnership  as  wholesale  dealers  in 
all  kinds  of  fresh  and  salt  water  hsh  and 
Liverpodl  salt,  which  business  they  conducted 
together  until  his  death  in  1875.  William  Col- 
well  was  one  of  the  prominent  merchants  of  the 
place,  and  was  niuiii  respected  for  his  sterling 
personal  character.  He  was  a  charter  member 
and  the  first  treasurer  of  the  Ma.sonic  lodge  in 
t'aileton.  He  was  also  .  !  )eacon  of  the  Bap- 
tist church  fur  many  years. 

In  1829  Mr.  Colwell  married  Millicent, 
daughter  of  Charles  Han^n,  Crand  Bay,  Kings 
County,  now  deceased.  She  was  h(irn  in  1809, 
and  died  in  1894,  surviving  her  husband  nine- 
teen years.  Their  children  were  five  in  mini- 
her;  namely,  William,  Charles,  Susan,  Milli- 
cent, and  ImkicIi  B.  Their  son  William,  who 
for  t"!leen  years  held  a  ;;ove<nment  jiosition  in 
the  custom-hou.se,  subsec|uenlly  went  to  the 
United  -States.  Charles  followed  fishing  for  a 
few  years,  then  cng.igcd  in  the  grocery  busi- 
ness, in  which  he  continued  until  his  death,  in 
the  spring  of  1898.  Susan  is  the  wife  of  Dr. 
James  S.  White,  of  llartlaiid,  Carleton  County, 
X.  H.  Millicent  i>  the  wife  of  Thomas  Thonip 
soil,  a  coutiactor  of  .St.  John. 

J'jioch  B.  Cohvell,  born  in  i8.}(),  was  edu- 
cated in  the  iiiil)li<-  schools  of  Carleton.  In 
1.S71  he  engaged  in  the  fish  business  with   his 


father,  the  firm  being  known  as  William  Col- 
well &  Son.  Since  the  death  of  the  elder 
partner  the  younger  has  conducted  the  business 
alone,  dealing  in  fish,  salt,  and  coal.  He  does 
an  extensive  business,  his  markets  being  jirin- 
cipally  in  the  United  States.  He  was  elected 
to  the  City  Council  in  1S78  from  Ciuy's  Ward, 
re-elected  in  1882,  and  again  in  1894  and 
1899.      In  ]iolitics  he  is  a  Conservative. 


r?m';NHV    I'HIPI'S   OTTV,  a  well-known 
citizen  of  St.  John,  was  born   in  that 
city  on  January  31,    18.24,  his   jiar- 
ents    being    Captain     Al'an      and      I'.lizabeth 
(Crookshank)      Otty.        His    lather.      Captain 
Allan  Ottv,  was  born  in  the  old    Danish   town 
of   Whitby,  Yorkshire,   luigland,  on  November 
18,    1784;    and    he    entered    the    British    navy 
August     15,     1803,    on    board    the    guard-sbi]! 
"Haldar."      l"roni    1806    until    his   promotion 
to  the  rank   of   lieutenant  on  .\pril  4,    iSio,  be 
ser»-ed  chicHy  in  the  cajiacity  of  master's  mate, 
a  rating  he  attained  to  on  May  9,  i8('5.      Alter 
p.issing  thiougli  various  ranks,  he  was  commis- 
sioned commander    on    the   tiisl    day  <il    Jul)', 
1815.      Capt.'in  <  )tty's  man  iage  took   place  on 
August  8,   1S18.      He  died   .it    Darling    Island, 
Kings  County,  on    March    15,    1859,  at    the  age 
of    seventy-four    years;    and    bis    wife,     whose 
maiden   name  was   Mli/.abeth    Crookshank,  died 
in  the  same    |il,ice   <in  .\ugnst  8,    iSjj,  at  lilty- 
oue   years  of  agt'.      They   weie  the    p.uenls  ol 
the    following  named     ebildieii:     Andrew    C, 
(ieorge,  Catherine   M.,  lleiny  I'hipps,  Tbonias 
J.,    Allan    ('.,     U'.bert,    Id  i/..il)elli,    Jolu),    and 


BIOGRAPHICAL   REVIEW 


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lliam  Col- 
tlie   ekler 

ic  business 
]  lo  (lues 
ciiij;  jirin- 
v;is  elected 
ly's  Ward, 
US94  and 
ive. 


veil -known 
nn  in  that 
4,  his   jiar- 

I'.li/aheth 

Captain 

;u)ish   tdwn 

November 

ritish   navy 

f,'iiard-shiii 

innniotion 
4,  I  Ski,  be 
4i'i  's  mate, 
I05.  Alter 
■as  enmmis- 
ly  (if  Jul)-, 
Ilk  plaee  on 
inj;  Island, 
,  at  the  a^e 
k'ite,  whose 
shank,  died 
:j2,  at  litty- 
■  pari'nls  ol 
\ndrew  C, 
i|is,  'I'homas 

Join?,    and 


William.  Andrew  C  Otty  was  a  brigade 
Major  in  the  militia,  and  took  an  active  part  in 
supjiressing  the  I'enian  disturbances.  He  died 
at  the  age  of  fifty-si.\  years,  (ieorge  was  a 
barrister  and  later  Judge  of  I'robate  for  Kings 
County,  New  Brunswick.  Catherine  Magill 
married  Dr.  S.  Z.  luirJe,  <if  .St.  John. 
Thomas  J.  was  drowned  while  a  youn^'  man, 
when  the  "Avenger"  was  wrecked  in  the 
Mediterranean  Sea.  .Allan  C,  Robert,  and 
I'^lizabetb  are  deceased. 

Henry  I'bipps  ( .;ty  was  educated  at  the 
grammar  school  in  .St.  John.  After  lea\ing 
school  he  engaged  in  the  lumber  business,  and 
in  i<S72  built  a  saw-mill  at  Hampton,  Kings 
Count)',  which  he  conducted  for  several  \ears. 
In  1S63  he  entered  Ib.-r  Majesty's  seivice  in 
the  post-office  department,  where  he  remained 
until  hi.s  retirement  in  l'"el)ruary,  1S95.  He 
was  married  on  New  A'ear's  I)a\',  1S51,  to 
Hetty  Howe,  whw  was  born  in  Halifax  on 
N'ovend)cr  J5,  1S27.  Her  father.  Joim  Howe, 
was  l'(istniaster-(ieneral  of  the  Maiitime  I'rov- 
intes.  .Mrs.  ( )tty  iHed  on  June  ^  '<^9,v 
Her  daughter,  I'Mi'.abeth  Crookshank  ( )ttv, 
married  Judge  .\lfred  W.  .Savaiy,  M..\.,  of 
l)igb\',  X..S.,  .ind  bccauK'  tlie  motlier  nf  four 
chiUh'ju.  Mr.  ()lty  is  ,i  mendier  of  the  Cbu' ■;b 
iif  luuland. 


Lh1)W.\UI)    J.     KI;\M:I)V.   a    rei.resenta- 

J ti\e   of    (ine    <il    the  oldest    business 

firms  in  .St.  Jcibn,  was  burn  ii\  Hnston,  Mass., 
June  J,  1S34,  a  son  of  William  and  Mary  .\. 
(.Swords)  Kcnneily. 


William  Kennedy,  who  was  of  Scotch  ances- 
try, was  born  in  Ireland  in  1812.  When  four- 
teen years  of  age  he  left  his  native  land  and, 
unattended,  went  to  Boston,  Mass.,  where  he 
found  employment  with  Sumner  Hudson  & 
Co.,  provision  dealers,  with  whom  he  remained 
for  si.\teen  years.  In  1847  be  came  to  St. 
John  and  established  a  grocery  business  on 
King  Street,  which  he  conchicted  successfully 
until  his  death,  a  jjeriod  of  over  half  a  century. 
He  took  a  great  interest  in  the  f.  O.  ().  1'.,  of 
which  he  was  a  member  for  over  si.\tv  years, 
h.aving  been  one  of  the  organizers  and  a  charter 
niemiier  of  the  lodge.  He  was  married  in  1852 
to  .Miss  Mary  .\.  Swords,  a  native  of  ]?oston 
and  daughter  of  lulward  and  I.sabella  Swords, 
she  being  on  the  paternal  side  of  Irish  ancestry. 
I'our  children  were  born  of  this  union,  namelv: 
I'klward  J  ,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Su.san, 
now  decea.sed,  who  was  the  wife  of  the  late 
Stephen  Case;  William  I..,  who  died  at  the 
ageof  twenty-two  years;  and  b'teeland,  a  physi- 
cian, who,  after  |iractising  his  piofession  for 
two  years  in  St.  John,  died  at  the  age  of  thirty, 
leaving  a  wife,  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  James 
Bennett,  of  St.  John,  and  one  child.  ( )ne  of 
the  leading  merchants  nf  the  city,  William 
Kennedy  was  widely  known  and  respected; 
and  his  death,  which  occurred  in  18(16,  was 
much  regretted.  His  wife  died  in  1888,  at 
the  age  of  seventy-three  vears. 

lulward  J.  Kennedy  came  to  .St.  John  whei\ 
a  lad  of  twehe  years.  He  was  educated  in  the 
school  on  Cobury  Street,  under  Mi-.  William 
Mills.  After  leaving  school  be  entered  bis 
lather's    store,    and    upon    his    lather's    death 


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.siiccfcdcd  to  llu'  l)iisincss.  In  I  Stjy,  altiT  iIk' 
Ixisincss  had  been  roiuliictcd  (Ui  Kiny  Street  for 
filty-two  yeais,  Mr.  Kennedy  removed  to  his 
present  lar<,'e  store  on  Waterloo  Street,  .where 
he  now  does  the  leadin-  business  in  his  line  in 
St.  J<iiin. 

lie  was  ni.iiried  in  iS()S  to  .Miss  .Mar,i;aiet 
Anstin,  a  dans;liter  ot  Ileniy  and  Susan 
(\Vrij;lit)  Austin,  of  St.  jolm.  His  taniily 
eonsists  of  three  eliildren:  Ildward  T.,  wlio  is 
assoelated  witli  liini  in  tiie  Inisiiiess;  Susan  A., 
who  lives  with  lier  i)a'ents;  and  William  1...  a 
painter,  lesidin^'  in  St.  Jolm. 


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ll.\Rl,]:S  !•:.  KXAl'l',  a  prominent 
I  lawyer  of  1  Jorehester,  \.  H.,  is  well 
known  tlirou<^hout  Westmorland 
(-'onnty,  in  coiuieetion  with  the  business  of  its 
eourts,  as  a  man  of  pronouneed  le,t;al  abilitv. 
He  was  horn  at  l-'ort  Cunil)ei  land,  in  this 
eounly,  Mareh  15,  iSjri.  a  son  of  William  I). 
Knapj).  The  Knapp  family  wiTe  ori-inally 
(iernians,  and  s])elled  their  nami'  Cenoep 
until  the  reij;n  of  Henry  \'III.,  when  it 
was  legally  ehan,i;ed  to  its  present  form.  The 
founder  of  the  f.miily  in  .\iiierii.i  emi-rated 
from  Suffolk,  1-Jij;land,  in  \(>}:,  and  estab- 
lished himself  as  a  householder  at  Rye,  \.^■.. 
where  his  deseendants  li\ed  until  the  i  lose  of 
the  wai  of  indi/pendeiu'e.  Tiniothv  Knap|), 
the  ^re.il-^randtather  of  Charles  i;,  Knapp, 
married  Mary  Adee,  of  Rye,  ^'.^'. ,  the  town 
in  whieh  their  only  ehihl,  Titus  Knapp,  was 
born. 

Titus    Knapp    sjient    his    e.ulv    life    in    the 


Trovinee  of  New  ^'ork,  ;uid  as  a  Lieutenant  in 
Delaneey's  Ran};ers  was  in  the  Hritish  ser- 
\  iee  duriiii;  the  Re\dlution,  and  took  an  aetive 
part  in  many  of  its  en.L;a.i;ements.  He  was 
thriee  wounded,  (juee  in  the  i,cek,  once  in  tho 
side,  and  also  on  the  head  by  a  sabre  cut,  and 
lor  three  months  was  held  pris(jner  at  White 
Thiins,  ^'.^■.  At  the  elose  of  the  war  ne  eanie 
with  the  t(dony  of  Loyalists  to  the  Trovinces, 
.uid  located  at  T'ort  Cund)erland,  N.S.,  where 
he  w.is  iirosjierously  enj;a.i;ed  in  mercantile  and 
agricultural  pursuits  until  his  death,  at  the  a^e 
of  threescore  and  ten  years.  He  became  very 
actively  identified  with  jniblie  affairs,  and  soon 
after  takini,^  up  his  residence  in  Westmorland 
County  was  a  member  of  the  Trovinci.d  Parlia- 
ment ;  and  he  also  seTved  as  Justice  of  the 
I'eace  for  a  loni;  lime.  He  man  ied  Catherine, 
dau.^hter  of  M.ijor  Dickson,  who  was  in  the 
Hritish  service  as  an  ol'licer  in  a  New  Tjiyland 
ie';imenl  during  the  .\merican  Revolution. 
He  had  previously  >ci\cd  in  the  I'rench  ^Var, 
h.ivin;;-  been  a  p.oticipant  in  all  important  en- 
,i;ai;ements  with  the  e.\ce]it  ion  o|  ihc  takin^;;  of 
l.ouisbuii;,  and,  before  leniovin^  to  Xova  Scotia, 
with  other  Loyalists  assistal  in  tfie  capture  of 
Moiro  C,is|  Ic,   in  1  la\  ana. 

Willi. un  I).  Knapp,  the  onl\  child  of  Titus 
,nul  Catlieiine  Knapp,  was  born  at  the  old 
homestead,  at  Tort  Cumberland,  and  there 
lived  ,md  died.  IT'  was  liij;hlv  educ.ilcd,  and, 
bavins^  inlu-rilcd  ,1  l;oo(1  piojieitv,  spoilt  his 
seveiUy  live  years  of  lifras  a  gentleman  farmer. 
Delicate  liom  hisviuith  up,  for  the  l.isl  fortv 
ve.iis  he  was  ,in  inv.did.  His  wile,  .M,ir,i;,uet 
ijui,i;ley,  was  born  in   Di,:;by,   .\.S.,  a  dau;^hter 


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■  l?ritisli  scr- 
iKik  an  active 
ts.  lie  was 
\,  (ince  in  tlnj 
vihie  cut,  and 
ncr  at  White 
'  wai'  he  came 
H'   ridvinccs, 

X.  S. ,  whcie 
icrcantilc  and 
til,  at  the  a^e 

liccanie  very 
liis,  and  soon 
Westmorland 
iiicial  i'ailia- 
istice  (it  (lie 
ed  Catherine, 
I  was  in  the 
S'cw  Ijij^'iand 

KcviiJMtiiin. 
i'lcnch  H'ar, 
ni|iiirtant  en- 
lie  laisini;  <if 
.\ii\a  Scot  ia, 
10  lapturc  (if 


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at  the  (lid 
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4SS 


(if  Winkwortli  (  Hiij;liy.  She  died  at  the  aj^c 
of  scvciUy-oiie  years,  lie  was  a  (Juaker,  while 
she  was  a  member  nf  the  Chiirth  (if  Jj)ji;IaiHl. 
They  reared  thirteen  ihiUiren,  of  whom  six- 
are  livinj;',  namely:  Charles  V..  ;  ICliza,  widow 
(if  William  W'dndman,  late  of  Mastpurt,  Me.  ; 
I'.meline,  wife  of  tlie  kev.  Herbert  Jarvis,  of 
\'irf;inia;  Charlotte,  wife  of  William  I'drtcr, 
of  Portland,  Me.  ;  Mary,  now  living  in  Bos- 
ton; and  Augusta,  a  resident  of  I'"ort  Cumber- 
land, X.H. 

Charles  I',.  Knapp  attended  first  the  common 
sehools  of  l'"ort  ('un)berland,  and  was  afterward 
a  student  at  Kin;;'s  Collej^e,  in  Windsor, 
N. S.  In  1X46  he  be<;an  the  study  of  law  with 
tiie  late  1"..  H.  Cliandler,  snbse(|ncntly  '^nv- 
ernor  of  the  Province,  in  Dorchester,  X.l!.,  and 
for  seveial  years  after  being  admitted  attorney 
remained  in  his  office.  In  I1S57  he  com 
nienced  practising  his  jirofession  throughout 
Westmorland  County,  and  is  still  actively 
employed.  In  additinn  to  other  le,i;al  work, 
he  is  Clerk  of  the  Peace,  Keeper  of  the  Rolls, 
and  Registrar  of  Probate  for  the  county.  Ik- 
is  a  Mason  of  high  standing,  belonging  to 
Sussex  Lodge,  No.  4,  I'.  &  .\.  AT.,  of  which 
he  is  Past  Master. 

( )n  August  -,0,  1S4S,  Mr.  Kna!>p  married 
.Sarah  .\nn,  daughter  of  Thomas  'I'liiiliolm,  of 
I'ointe  (hi  Bute.  N.l^  She  died  in  1S95,  in 
the  sixt\-cightli  \ear  of  her  age,  leaving  six 
children,  naniels  :  Cassic,  wife  of  Henry  1 ). 
Harper,  ot  Hrookhn,  \.\'.,  who  has  one  cliild, 
Donald;  I'.llen,  >.i(lowof  the  late  Alexander 
Nicliols,  of  .San  .Xntonio,  Tex.,  who  has  two 
children  -    .\da   and    Clara;    Tanimie,  wife   of 


the  Rev.  R.  Harry  Smith,  of  lUictouche, 
.\'.  M.,  who  his  si.x  children  —  Charles,  Robert, 
Catherine,  Nellie,  Sarah,  ;ind  Dorothy;  Julia, 
unmarried;  Ada,  wife  of  Irving  Gollner,  of 
Staten  Island,  .\.\'.,  who  has  five  children; 
Leo;  and  Lizzie,  wife  of  Theodore  Chamber- 
lain, of  New  ^'ork  Cil\,  who  has  four  children. 
Mrs.  Knapp  was  ,1  nieinher  of  the  Hajitist 
church,  to  which  Mr.  Knapp  also  belongs. 
The  family  arms,  together  with  a  full  descrip- 
tion, may  be  found  in  the  Herald's  College, 
London.  These  arms  were  granted  to  Roger 
De  Knapp,  by  Henry  VIII.,  to  commemo- 
rate his  skill  ami  success  at  a  tournament  held 
in  Norfolk,  luigland,  in  1540,  in  which  he  is 
said  to  have  un.seated  three  knights  of  great 
skill  and  bravery. 


/^^TXhRIKI.  MKRRITT,  a  retired  .ship- 
\[^J_  builder  of  .St.  John,  was  born  in 
Marlboro,  Ulster  County,  N.\'.,  November  9, 
1.SJ4,  son  of  Gabriel,  first,  and  Rebecca  (Wet- 
more)  Merritt.  His  grandparents  were  Josiah 
and  Ann  (Purdy)  Merritt.  Their  eldest  son, 
(iabriel,  first,  father  of  the  subject  of  .this 
sketch,  was  the  second  of  their  seven  children. 
He  was  born  in  Marlboro,  December  2,  \~", 
and  on  February  u,  r  SoG,  he  married  Rebecca 
W'etmore.  She  was  born  February  kj,  ijSS, 
daughter  of  Izrahiah  Wetiiiore,  of  Rye,  Wes- 
chester  Count}',  N.^'.  He  was  a  son  of  James 
W'etmore. 

(iabriel  Merritt,  the  fourth  son  of  (iabriel, 
first,  anil  Rebecca  Merritt,  was  the  tenth-born 
of  eleven  chiklren,  and  was  rearetl  ujion  a  farm 


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BIOGRAPHICAL   REVIKW 


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J;: 

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;    'i 

i. 

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1  r  \ 

u. 

i4 

ill  his  iiativj  State,  llnvinj;  learned  the  car- 
penter's trade,  he  caiiu'  to  New  liniiiswick  at 
the  age  of  twenty-two,  ami,  settlinj;  in  Clillon, 
Kinj;s  Comity,  was  for  some  time  en,i;aj;etl  in 
varpcnterinj,%  ship-building,  and  liie  manufaet- 
ure  of  lumber.  One  of  his  first  l>uilding 
o]K'rations  was  the  remodelling;  ot  the  b'pisco- 
pal  ehunh  in  Kingston.  lie  later  became  a 
member  of  the  ship-buildini;  firm  of  W'etmore, 
'I'itus  &  Merritt,  which  carried  on  business  for 
many  years,  and  that  this  concern  was  promi- 
nently identified  with  the  merchant-marine 
interests  of  this  locality  is  attested  by  the 
followini;'  list  of  \es>cls  launched  from  its 
yards:  ships,  "Muskoio,"  "  IVacemaker  "  ; 
barks,  "Kinf^ston,"  ".Xrbntus,"  "Carrier 
Dove,"  "Connau^ht,"  "Director,"  "Enchant- 
ress," "Ingleside,"  "John  Mills,"  "Moss 
(lien"  (first),  "Moss  (ilen  "  (second),  "I'e- 
kin,"  ".Shiela,"  "Seauard,"  "\'idant"; 
barkentines,  ".\ntilla,"  "Julia  l''i>iier," 
"Merritt";  bri^s,  ".\iinie  Ji.irker,"  "Min- 
nie"; hrigantines,  ".\itos,"  "Knda," 
"JCcho,"  "Jmnbo,"  "Xatmoo,"  ".Signal," 
"Sunshine";  schoonei-^,  "  Aiigelia, "  "Clif- 
ton," "Deer  Hill,"  "blltie,  '  "Clcn," 
"  I  lazelwoode,  "  "  In,L;lewn(i(le,  "  "Jidia  A. 
Merritt,"  "].auris>,i, "  ".Mowei,  '  "K.  A. 
l'"ord,"  "Keajier  "  "Thiasher  "  ;  and  the  pilot 
boat  "Minnie  Cline. "  In  iS;^  Mi'.  Merritt 
moved  to  .St.  John,  and  the  fii-t  re-~idence 
which  he  occupied  was  burned  in  the  ci>nli.i,L;ra- 
tion  of  1S77.  lie  continued  to  carr)  mi  busi- 
ness in  Kini;s  Countv  for  se\eral  X'l'ars  alter 
his  removal,  or  until  iSfj^  when  he  snld  his 
mill  projierty  to  the  Moss  (ilen    Maiuifaclurin.; 


Company,  lie  is  the  owner  of  a  lar^e  farm  in 
IMoss  (ilen,  and  in  1.S67  he  brought  from  New 
^'olk  State  the  first  cultivated  strawberry, 
raspberry,  and  rhubarb  plants  ever  transplanted 

in  this  i)roviiice. 

i 

{        On    I'ebriiary    J<),    1S41S,    Mr.    Merritt    con- 
tracted   the   fii>l    of    his    two    marriages    with 
j  Mary  ICIizabeth  l-'lewelling,  of  Clifton,  daugh- 
1  ter  of  Joseph    I'"lewelling  and  a  sister  of    the 
-  lale   Hon.    William   1".  I'Mewelling.      She  died 
.\u,i;ust  S,    1.S7S,  and   he  sul)set|iiently  married 
Mrs.     VA\/.A    Jane    I'uddington,     daughter     of 
David    Weliiinie,     of    Clifton,     and     wido\.'    of 
I  J.    1;.    ruddington.      He    is   the   father  of   si.\ 
i  children,  all  by  his   first  wife,  namely:  Joseph 
I'dewelliiig,  born  in  Marlboro,  X.Y.,   b'ebruary 
S,   1S49;   William  Hawkesley,  born  in  Clifton, 
Kings  County,  N.H.,  October  j.S,   1X50;  Julia 
A.,  horn    in    Ulster   Countv,  N.\'.,  March    29, 
1S5J;    I'.duard    llcnr\,  bom    in   Clifton,  .\pril 
22,    I'^54;   (iabiiel  Wetinoic,  born    in    Clifton, 
Januarv  14.    i<'^57;  and  b'rank  St.inley,  born  in 
Clifton,  Januar\-  1  7,    1  sr)4. 

(osepli  Mewelling  Merritt  .liter  completing 
his  education  riig.iged  in  business  with  his 
father,  and  uhen  a  xunuL;  m.m  he  made  several 
\oyages  in  order  lo  f.imiliaii/e  himself  with 
the  working  of  a  ship  and  the  freight  I'aiiyini; 
business.  In  l.'^7_'  In-  todk  a  position  in  the 
store  of  riiinliull  i\:  Co.,  with  whom  lie  became 
associ.ited  as  a  p.irtiier  in  1.S7S.  the  linn  name 
being  >nbseipieiit  ly  i  h.inged  to  its  present 
stvle  o|  Men  ilt  HrotliersiS:  Co.  They  carry  on 
an  r\teiisi\c  wholesale  L;rocei\-  and  sliip|iiiig 
biisiiK-ss,  their  sales  amount  Iul;  to  two-thirds 
ol    .1    million      doll, us     aniiu.dh.       |ose|)li    1". 


t  a  larj;c  farm  in 
i>iij;ht  from  Now 
itcil  strawberry, 
L'vcr  transplantL'd 

Fr.    Mcrritt    cnn- 

111,11  ria;;os    with 

C'lilton,  daugli- 

a  sister  of    the 

linj;.      Slie  died 

.■qucntly  married 

II,     daughter     of 

and    \vid(i\,'    of 

lie   fatiier  of   six 

namely :  Joseph 

X.  Y. ,   I'Vliniary 

horn  in  Clifton, 

jS,    1X50;  Julia 

s;.\'.,  Maiih    29, 

n   riilton,  April 

horn    in    Cliftmi, 

Stan  lev,  hoin  in 

.liter  loniplelinu; 
i>iness   with    his 

he  made  several 
/e   himself    witii 

frei,i;ht  I'airyin;; 
1  positimi  in  till' 
whom  he  became 
■i.  the    lirni    name 

to  its  present 
1.  Thev  carry  on 
■i\  and  sliipjiin,:; 
ul;  t"  two-thirds 
illv.       b-eph     I". 


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457 


Mcrritt  is  !arj;ely  interested  in  sUipping.  He 
is  president  of  the  Moss  Cilen  Manufacturing 
Company  and  a  heavy  stockholder  in  j;idd, 
silver,  and  copper  niines.  lie  was  married  on 
Au^'iist  jj,  i.S(j7.  to  tieorgia  J.  M.  Oakes, 
daughter  of  the  laic  lion.  I'.clwin  Randolph 
Oakcs  "f  13igby,  X.S.  They  have  one  (laugh- 
ter,   Mary  Georgia,  born  November  19,   1.S9.S. 

William  Ilawkesley  Merritt  entered  a  coun- 
try store  as  a  clerk  at  the  age  of  thirteen  years, 
and  about  eighteen  months  later  he  went  to 
work  in  his  father's  shipyaid,  remaining  one 
year.  Coming  to  .St.  John  when  he  was  si.\- 
ti'en  years  old,  he  took  a  clerkshij)  in  the  store 
of  the  late  R.  K.  I'liddington,  later  entering 
into  partnershij)  with  R.  ]•:.  and  J.  I].  I'udding- 
ton,  retail  grocers  at  \o.  55  Charlotte  Street. 
After  the  death  of  R.  !■;.  rnddington  tiie  two 
surviving  partners  continued  their  association 
for  a  year,  or  until  the  death  of  Mr.  J.  ]•;. 
I'uddington,  since  which  time  the  business  has 
been  conducted  by  Mr.  Merritt  under  the  firm 
name  of  I'uddington  v*v-  Meiritt.  lie  is  also 
interested  in  shipping  and  the  manufacture  of 
lumber.  On  June  «,  i.S.So,  he  married  I.aii- 
ris.sa  Alma  Hughes,  daughter  ol  the  Rev.  John 
Hughes,  of  St.  John.  They  have  three  chil- 
dren--- Charles  lilting,  Julia  Ha/.ehvoode,  and 
Adah  Lauris.sa.  Willi, mi  II.  Merritt  was  for- 
merly a  warden  of  St.  John's  Church. 

Julia  .\.  Merritt  niarrieii  Thomas  Arm- 
strong, of  St.  John,  X.H.,  liow  residing  in 
.Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Mdward  Henry  Merritt,  who  died  Xovember 
-7.  »f'>95.  "■;<■*  manager  of  the  Moss  (ilen  iMan- 
iifacturing    Company  and  a  business    man    of 


ability  and  integrity.  For  his  first  wife  he 
married  Charlotte  A.  Kierstead.  She  was 
born  August  30,  1.S54,  ,uid  died  August  18, 
1889,  leaving  nine  children,  namely:  Julia 
Hell,  born  March  6,  1S75;  Ira  tjitten,  born 
.\pril  4,  1.S77;  Charles  H(dden,  horn  Septem- 
ber 26,  1878;  (Jrlin  I,ee,  born  Januarv  .1, 
1880:  Harold  Woodbury,  born  June  29,  18H2; 
Cecil  Ray,  born  October  5,  i.^,*<;, ;  Heiirv  Clif- 
ford, born  March  2,  1886;  (iabriel  Iddeii, 
born  February  r,,  |88,S;  and  FewF;ilis,  horn 
July  27,  1889.  His  second  wife,  whose 
maiden  name  was  IClizabeth  Almira  F'lewel- 
ling,  is  the  mother  of  one  son,  Leslie  Stratton 
■Merritt. 

Gabriel  Wetinore  ,Merritt,  who  entered  the 
employ  of  Turnbull  &  Co.  at  si.xteen,  and  in 
1884  became  a  jiartner  in  the  firm,  is  now 
associated  with  his  brother,  Josejih  !•".  .Merritt, 
in  the  firm  of  Merritt  Hrothers  &  Co.  He  is 
also  interested  in  shipping  and  mining.  He 
is  president  of  the  Union  Club  and  of  the 
\'oung  Men's  Liberal  Club.  lie  attends  St. 
John's  (Anglicm)  Church.  On  Septcmlier 
12,  188S,  he  married  Annie  M.  Worrall, 
daughter  of  H.  l\  Worr.ill,  of  llalifa.\,  X.  .S. 
They  li,i\e  one  son  —  (iabriel  (iuy,  who  was 
hoin  December  2,   i8()0. 

F"iaiik  Staiile\  Mcnitt  tame  uitii  his  parents 
to  St.  John  when  nine  years  old,  and  after 
Iciving  scho(d  he  became  a  clerk  in  the  retail 
grocery  store  of  I'uddington  vS;  Merritt,  where 
he  is  still  cm|i|i'ye(l.  On  June  8,  1892,  he 
married  Jennie  Louise  Butcher,  who  was 
born  in  this  city,  daiig'  ter  of  Frederick  Ran- 
kin    Hutcher,     a    native    t)[     I'riiice     lulward 


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Island.  'I'Ik'S'  have  oiu'  son  -  -  I'^rcdcrick  (ici'- 
a!(l,  horn  .April  ^  iSi)7-  l'"rMnk  Stan]c\-  Mcr- 
rilt  hcloni;s  to  thi,'  Knii;hts  of  Tythias. 

'I'he  Mcrrilt  Hrothers  arc  ahlc  husincss  nu-n, 
•nul  iMi'upy  a  prominent  place  anio.iy  the 
wealth)'  citizens  ot  St.  John. 


I.l'Ri:i)  1;.  IIOL.STK.M),  a  well-known 
lrn,L;i;ist  of  Moneto,),  .\.H.  is  a  witie- 
awake,  proj;ressi\e  hu.-iiiess  man 
and  a  eilizeii  ol  iiidneiue.  .Son  o.  'he  late 
C'iiai'les  .\.  llol>tead,  he  w.is  horn  in  Mone- 
ton  on  .XnL^nst  '/,  \H6C).  'I'he  lamih'  is  ot 
l'aii;lish  origin.  Mr.  llolstead's  j^randtather, 
C'hailes  Ilidstead,  spent  liis  earlv  lil'e  in  I'.U'j;- 
l.nid.  the  idun(r\-  ol  hi^  hii'th,  hnt  on  reaihinj; 
man's  estate  lollowi'd  tlu'  tide  ol  enii,i;!at  ion 
westwai'd.  (  )n  leaehiiiL;  New  Mninsv\  iek,  he 
'oeated  at  tirst  in  .St.  John,  hiil  later  ;emo\  ed 
to  Moneton,  which  he  made  his  permanent 
home. 

Charles. \.  llolsteadwas  horn  in  Moneton, 
\.  1!.,  where  he  ohtaini'd  his  elementary  educa- 
tion. Ill:  afterward  contimied  his  stndies  at 
Mount  .Allison  Cojlej^e,  in  .'~^aek\ille,  N'.I!., 
and  was  suhseipiem  Iv  tilled  tor  the  har  in  the 
!  iw  olTue  of  .\.  .\.  .Stockton  in  .St.  John. 
Ik'j;iimini;  the  pr.ictice  of  his  piole>sion  in 
Momlon,  he  secured  a  lari;e  clienta;;e,  and  at 
the  tiuic  ol  his  dealii,  at  the  a,:;e  ol  fort\-  tiilee 
\ears,  was  amonj;  ihe  leadin;;'  law\ers  of  the 
community.  lie  was  a  I.iheral  in  polii  i<s  and 
a  vi.TV  prominent  mcmher  ol  the  Masonic  fr.i 
teiiiits.  lie  nianied  MaL;;;ie  l-'erj;uson,  and 
was  the   lather  o|    ei-hl   children,  six   o|  \\hom 


survive;  namely,  Alfred  V..,  l''.lla,  Ivlith, 
iMnnk,  Ma,i;f;ie,  and  Bessie.  The  mother  .still 
resides  in  Moneton. 

.\lfred  ]•;.  ]I(dstend  completed  his  early 
education  in  Mount  Allison  Academy  at  Sack- 
ville,  and  immediately  after  leaving  school 
hegan  hi.s  mercantile  careei'  a.s  a  clerk,  heinj; 
thus  employed  several  seasons  in  Moneton,  and 
suhsctpiently  for  three  years  in  Chatham,  X.  ]i. 
In  18.S7,  desiring  to  start  in  husiness  on  his 
own  account,  he  returned  to  Moneton,  where 
he  has  hosts  of  fiiends  and  well-wishers,  and 
openetl  his  pi'esent  drug  store,  which  he  has 
coiulucted  with  eminent  success,  his  trade 
lieing  extensive  an<l  renumerative. 

On  Xovemher  2}.  I.S'94,  Mr.  1  lolstead  mar- 
lied  Miss  (irace  Thonipsoii,  d.iughter  of  Charles 
I).  Thompson,  also  of  Moneton.  I'oliticall v, 
Ml'.  Ilidstead  is  an  ailherent  of  the  Conser\a- 
tive  ]iarty,  and  fraternall}'  he  is  a  mcmher  of 
I'rince  Alhert  Lodge,  I.  ().  (,).  1  •. ,  and  ol 
Moneton  Court,   I,  ( ).    1'".,  both  of  Moncloi;. 


(gtOIIN    Hl.ACKll.M.I.  S.MIIII,  Inr  m.iny 

!    .C~- I       \f.us  pi'oprietor  ol   the    l''.,i"le   l'"nundrv, 

!  .St.  John,  was   horn   in    N<irham,  Mount 

i   I'leasant    I'arish,   comity  of    l)urh,mi,   l''.ni;I.nid, 

1  Seplemher  j;,    1X07.      He  leained  the  nKuhin- 

'   ist's  tiade,  .ind  sidise(|iU'nll_\  engaged    in    husi- 

I  lies-   in    luigl.ind   as  a   meniher  o|    ilu'   linn    of 
i 
Smith    i\:    Smart.       Mmigr.il  ini;    to    Can.ida    in 

j  if^.Cv   he  w.is  .ippoinled    supeiinlendent    of   the 

i  mechanical  deparlment   ol    ,1  large    hrewers   and 

j  dislillei)   ill  Montii'al,  and  while  in   that   posi 

I  tion  he  supervised  the  coiistrua imi  of  the  lirst 


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I'.lhi,     I'dith, 
'ho  niolliLT  still 

IctL-il    his    early 

:adciiiy  at  Sack- 

Icaving    sihonl 

s  a  clerk,  licini;- 

II  MniK'tiiii,  and 
Chatham,  X.]i. 
)UsiiH'.s.s  (111  his 
Moiutdii,  wliL-rc 
L.'ll-\vi>liL'rs,  and 
,  which  he  has 
CSS,    his     trade 

.  1  Inlstcad  niar- 
,;litcr  111'  Charles 
11.  Politically. 
I  the  Ciinser\,i- 
is  a  member  nf 
O.     I".,    and    ..I 

III  Mcinclcin. 


11  I'll,  Inr  inanv 
i-.aj^le  l'"iiiindi V, 
Niirham,  Mmint 
rh.nii,  l'.ni;l.ind. 
led  the  m.icliin- 
i,i;a,L;ed  in  liusi- 
III  Ihe  liilii  111 
til  ('.in.ida  in 
ilendcnt  lit  the 
i;e  lireweiA  and 
le  in  that  (msi 
inn  ul    the   tirst 


iron  planer  ever  maniifacturcd  hi  Canada.      In 
1S37  he  served  as  an  officer   in  Colonel    Mal- 
son's  rejiimcnt,  which    took    jiart    in    (|uelling 
what    is    known    as    the     I'apineau    Rehellion. 
.\ller  the  close  of  the  outlircnk  he  came  to  St. 
John  for  the  pnrpose  of   tittini;-  up  and  running' 
for  James   Whitney  the   steamho;  t  "N'oveltv  " 
on   the    river   from    Indiantown    to  Woodstock, 
X.  H.      Later     he     Innlt     Ihe    boilers     for    the 
steamer  "Xnrtli    .\nicriea,"    tirst    niakin-   the 
tools    for    its   eonstiuction,    which  he   siiperin 
tended;  and   for   some   time   he  acted   as   chief 
en^^ineer  when  that   boat  was  running;  between 
St.    John  and    lioston.      In     iS4[     he    left    the 
employ   of    Mr.     Whitney    for   the    jnirpose    of 
enj^agin--  in   business    for   himself,    and   estab- 
lished the  h'.agle  I''oundry,  which  he  carried  on 
successfulK-    for    the    rest    of    Ins   active    life.    \ 
Ilis   was   the  only  iron-working  establishment   j 
here    f;ir   many   years,    and   he  was   e.\tcnsi\elv  I 
engaged  in  building  engines,  boilers,  and  ma-   I 
chiner)-  of  e\ery  descri!!tion.      During  a  single  ' 
yeai-  he  fninished   the   imn  work  fni'  ninetv-one 
ships,  besides  that  ol   iiuniernus  smaller  \essels  ; 
and    the    nsu.il    aniinnit    of    macliiiier\-    fur    the 
lumber  manufacturers.  i 

Ml.  .'^mitli  was  man  ied  in  |-'.ngl,md  in  iS^ci 
to  .Miss  Isabel], I  Dnugl.is,  <l;i'igliter  of  (icnrge 
DoMgl.is,  of  ■rwecdniiiuth,  and  tlieii  aedded 
lile  e.\tendi.'d  tlnough  a  period  ut  si\t\-tliiee 
years.  He  was  the  father  of  ten  childien,  I 
n.uiu  ly  :  Id  i/abeth,  who  becmie  the  wife  of  : 
John  I'.  Hell,  ol  this  cil\  ;  Willi, ini,  who  died 
in  inlancy;  M.iiy  .\nn,  who  is  the  widow  of 
l)a\iil  Mc.\ndrews;  M.ugarel  Dnugl.is,  who 
married   b.    X.    Knowles,  ol    St,    John;  (ieori'e  I 


Douglas,  whose  wife,  .\niiie  Osborn,  died  in 
1.S.S3;  I.sabella  Douglas,  who  is  the  widow  of 
John  Campbell  I'rances;  Jane,  wife  of  James 
Malcolm;  riiyllis  Heverige,  wife  of  Andrew 
Malcolm;  I'deanor  Cirace,  wile  of  W.  J.  I'ratt, 
of  Albany,  X.  ^■.  ;  and  John  .\.  \.  Of  these 
one  was  born  in  l-ngland,  three  in  Montreal, 
and  the  others  in  St.  John.  John  H.-  Smith 
died  April  5,  1X1^5,  ha\ing  survived  his  wife, 
who  died  May  .34,  i.S.);,.  I  le  belniiged  to  the 
Masonic  fraternity,  and  w.is  ,1  'member  o|  St. 
David's  Church. 

The  business  which  he  fmnided  is  still  in  a 
prosperous  condition,  and  is  conducted  under 
the  hrm  name  of  John  Smith's  Sons. 


IIAKM.i:S     AHXI'.R     M.\(  1  )()XA  I.l), 

I  barrister,  of  St.  John,  is  a  native  of 
the  cit\',  and  was  burn  October  20, 
1S41J,  his  parents  being  Charles  C.  and  Mli/a- 
betii  (Dyer)  .Macdonald,  bi;th  n.itivcs  of  St. 
John. 

(  liarles  C.  M.icdiiuald,  wlin  w,is  fdi-  nianv 
)eais  I'ligagcd  i»  the  h.udwaie  ;  iisiness  on 
King  Street,  w,is  ,i|  Scutch  desicnt.  lie  died 
"'  I^i5>);  and  his  wife,  hdiAibeth,  surviving 
him  many  years,  died  in  iSih).  She  was  a 
d,ni:;htei  lit  on;;  J. in. ill  |)\cr,  uhucametn  New 
Hrunswitk  fi.iiii  the  Cnited  Stales.  Her 
mother,  whose  maiden  name  was  bdi/.abcth 
ll.irding,  w,is  .1  daughter  of  Ceorge  H.irding 
and  ,:;i,md  d.Hi-bter  III  Willi. mi  ll.irding.  The 
Litter,  who  was  horn  in  ( ir.ivcston,  hlngl.inil,  in 
174;,  eniigr,ited  to  New  \'oik,  where  he  m.ir- 
ricd  S.iiali  (lillis,  wIm  w,is   boin  in  17.17.      He 


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(lied  in  iSi.S".  and  she  died  in  1825.  Geoi!;c 
Hardin;;,  above  named,  \va^  lioiii  in  Xewl)nrg, 
\.\'.,  on  June  16,  1779,  and  eanie  to  this 
eonntr\-  in  17S3  with  his  paients.  Two  of  the 
ehikhen  (it  Charles  C.  Macdonald  are  liviii.L;", 
naniel\- :  I'llla  Ilanilin,  who  is  the  wife  n[ 
John  M.  Kinni'ar,  of  Sussex,  Kinj^s  Countv, 
N.  H.  ;  and  Charles  AhiK'i',  the  special  snbjeet 
of  this  sketch. 

Charles  Ahner  Mardciuald  was  ix'ared  in  St. 
John,  antl  received  his  eaily  education  in  the 
grammar  school.  1  le  .i;raduated  from  the  I'ni- 
\ersit\  of  New  Brunswick  in  |S6,S.  takin:;  the 
alunnii  medal  for  cvcellence  in  ^■lassics.  .\ltci' 
studying  law  with  the  late  James  Joseph  Kaye. 
he  was  admitted  to  the  liai'  in  iS7,i,  aiul  as  a 
barrister  has  sucessfulK  follnwed  his  ])idft's 
sion  in  .'-'t.  Jiilin.  In  c-iiuiection  with  his 
legal  work  he  re])rt'SL'Mts  the  l-'.ipiitable  Life 
and  London  (inarantee  .and  .\ccidein  Insurance 
t'ompanw  .\mong  insurami' men  his  ojiinidus 
and  judgments  on  insmance  ni, liters  arc  highh 
V, lined.  ■ 

Mr.  .Macdonald  was  mairicd  in  iS,S_:;  |,i 
Helen  .\..  daughter  ol  the  late  R.  C.  Stuvil. 
I  hree  children  ha\e  been  burn  cf  this  iininn; 
nameh,  (in^nn  Hilda,  (ior<lon  .'^cii\il,  and 
Stanle\-  Kcimelh. 


.\.Mi:S  SI  l.WAKI'  \i;iLL,  .1  proini 
neiit  hardw.ne  meiih.mtnf  |-'rederii  tun, 
N'.H. ,  is  (ine  of  the  must  cneigctic, 
capable,  .md  piiiL;ie--si\r  business  men  of  the 
citw  A  son  of  the  Lite  Jnhii  Xeill,  be  was 
born    in    I'redenclim,    Uctobei     i.),    1849,    .md 


has  here  sjicnt  his  entire  life.  His  jiaternal 
grandfather,  Jnhn  N'eill,  .Sr. ,  was  born  in 
Scotland;  and  ihere  he  li\ed  .md  died.  He 
marrii'd  Maiy  .Stewait,  whose  brother  John 
founded  the  tirm  of  John  .Stewart  &  Co.,  iron- 
mongers, Cilasgow,  and  as  an  extensive  ex- 
porter and  importer  was  known  all  over  the 
world. 

John    .Xeill,   Ji-. ,   li\-eil    in   his    native   |)lace, 
.Ayrshire,    .Scotl.and,    until    he     was     eighteen 

-  vears  old.  Coming  then  to  I-'redericton,  he 
was  a  clerk  with  his  uncle,  Thomas  .Stewart, 
fiiur  (11  more  \ears;  and  he  afterward  taught 
si'hodl  in  the  \icinilv  for  a  vear.  He  wa.s 
subseipicnily  in  partnership  with  his  inude  a.s 
iunior  member  of  the  tirm  of  .Stewart  i<:  Neill 
for  ti\e  years.  In  i.S4,S  he  opened  the  store 
now  owned  b\-  his  son  James,  and  was  hero 
successfully  engaged  until  l.'^70,  when  he  re- 
tired t(i  his  tine  f.iiin  in  (iibson,  wheie  ho 
lemaincd  until  his  death,  at  the  age  of  se\cnty- 
three  \cars.       lie  was  an  adheicnt   of  tlu'  I'res- 

1  bUetian  ihurih,  of  which  he  was  a  tinstee 
sever.il  \e,iis.  His  wife,  Jane  M.u  I'lu-rsdu, 
was  burn  at  '\'dv  Creek,  X.li. ,  ol  thrifty 
.Scdtih  ancestiirs.  .She  sin\i\es,  an  .icti\e 
WdUKiii    (if    sexi'iitv-cne    \ears.      .She   b.iie    her 

I  husband  thirteen    (hildren,  of    wbdin    two    sdus 

I  and  live  d.iugbti'is  are  still  li\in,^,  ,uid  reside 
in  I'lcdcrii  tdii  and  \icinil  \ . 

I. lines  S.  Xeill  w.iseduiatcd  in  the  j-'iedcr- 
iitdU  Cdllc-iate  S(  hddj,  under  l)is.  Iviberts 
.111(1  Cd.lcr,  and  ,it  the  ,i.:;i'  dl  tduitecn  _\ears 
enli'ied  bis  l.ither's  stdie  as  a  cleik,  a  pcsitidii 
whi(b    be    ret. lined    until    1X7(1,    when   he   |iiir- 

j  I  based  the  business.      'I'he  sldie  originally  w.is 


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was  born  in 
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hidllKT  Jolm 
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redericton,  he 
mias  Stewart, 
L'lwaril  taiii;lu 
ear.  He  was 
his  unele  as 
•wart  S:  Neill 
Mied  the  store 
and   was    iiere 


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small,    having   hucii  but   twenty,  fuet    by  fifty 
feet;  but  Mr.  Noill  has  added  to  the  irninove- 
ments  previously  made  by  his   late   father,  and 
it  is  now  one  of  tiie  most  eonimodious  and  con- 
venient establishments  of  the  kind  in  the  city. 
The  business  has  steadily  increased   in  volume 
and  value,  amounting  to  one  hundred  thousand 
dollars  a  year.      When  the   present   system   of 
water-works  was   introduced    into   JMedericlon, 
Mr.     Neill,    although  older  and    more   e.xperi- 
enced  men  were  among  bis  numerous  competi- 
tors,   .secured    the    contract    for  supplying  the 
city  with  water  |)ipes,  over  .seven  hundred  tons 
being    used.      He    is   a    direct    importer    from 
(ireat  Britain,  Cerniany,  France,  Austria,  and 
the    United    .States.      He    has   a    large   whole- 
sale and  rcL.'ii  trade,  and  sells  his  goods  ev>'rv- 
wiiere  within   the  i)orders  of  the  province  uul 
the   borders  of   Oueliec.      For   three    years    lie 
was  a  director  of  the  C.   V..  Railway,  and   was 
largely    instrumental    in    having    the    road   ex- 
tended   from   here    to    Chatham,    having    been 
sent  as  one  of  tiie  delegates  to  Ottawa  to  place 
the  claims    fcir    this    mad    befoie    the  govern- 
ment. 

.Mr.  Xeill  is  a  Cnnservativt'  in  ptjjitics.      He 
is  interested  in  local  affaiis;  anil  he  fre^iuent ly 
takes  the  stump  for  his  party,  i)ut    lias  jiersist-  ! 
eiitly  refused   tii  he  a   candidate.      Fraternally,   j 
he  is  a  member  of  the    Knights  (if   Tythias,  of  i 
the  Odd    h'ellmvs  oigani/.it  ion,  .uul  of  Oran:;e 
I-odge.        He     belongs     to     the     rresbvteri.m   > 
church,  of  which  he   has   been  a  trustee  a  nuin    ! 
ber  of  years.      He  was  one  of   the   founders   (\f  [ 
»!:■    I'nurd  of  Trade  of  Fredericton,  and  was  lor  ! 
two  years  president.      He  is  very  proud   ol   his  I 


native  city,  and  is  very  energetic  in  his  efforts 
to  hi  ing  tourists  here  by  placing  tiie  sujjerior 
advantages  of  Fredericton  before  the  American 
pui)lic.  JMir  two  years  he  has  served  as  presi- 
I  dent  of  .St.  An(irew'.s  Society.  He  is  a  most 
enthusia.stic  sportsman,  and  as  a  member  of  the 
Kenous  and  Dungarvon  Salmon-fishing  Club 
spends  two  or  three  weeks  annually  at  salmon 
fishing,  at  whicli  i\c  is  an  expert,  catching 
sometimes  as  many  as  twelve  in  a  dav.  He 
likewise  belongs  to  the  Miscou  Shooting  Cluh, 
which  leases  from  the  goverimient  the  Isle  of 
Miscou,  where  every  fall  he  spends  two  weeks 
Ol  goose,  duck,  and  brant  sho.iting.  He  is 
also  ])iesident  of  the  Fredericton  Curling 
Club,  which  was  founded  by  his  father,  and  of 
which  he  has  been  a  menihc;-  from  boyhood. 

Mr.  Neil!  first  mani.'d  in  1870  ]-;iiza  D. 
liarrett,  daughter  of  John  Harrett,  a  e  mtractor, 
of  iM-edericton.  She  died  in  i.S;;,  leaving 
two  chiUhen,  namely:  Agnes  Stewart,  who 
lias  graduated  trom  the  Presbyterian  Ladies' 
College  at  Halifax,  X.  S.  ;  and  Charles  !•;.. 
assistant  manager  of  tlie  X'ancouver  Hr.incii  <  f 
the  Merchants'  llink  of  Halifax.  Mr.  Xeill 
suhsei|uentl\  married  Mary  I'odd  Hill,  eldest 
daughte.  i.f  Charles  I-;.  Hill,  ,,f  Xashwaaksi.s. 
1  he  children  horn  of  this  union  are:  |ean  ; 
Donalil  Hill;  J.ick;  James  Stewart,  Jr.;  and 
Ralph  Douglas. 


;.I.\.M  (ik.W  H.XRIHSOX,  for 
many  years  a  highly  respected  citizen 
of  St.  John,  X.H.,  was  born  in  St.  John  in 
\Xiii,  his  father  being  the  Rev.  Canncni  liarri- 


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son,  of  whom  mention  is  nnnlc  on  another  paj^e 
of  tiiis  volume.  Mr.  1  larri.son  was  reared  in 
I'ortland,  now  St.  John,  and  was  educated  in 
the  private  school.s.  After  eonipletinf;-  his 
studie.s  lie  started  in  the  grocery  business  in 
partnorshii)  witii  a  Mr.  Craig,  and  for  a  num- 
ber of  \ears  carried  it  on  in  Main  .Street. 
Later  he  disiioscd  of  his  inieicst  in  the  con- 
cern to  become  an  auctioneer,  but  eventually 
went    into  the  grocery  business  again. 

lie  was  married  in  1865  to  Mi.ss  Agnes  Mc- 
Ghee,  a  native  of  .Sussex  and  a  daughter  of 
the  Re\'.  'rhonias  Mcdlice,  who  came  to  this 
country  from  I.nglaiul  as  a  missionary  of  the 
Anglican  Ch'irch.  Of  this  marriage  ten  chil- 
dren were  limn,  and  four  are  living  at  the 
jiresent  time;  naniel)',  if  ■•■bert  (iray,  Agnes 
V.W/.d,  Leonard  Jaivis,  and  William  Stanley. 
'J'he  father,  William  Gray  Jlarnson,  was  a 
prominent  member  of  .St.  Luke's  Chui\-  His 
death  occurred  on  August  5,   iS()j. 

Herbert  Gra\'  llanisun,  the  eldest  of  the 
three  sons,  was  born  on  Xovemliei'  7,  iSHS, 
am!  was  ediicat'.'d  in  the  public-  scliooN  ol  .St. 
John.  Upon  leaving  school  he  wcit  into  ihe 
London  Mon-e  with  Daiiiil  &  lioyd,  and 
worked  there  for  about  six  vears.  Suhse- 
(|uentlv,  in  I  Sijo,  he  slaifi'd  a  grocc'ry  busi- 
ness, and  since  that  time  has  most  successfully 
managed  it.  lie  is  a  member  and  vestryman 
of  St.   Luke's  C'lunx'h. 

Leonai'd   jar\is   ll.uii'-on,  who  was   bom   nii 
.September  IJ,   1.S7J,  wa^  educated  in  the  pub 
lie   schools   of    St.  John,  and   subsei|uent ly  he- 
came  cleik  f<ir  Myles  iS:  \'nung  in  the  iiardware 
business.      .\fter  a   lime   he    joined    his    ekler 


brother  in  the  grocery  bu.siness.  William 
Stanley  Harrison,  who  was  born  on  September 
5,  iS.So,  is  now  in  attendance  at  a  business 
college. 

— — . !*■•> ■ 

/.  l)It'KS(1X,  comniissi<in  mer- 
chant and  dealer  in  pro\'isions,  a 
well-known  business  man  of  the  city 
of  St.  John,  is  a  native  of  Rothsa)-,  Kings 
County,  N.H.,  and  wa.'?  born  in  1S45.  His 
grandfather,  Joseph  Dickson,  came  to  this 
Province  in  17S3,  with  the  Loyalists,  after 
having  served  for  some  time  in  King  George's 
armv.  His  wife,  whose  maiden  name  was 
I'"airwe.ither,  was  the  mother  of  thirteen  chil- 
dren. Mr.  Dickson's  parents  were  James  and 
]•' ranees  C.  (Upham)  Dickson.  His  father 
died  in  l-'ebruary,  iH<^4,  at  se\ent_\-four  years 
of  age,  and  his  mother  on  November  3,  iS9<S, 
at  seventy-five  \ears  of  age.  They  were  the 
jiarents  of  three  rhildren  -  .S.  /..,  Harriet  S., 
and  Hedlev  \'. ,  the  latter  of  whom  was  married 
to  Miss  I'rost,  they  having  si'ven  children. 
Jamc''  Dickson  was  a  farmer. 

.Mr.  Dickson  was  reaied  as  a  fainier  bov, 
and  reniained  with  his  patents  until  he  was 
sixteen  \ears  of  age.  He  attendi'd  the  public 
schools,  some  of  his  teachers  being  William 
'I'homasori,  Thomas  Lee,  anil  Kerr  Wetmore. 
I'pon  leaving  school  he  beiame  cleik  in  the 
London  Housi'.  which  was  operated  b\'  .Messrs. 
Danitd  X:  Hovd,  .lud  tlu-re  continued  until  the 
death  ol  (Governor  Hcjyd  in  iSijj.  During  th, it 
period  he  purchased  the  old  luimestead  which 
\ears  before  had  been  the  home  of  his  uncle, 
I'homas  iJickson. 


BIOGRAPHICAL   REVIEW 


465 


IS.  William 
111  September 
It   a    business 


nissiiiii  mer- 
pro\'isions,  a 
lan  (if  tbc  city 
i)thsa\-,  Kiiif^s 
)  1845.  His 
ame  to  this 
lyalists,  after 
Ling  (ieorge's 
Ml  name  was 
thirteen  chil- 
;re  James  and 
His  father 
nt_\-fi)ur  years 
mber  3,  1S9S, 
liey  were  the 
,  Harriet  S., 
n  was  married 
\eii    rhihhen. 

I  fai'mer  buy, 
until    he  was 

I'd   tlie   public 

L'ing    William 

vrr  Wetmore. 
clerk    in    the 

cd  b\'  Messrs. 

Hied  until  the 
1  )ui  inn  ''''il 

nestcad  wliicll 
(if  his  uncle, 


In  the  sprin;;  (if  1 S94  Mr.  Dickson  bought 
out  a  business  in  the  City  Market,  and  since 
that  time  he  has  given  his  attention  to  its 
development.  He  has  been  most  successful, 
and  the  business  is  now  running  on  a  substan- 
tial paying  basis. 

Mr.  Dickson  was  married  in  iS7oto  ICllinor 
Tobin,  daughter  of  J.  .S.  Hocksworth,  of 
Digby,  N.  S.  ;  and  .she  has  borne  him  four  chil- 
dren, three  of  whom  are  living.  Of  these 
tJeorge  Armstrong  is  in  business  with  his 
fath'.'r;  Alice  M.  is  the  wife  of  Dr.  William 
H.  Simon,  of  .St.  John;  and  J'dgar  J.  is  in  the 
employ  (if  .\.  (',   Fairweather. 


James  K.  Hartley  was  born  in  Shogomoc, 
York  County,  N.H.,  and  there  spent  his  earli- 
est days.  At  the  age  of  fourteen  ycar^  he  came 
to  Woodstock,  and,  after  studying  for  a  while 
went  to  New  Jingland,  where  be  learned  sur- 
veying and  civil  engineering  in  a  .scientific 
school.  Returning  to  Woodstock,  he  estab- 
lished   himself    as    an     engineer,    and    subse- 


i  (luentlv   sur\eved    near 


V    a  I 


if    Carleton 


CHIi'MAX  ILXRILIA',  senior  mem- 
bei-  (if  the  firm  of  Hartle\'  &  Carvell, 
barristers,  at  Wood.stock,  N.H.,  is  well 
known  in  legal  and  business  circles.  He  was 
bom  in  Woodstock,  October  2-,  1S64.  son  (if 
James  K.  and  l.ucy  (i.  (l<aiiiab\)  Hartlev. 
He  is  of  1-jiglish  descent,  his  grandfather. 
James  Harlle\,  liaving  been  born  and  1  eared  in 
the  vicinity  of  Newcastle,   England. 

.\ftcr  reaching  man's  estate,  James  liartle\ 
came  to  ,\nieiica,  a:,(l,  iirichasing  .1  tract  uf 
land  lying  alung  lb.  :-'it.  John  Ri\'cr.  about 
foity  miles  .liiove  l''iedei  iclon,  \.h..  be  there 
engaged  in  faiiiiiiiL;  until  his  ({(.-ath.  He  mar- 
ried .Susan  Mooie.  daughtci'  of  John  Moore,  the 
paternal  grandfatlicr  of  l'"ieil  Mucire.  a  sketch  of 
whose  life  appears  elscwbcu-  in  this  \(iluuie. 
.She  suivived  !ier  busb.uul,  .nul  died  in  iS(;4,  at 
the  adwuiced  age  of  ninety-seven  )ears  and  si.\ 
niontlis. 


X'ictoria  Counties  for  the  purpose  of  laying 
down  government  lines.  He  also  engineered 
and  brought  in  the  railway  line  from  Rich- 
mond to  Woodstock,  and  afleiward  sui\eyed 
the  route  through  the  St.  John  \'alleyof  the 
proposed  I.  C.  R.,  on  the  western  division  of 
which  he  wa.s  working  at  the  time  of  his  death 
in  1S6.S',  He  was  then  in  the  prime  of  a 
vigorous  manhood,  being  but  thirtv-si.\  vc'ars 
old.  He  was  a  membe'  of  the  I'niviiicial  I'ai - 
liament,  and  bad  a  most  promising  career  before 
him.  He  was  a  man  of  inHuence  in  his  com- 
munity. He  beliinged  to  the  l-"iee  Will  J^ap- 
tist  chuich,  and  was  a  member  of  Woodstuck 
I.iidge,  !■■.  v*<:  .\.  M,  He  inanied  I.uc\  (i., 
daughter  of  Jului  ISarnahN,  of  l)ii;b\'  (,'iiunt\-, 
.\ova  Scotia,  :uul  was  the  father  of  twu  chil- 
dren, nf  wlmni  J.  Chipman  is  the  onh  one  now 
living.  Juhn  Harnaby  died  in  1  S(j(i,  at  the 
venerable  age  ol  ninety  years;  and  his  wife, 
whosij  iiKiiden  name  was  Malvin;i  C'hipnKin, 
died  ill  Wdiidstuck  in  lS()_). 

J.  Chipm.iii  Hartley  attended  the  coninion 
and  gramm.i  schools  of  Wuudsldck  in  liis 
youthful  days,  .nid  .ifterward  was  a  pujiil  at  the 
Sackville  Academy.  He  subsecpienth  gi.ulu- 
atetl  Irom  the  L'ni\ersit\  of  .Mount  Allison  with 


m 


i  ti 


s:^i 


1i1" 


466 


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tlic  'lcj;rL'o  i)f  l^aclu'lor  (if  Arts.  lie  tlicii 
l)cj;;in  to  read  law  willi  I,.  1'.  I'Msher,  ot  Wood- 
steak,  and  was  admitted  as  attorney  in  1888 
and  as  banister  in  i8<Sg.  After  practising 
alone  two  years,  Mr.  Hartley,  in  1S90,  formed 
a  eoi)artnership  with  J'"rank  ]?.  t!ar\eli,  imder 
the  jjresent  Hini  name,  and  has  .since  huilt  up 
and  carried  on  an  extensive  L;eneral  law  prai'- 
tice.  He  is  comiected  with  several  local  busi- 
ness ori;ani/ations,  beinj;-  a  director  of  tiie 
Small  &  I'"islier  Company;  director,  secretary, 
and  treasurer  of  the  Maritime  Pure  I'ood  Com- 
pany ;  director  and  secretar\(if  tiie  Woodstock 
Carriage  Company;  secretary  of  the  Baird 
Comjiany,  Limited,  ihug^nsts;  and  sucretarv 
and  treasurer  of  tlu'  roiiicpie  Ri\er  l.o,;;-  Driv- 
inj;  <'oinpany.  A  Conservative  in  politics,  iio 
takes  the  .stump  in  c\ery  cani|)ai.L;n,  and  does 
most  effectual  work  for  his  partv.  I'or  the 
jiast  nine  or  ten  years  he  has  seized  as  Town 
Clerk.  lie  is  an  active  mcml)er'  of  hanlioc 
I.od-e.  K.  of  P.,  of  which  lie  is  P.  C. 

Mr.  ll;ntle\-  married  .Saraii,  ilaughter  of 
John  .S.  l.eiyhton,  ol  Woodstock,  and  thev 
ha\e  one  son,  R.  I'erley  Ilartli'W  .Mrs.  Hart- 
ley is  a  member  of  the  Haptisi  cliuuli. 


(^I-XMI-^.S  llARHh!l\,  sur\f\or  and  measurer 
of  siiippini;-  at  tile  pint  of  ,St.  John,  was 
1)11111  ill  (  )M  Mfhliuni,  .Xlii'idceiishire, 
Scotland,  May  K),  iSk),  son  of  Jolin  and 
Cliristian  (.\ll.ini  liarbi'i-.  He  was  educated 
in  Scotland,  ami  at  the  a.i;e  of  sixteen  he  tame 
to  .St.  Joim  witli  his  cnusin,  Jolm  Duncan,  of 
tlie  sjilp-hni  Idiiii;  lii  ni  of  (  hveiis  iS:  Duiic.in,  for 


whom  he  worked  for  tlie  si.\  years  following 
his  arrival.  He  next  enj^aged  in  the  limiber 
nianiifactiiring  industry,  and  about  the  year 
1846  he  Iiecame  associated  with  Alexander 
I'etrie  in  purchasing  and  operating  saw-mills. 
This  firm,  which  transacted  business  in  St. 
Joiiii  and  Liverpool,  being  known  in  the  prov- 
ince as  James  Harber  &  Co.',  and  in  I'.ngland  as 

'  Alexander  Petrie,  Laughland  &  Co.,  existed 
about  two  years.  After  this  Mr.  Harber  served 
four  years  as  secretary  of  the  Albert  Mining 
Com|)any  and  one  )ear  as  its  manager.  He 
later  became  secretarv  of  the  Caledonia  ()il 
Comjiany,  which  manufactured  coal  oil,  and  was 
lorceil  to  suspend  ojierat  ions,  partly  b}- the  high 
tariff  imjiosed  by  tlie  United  States  govern- 
ment during  tlie  Civil  War  and  partly  bv  the 
discovery  of  the  oil  wells  in  Penns\lvania.  In 
1850  he  turned  his  a'.tcntion  to  farming,  which 
he  followed  for  twelve  years.  In  186.S  he 
was  apiKiinted  Chief  Clerk  in  the  Registry  of 
Shipping,    coiinecti'.l    with   the   Department    of 

'  Customs  in  St.  John.  \.H, ,  and  Measuring 
Surveyor  of  Shipping  in  the  Deiiartment  of 
Marine  and    Pisheries.       He  continued  in  that 

i  office  until  l.'-95,  when  he  was  succeeded  b\ 
his  son.  but  still  hoMs  the  jiosition  of  .Me;isur- 
ing  .Surveyor  ot  .Shipping. 

On    March   7.    1856,  Mr.   Harber  was  united 
in    i"ari  iage   with    Janet    Hrowii.    a    native    of 

'  (ilasgow.  Scotland,  daughter  of  James  and  Jane 
CMiClymont)  lirown.  She  became  the  mother 
of  four  ch'ldren  ;   namely.  Keith  .Mian,  Jeannie 

I   .McCiymont,    Kilmeny     Christian,    and     Mary 

'  -Mice.        Keith     Allan    Harber    is    now    Cliict 

i  Clerk    in   the    Registry  of   Shipping.      Jeiinnie 


1^  '! 


iie^^ 


-r«atr-js*5»'Jsaa;-ttC;»M-"-! 


lis  following 

tlio  lumber 
lut  the  year 
li  Alexander 
g  saw-mills, 
ness    in    St. 

ill  the  prov- 
1  I'.ngland  as 
Co.,  e.xisted 
barber  served 
belt  Mininjif 
;ina;;er.  lie 
iledonia    ( )il 

oil,  ami  was 
,'  by  the  high 
:ites  govern- 
lartly  b\-  the 
\lvania.  In 
mill!;-,  which 
In    iSfiS    he 

Kei;istry  of 
ipartmenl   (if 

I  Measmipj;' 
liaitment  of 
niied  in  tiuil 
ueeeeded    1)\' 

II  Iff  .Measur- 


it  tl 


was  united 
a  native  nl 
lies  and  jane 
-•  the  nuither 
llan,  Jeannie 
and  .Mary 
iiciw  Ciiiel 
;;.      Jeannii' 


j.\.\ii.s   |!.\ki;i:k. 


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ItlOCK  M'lllCAI,    KKVIKAV 


46.) 


MolKniiuU  is  llu'  wilfol  Still, in  l\(il)i'ilM)n,  nl  l.mni.i  liili.i,  wlin  was  Iicim  luuo  \  \,  iS.j;,  .iiul 
the  ("mil  lit  A.  (  l\i|im,\n  Smith  \'  (H,  St  i  resides  in  St.  juliii;  (li.iilos  Milwanl,  limn 
Jnliu.       M.iiA     Alit'i-    (licil    ;»t     tlu'    .\i\v    111     SIX       M.iii'li   10,    I  ■'^■(5.  who  ,ils(i    icsiih^s  in  Si     julin  , 

Helen  Matildii,  Ixnn  IM.nth    .•;,   iS,)/,  imw  ihr 
will' (if  l(iseiil)  Allisiin.  nf  St.  jdhn;   .iiul  i'nil 
.\n<lii-w's  Siieic't\        l'<ir   in.mv  \e.iis   lu'  was  a  '  eiiik    I'lmest,  limn  June    \i\    1^41),  ntiw  a  lesi 
tiiistei>ii|  St,  Stephen  s  (I'leslnlei  ian)  I'lumh.       dent  nl   New  N'mk. 

Jiiseiih  llenn   Siamnu'll  iHiisned  the   iej;n!ai 


yea  IS 

Ml.    Mailioi    is   an    hcmmaiv   inenilier  of   St. 


«••»• 


ionise    o|      stnd\     .il     the     .St.     John    tiraininai 
Sehool,  anil  eoin|ileteil  his  edne.ilion  in  ivinj;s 

§iVsl'.l'll  lii:\K\'  S(  AMMI  I  I  ,  shi|i  ton,  N.li.  I'.nlei  inj;  the  luinliei  Inisinoss  as  a 
Inokii  ,ind  eonnnission  ineieh.ml.  St.  '  eleik  loi  I',.  I ).  jewiit,  he  lein. lined  with  him 
lohn,  w.is  lioin  in  th,\l  iit\,  ,\|iiil  id,  1  some  eij;hl  01  nine  \e.iis,  .it  the  end  ot  whiih 
lS.^7.  son  ■'{  Joseph  .ind  l'',r,\ni(-  M.ilild.i  I  time  he  en,:;.it;ed  m  the  shijipini;' Inisiness,  tiis] 
^W.ilkeiA  Se.unnielt  His  t.iihei  was  lnun  in  I  alone  ,ind  Liter  in  loinpanv  with  S,iij;ent  .S. 
W\lie.     I'ngl.md.     Aii,l;iis1    i),     \^oi\,    ,iiid     his      l.ittlehale,    now   ol    Stoeklon.  (  ,ii.      Allei    the 


motlu'i   w.is  a  n.itive  ol    Nov.i  Seoti.i. 


withdi.iw.il    ot     Ml.      I  itlleli.ile,     John     Wahi 


I'oniillg   to   this   eit\   when    he    w.is   ,1    \oniu;   ;  .Se.minudl     w.is    .idniilled    to    pailneiship,    ,ind 

m.in.    losenh    Se.imniell,    in    eomp,in\   with    his  ;  still    latei    I'ledeiiik    ]■     .Sr.immell  enteied   the 

I  .      . 

hiiilher  William,  opened    the    St.    lohn    Hotel,    1  eoiuem,  thus  lomnn-  the   well  known    liini   ol 

wlliih  stood   ,it    the    he. id    ol    Kinj;  .Stieel;  .iiwl   '  .Si.minull    Hiotheis,   who    loi    m.nu    \eais  weie 

he  W.IS   l.ilei  piopi  ietoi  o|    the  W'.ivei  1\    House,    ,  promiiunl  ship  o'-viiei  s,  rommissi.in  men  h.mis, 

then  one  ol  the  popnl.ii  hostrliies  ol    the    I'lox      ,  ,ind  ste.imshiu  agents,  luni:;  the  lor. il  lepiesent 

iiue.       |o-.i-ph  ,111(1  Willi, im  .Se,inimel  1  li(lon;;eil  \  ativesol    the   .\iuhoi    Line.       Tlu'  piesmit  liini 

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Sinecruf  St.  John;  and  Sanlord  W.  Scammcll, 
(if  Hostoii,  Mass. 


ILLIAM  HROUARD  MACKKN- 
'/AK,  chicl  engineer  of  the  Inter- 
colonial Railway,  has  his  headquarters  in 
Moncton,  X.l<. ,  which  has  been  his  place  of 
residence  for  many  years.  Horn  February  i6, 
1S48,  in  Pictoii  County,  Nova  Scotia,  he  is  a 
son  of  the  late  James  Mackenzie  and  the  de- 
scendant of  sturdy  Scotch  ancestor.s. 

His  paternal  grandfather,  William  Macken- 
zie, was  born  and  educated  in  Scotland,  but  in 
early  manhond  emigrated  to  Nova  Scotia.  Lo- 
cating in  I'ictou  County,  he  took  up  a  tract  of 
land  that  was  still  in  its  piiTiieval  wildness, 
and  by  dint  of  persevering  toil  secured  a  home- 
stead, on  which  he  was  jirosperonsly  engaged  in 
general  farming  and  lumbering  until  his  de- 
mise, a:  the  age  of  si.\ty-five  years.  Indus- 
trious, honest,  and  thrifty,  he  became  influential 
in  the  comnumit)-,  antl  was  numbered  among 
its  most  respected  citizens.  He  married  Kate 
Sutherland,  and  had  seven  children,  of  whom 
two,  Hugh  and  I'rancis,  are  now  living.  His  ' 
sons  all  became  land  surveyors  and  road-mak-  : 
crs,  and  bad  charge  of  the  construction  of 
neaily  all  tiie  higluva_\s  and  bridges  in  .Nova 
Scotia.  His  widow  surxived  him  a  number 
of  years,  passing  away  at  the  age  of  fourscore 
_\ears  and  ten. 

James  .Mackenzie,  son  of  William  and  Kate, 
was  boiii  in  I'iitou  Counts,  .Nova  Scotia,  in 
the  settlement  now  called  Kenzieville,  where 
he  spent  a  large  part  of  his   life,  and  where  he 


died  at  the  comparatively  early  age  of  sixty 
years.  Learning  the  profession  of  a  land  sur- 
veyor and  civil  engineer,  he  followed  it  for  a 
long  time,  and  in  connection  with  bridge  and 
railroad  building  was  well  known  throughout 
the  Province.  He  owned  a  good  farm,  and  was 
engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits  during  his 
lat>.'-  clays.  His  widow,  whose  maiden  name 
was  Maria  Hrouard,  is  still  living,  antl  makes 
her  home  with  her  children,  of  whom  Will- 
iam H. ,  the  subject  of  this  brief  biographical 
sketch,  is  the  eldest.  The  others  are  Ma- 
tilda, John,  Maria,  Hugh,  and  Tina.  One 
daughter,  Amiie,  the  wife  of  the  Rev.  Jeremiah 
luiibrce,  died  a  few  years  ago. 

William  H.  Mackenzie  acquired  the  rudi- 
meuis  of  his  education  in  the  district  school  of 
Kenzieville,  X.S.,  and  afterward  attended  the 
rictou  Academy.  In  1S72  he  became  attached 
to  the  Intercolonial  Railway  as  the  chief  en- 
gineer's office  assistant,  a  position  which,  he 
filled  for  eight  years.  I'"rom  iS.Soto  1897  he 
was  assistant  engineer.  In  1897  he  was  ap- 
pointed to  his  jiresent  jiosition  as  chief  engi- 
neer ol  this  road,  and  is  now  one  of  its  most 
popular  and  trusted  officials. 

Mr.  Mackenzie  has  been  twice  married,  and 
is  the  father  of  five  diildrcn,  namely:  i)v  his 
first  wife,  Marion  l.add.  of  luigland,  who  died 
a  few  years  after  their  marriage,  Una  and 
I.uiy;  and  b\-  iiis  second  wife,  l.iz/.ie  Hunter, 
of  .Nova  Scotia,  three  children  -- Katrina, 
Hrouard,  and  \'ivienne.  Mr.  .Mackenzie  is  a 
member  of  the  Reformed  Church  of  J'jighmd, 
and  Mrs.  Mackenzie  is  -in  attendant  of  the 
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)'  age  of  sixty 
of  a  land  sur- 
1  lowed  it  for  a 
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farm,  and  was 
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maiden  name 
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1  Tina.  One 
Rev.  Jeremiah 

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attended  the 
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as  chief  engi- 
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^RANK  AMOS  C.ODSOK.  U.D.S.,'a 
Is  native  resident  of  St.  John,  was  born 
on  January  15,  1862,  -on  of  William  Creigh- 
ton  and  Mary  S.  (Babbitt)  Godsoe.  The 
Godsoe  family,  which  is  one  of  the  oldest  in 
the  city,  is  descended  from  William  Godsoe, 
who  came  from  New  Haven,  Comi.,  in  com- 
pany with  Messrs.  SimcMids,  White,  and 
IIaze'1,  and  arrived  here  on  July  11,  1763. 
William  Godsoe  served  as  Constable,  and  was 
Deputy  Sheriff  about  the  year  1S12.  He  died 
at  the  age  of  seventy-three  years. 

Charles  Godsoe,  Dr.  (lodsuc's  grandfather, 
was  born  in  St  John  in  1S04.  He  followed 
the  butcher's  trade  from  his  youth  upward. 
He  died  of  cholera  duiing  a:i  ei)ideniic  of  that 
disease  in  1854.  He  married  Ann  Creighton, 
daughter  of  William  Creighton,  a  blacksmith, 
who  came  from  Maine  to  Gagetown.  The 
maiden  name  of  lier  mother  was  Titus. 
Charles  (Jodsoe  and  iiis  wife  liad  eight  chil- 
dren; namely,  Willinni  ('.,  Charles,  Joseph, 
T.  Amos,  I'hebe  Ami,  Melissa,  l.e  15;ir(in,  and 
Susan.  Joseph,  I'liebe  Ann,  and  .Susan  are  no 
longer  living.  Melissa  is  the  widow  of  Mat- 
thew Wilson,  I,e  liaron  Godsoe  resides  in 
rhiladel|)iiia,  and  Ciiarles,  Jr.,  is  living  in 
St.  John. 

William  Cieighton  (iddsoe,  Dr.  (jodsoe's 
fatiier,  served  an  apprenticeship  of  several 
years  at  the  i)utchei's  tiade  with  .Xatiian  and 
Charles  (iddsne,  and  in  1S47  t(]ok  ciiargo  nl' 
the  business  owned  iiy  a  .Mr.  Waters,  which  he 
carried  nn  until  his  employer's  death.  In 
1850,  with  his  ijrotJKT  Tiiomas  Amos,  he  en- 
gage<l    in   businos   tor  hiniself;  and    in    M.iy, 


1899,  after  more  than  half  a  century  of  dili- 
gent application,  he  retired.  He  belongs  to 
the  Masv)nic  order,  the  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows,  the  Sons  of  Temiierance,  and  tiie 
Orange  Society,  and  has  occupied  important 
chairs  in  one  or  more  of  these- organizations. 
He  married  in  1852  Mary  S.  Babbitt,  who  died 
on  September  25,  1893.  She  was  a  daughter 
of  Samuel  l^abbitt,  and  a  descendant  of  Loyal- 
ists who  came  to  New  Brunswick  after  the 
close  of  the  American  Revolution.  IMrs. 
Godsoe  became  the  mother  of  eight  children, 
of  whom  those  living  are:  Charles  Miller, 
D.  D.  S.  ;  Frank  A.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch; 
Minnie  M.  ;  l''red  Coster;  and  William  Creigh- 
ton, Jr.  Charles  Miller  Godsoe  is  jiractising 
dentistry  on  one  of  tiie  West  India  Islands. 
Fred  C.  and  William  C. ,  Jr.,  with  the  subject 
of  this  sketch,  are  proprietors  of  the  .American 
Steam  Laundry  in  St.  John,  the  largest  and 
most  thoroughly  ecpiipped  laundry  in  tlie  Maii- 
tinie  I'rovinces. 

I'rank  Amos  Godsoe  finished  his  general 
education  at  the  .St.  John  Gramma'-  .School 
under  Dr.  11.  S.  Bridges  in  1S-9,  when  he 
entered  the  employ  of  the  St.  Jdini  C/A'/'c. 
.\fter  two  years'  service  with  the  (I'/olu-  he 
took  up  the  stud\-  of  dentistry,  under  tiie  pre- 
eeptorship  of  Dr.  J.  V..  Giiiruh,  of  St.  John, 
and  in  iSSi  entered  the  Boston  Dental  College, 
from  which  he  graduated  in  18S3.  After  re- 
niaining  in  Boston  for  anmher  \ear,  during 
which  he  was  engageil  in  prutessional  work,  he 
returned  to  St.  John,  wlieie  he  lias  built  up  an 
extensive  practice.  He  spares  no  exeition  in 
kee|)ing  in  touch  willi   ad\aiKed    ideas   relative 


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to  his  profession,  and  availing  himself  of  new 
methods  and  improved  appliances.  Me  is  at 
the  present  time  serving  as  Registrar  of  the 
Council  of  the  \ew  Brunswick  Dental  Society, 
and  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  New  Bruns- 
wick Dental  Society. 

On  April  15,  1890,  Dr.  Godsoc  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Carrie  M.  KM  is,  a  native  (.f 
New  York  and  a  daughter  of  Thomas  Kllis. 

The  Doctor  is  a  Past  Master  of  Albion 
Lodge,  \o.  I,  F.  &  A.  M.  ;  I'ast  High  I'rie.st 
of  \ew  Brunswick  Chapter,  Royal  Arch 
Masons;  and  I'ast  Preceptor  of  De  Molay 
I'receptory,  Knights  Templar.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Union  Lodge,  \o.  2,  Knights  of  I'yth- 
ias,  and  is  iirominently  identified  with  this 
order,  being  a  Past  Grand  Chancellor  of  the 
(Jraiul  Domain  of  the  Maritime  Provinces,  and 
having  held  the  princijjal  ofTices  in  the  Uniform 
Rank  of  this  order,  being  at  present  on  the  staff 
of  the  Colonel. 


fOIiX  BAKKR  FORSTKR,  a  well- 
known  and  highly  esteemed  citizen  of 
Dorchester,  N.  B. ,  was  ixirn  Ajiril  5, 
1842,  in  Richibucto,  Kent  County,  N.B.,  a 
.son  of  James  and  Isabella  (Baker)  Forstcr. 
His  paternal  grandfather,  Wilfred  Forster,  a 
pioneer  settler  of  Richibucto,  was  the  son  of 
Thomas  Forster,  a  lifelong  resident  of  I-lng- 
land,  who  married  a  Miss  Stuart,  said  to  have 
been  a  descendant  of  the  royal  family  of 
Stuart. 

•Wilfred   I-'orster  was   born,  reared,  and   edu- 
cated   in   Cumberland    County,    P:ngland,    and 


lived  there  until  1826,  when   he  followed  the 
tide  of  emigration  westward.      Coming  to  New 
Brunswick,  he  located  in  Richibucto,  the  town 
at    that    time    containing    but    five    dwelling- 
houses.      He   bought  land,    and,  being  alreadv 
possessed  of  considerable  wealth,  was  consid- 
ered a  gentleman  farmer.      He  attained  the  age 
of  threescore  years  and  ten.      His  wife,  whose 
maiden  name  was  Pllizabeth   Graham,  was  born 
in   Cumberland  County,  iMigland,  and  died   at 
the  age  of    eighty-nine   years    ii.    Richibucto. 
Both  were  members  of  the  Church  of  Juiglaml. 
They  had  .seven  children,  of  whom  but  one   i.s 
living  — Ann,    widow     of    the    late     lulmund 
Powell,    who  was  a  .son    of    Absalom    P(,well. 
Mrs.  Powell  has  si.v  children;   namely,  PHiza- 
beth,    William,    Charles,    Alfred,    Henry  A., 
and   Clifford.       I'ilizabeth    is   the   wife  of    Dr. 
David   Allison,    of    SackviHj,    N.  B.,    and    has 
three     children  —  Kdmund     P.,     David,     and 
Harry.      William    married    Annie    Ibrnes,    (if 
Richibucto,  and  has  four  children -Mary  !•;., 
William      l';(lmund,     I';iizabelh,     aiul     Sarah. 
Charles  niarricd    I'liza   Wallace,    and   has  one 
child,    Allison.       -Alfred    married    Agnes    Mi- 
shaud,     and     lias      four      cliildrcn-     Margaret, 
Henry,  Herbert,  and    Lloyd  Carl.      Heiuy  A., 
ot   whom  a   sketch    may   be  found  on   another 
])age  of    this    volume,    married  Alice   Payson, 
and  has  two  children        Lena  and  Ralph. 

James  I'"orster,  son  of  Wilfred,  was  born  in 
Scotland  in  the  early  oart  of  the  present  cen- 
tury, and  was  a  lad  of  hfteen  years  when  he 
came  with  his  parents  to  this  country  and  set- 
tled in  Richibucto.  There  lie  subsequently 
completed   his  education,  having  as  teacher  the 


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present  Senator,  Uavid  Wark,  now  of  Frederic- 
ton,  N.  IJ.  After  leaving  school  he  went  to 
sea  a  number  of  years,  and  then  embarked  in 
the  coastinj;  trade  as  master  of  his  own  \essels, 
makinj;  trips  alonj^  the  shores  of  Maine,  New 
lirunswick,  and  Nova  Scotia.  Me  was  a  Con- 
servative in  politics  and  a  member  of  the 
Church  of  England,  lie  died  at  the  age  of 
seventy-si.x  years,  having  lived  a  long  and  use- 
ful life.  His  first  wife  was  Isabella  Haker, 
daughter  of  John  Haker,  of  Prince  Edward 
Island.  She  bore  him  seven  children,  of  whom 
John  H. ,  the  sui)ject  of  this  sketch,  is  the  only 
survivor.  Another  son,  William  Forster, 
was  a  telegraph  operator  in  New  York  City  at 
the  breaking  out  of  the  Civil  War  in  the 
United  States.  Ik-ing  sent,  with  others,  on 
an  expedition  to  tap  the  rebel  wires  between 
Charleston  and  Savannah,  he  was  in  communi- 
cation with  the  Southern  main  army  for  five 
hours,  taking  quite  a  number  of  very  important 
messages  to  the  commanding  general  of  the 
Northern  army.  He  was  then  captured  by  the 
rebels,  and  sent  to  Columbia,  S.  C. ,  and  from 
there  to  the  ])rison  at  Andersonville,  Ga., 
where,  after  ten  montiis'  confinement,  he  died 
of  starvation,  a  yoimg  man  and  unmarried. 
After  the  death  of  his  first  wife  wiien  she  was 
but  twciUy-eigbt  years  old,  Mr.  James  I'or.ster 
married  Mrs.  Jane  Roi)othani,  who  died  in 
1856.  Two  cliihhen  were  i)(>rn  t)f  that  union, 
i)ut  neither  is  now  living. 

John  Haker  l'"orster  oi)tained  his  early  edu- 
cation in  Kichibucto,  where  he  afterw^ud 
learned  telegraphy,  and  was  for  some  time  an 
operator  in  the  telegra|)h  office.     A  young  man 


of  unusual  business  qualifications,  very  skilful 
in  his  line  of  work,  he  was  made  in  1859 
superintendent  of  the  telegraph  line  between 
Richibucto  and  Moncton,  a  position  which  he 
held  until  1867,  having  his  headquarters  in  the 
former  ])lace.  I"'rom  1857  until  1868  he  was 
also  interested  in  the  shipping  business,  and 
ran  a  packet  between  Shediac  and  Kichibucto. 
In  1868,  at  the  opening  of  the  Flastern  Exten- 
sion Railwav,  now  part  of  the  Intercolonial, 
he  was  ap|)ointed  station  agent  at  Painsac 
Junction,  where  he  remained  until  1869,  when 
he  went  to  Nova  Scotia  to  put  the  railway  ex- 
tending from  Pictou  to  Halifax  on  the  same 
working  system  as  that  in  u.se  on  the  Inter- 
colonial Railway.  Mr.  Forster  went  to  Point 
du  Chien  in  1870  as  station  agent  on  the 
Intercolonial  Railway,  and  continued  in  that 
capacity  four  years.  In  1870  he  became  agent 
for  several  lines  of  steamers  tunning  from 
Montreal  and  Ouebec  to  Pictou,  N.  S. ,  calling  at 
Shediac,  an  office  which  he  resigned  in  1879  to 
accept  that  of  De])uty  Warden  at  the  Dominion 
Penitentiary,  Dorchester,  N.  B. ,  an  institution 
with  which  he  lias  since  been  connected,  hav- 
ing been  appointed  by  the  Dominion  govern- 
ment ill  I  ^'87  to  his  ])resent  position  as 
Warden.  Fraternal ly,  he  is  a  ^lason,  being 
a  member  of  Richibucto  Lodge,  1".  &  A.  M. 

Mr.  ]-"orster  married  on  Marcli  16,  1870, 
luipheniia,  daughter  of  William  Cooke,  M.I)., 
of  Pictou,  N.  .S.  .Six  children  have  been  born 
of  this  union,  and  three  are  now  living; 
namely,  Sarah  McD.,  John  P".  C,  and  Will- 
iam C.  Mr.  P'orster  and  his  family  are  mem- 
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New  Brunswick  Syiioil's  trustee  for  the 
"Church  School  for  Girls,"  Windsor,  \. S., 
and  a  riovermir  of  Kini;'s  I'lillege,  Windsor, 
\.  S. 


^OUN  Lie  LACni':UR,  of  the  firm  of 
Bowman  &  Le  Lacheur,  contractors  and 
liuilders,  St.  John,  was  born  at  Gurnsey 
Cove,  south  side  of  Murray  Harbor,  I'rince 
ICdward  Island,  November  23,  1329,  a  son  of 
Bartholomew  and  Marj,'aret  (Hawkins)  Le 
Lacheur.  He  was  four  years  of  a^e  when  his 
paternal  grandfather,  John  Le  Lacheur,  first, 
who  was  a  native  of  the  island  of  Guernsey, 
settletl  in  I'rince  ICdward  Island  and  engaged 
there  in  agriculture.  Bartholomew  Le 
Lacheur  and  his  wife  were  farming  people. 
They  were  the  parents  of  five  sons  and  four 
daughters,  all  of  whom  are  now  living,  (^ne, 
David  \V.,  has  been  for  many  years  a  mission- 
ary in  China,  The  rest  of  the  family,  with 
the  exce|)tion  of  (iiles  and  John,  the  suiiject 
of  this  sketch,  are  now  residents  of  I'rince 
lulward  Island. 

John  Le  LiiJieur  served  an  .'ipprenticeshi|) 
of  seven  years  to  the  carpenter's  trade  in 
Charlottetown,  1',  I!.!.  In  i(S5  5  he  came  to 
St.  Jolin,  where  he  followed  his  trade  as  a 
journeyman  until  i.Ss.S.  In  the  year  last 
named  he  formed  his  ]iresent  partnership  with 
Mr.  W.  II.  Bowman,  and  they  have  since 
done  an  extensive  and  lucrative  business. 
They  are  now  the  oldest  lirm  of  ( ontracturs  in 
St.  John,  anil  none  have  a  better  record  for 
thorough  work,  punctuality,  and  honest  busi- 
ness methoils. 


While  a  resident  of  Charlottetown  Mr.  Lc 
Lacheur  became  a  member  of  the  tire  depart- 
ment of  that  place,  and  also  of  the  Sons  of 
Temperance.  On  coming  to  .St.  John  he 
joined  the  fire  department  in  that  city,  and 
continued  his  membershi|)  in  the  Sons  of 
Temperance  by  joining  the  local  branch  of 
that  organization.  He  is  now  treasurer  of 
the  I'iremen's  Relief  Association.  Ht  is 
also  a  member  of  New  Mrunswick  Lodge, 
K.  of  1'. 

He  was  married  in  1860  to  Miss  Margaret 
Spear,  daughter  of  John  Spear,  a  prominent 
pilot  on  the  Bay  of  Fundy,  residing  at  St. 
John.  Mrs.  Le  Lacheur's  mother  was  before 
marriage  Miss  Mary  Hudson  of  St.  John, 
daughter  of  Captain  IhuKson. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Le  Lacheur  are  the  parents  of 
four  children  —  Alice,  Marion,  Margaret,  and 
John.  Alice  is  the  wife  of  ICrastus  Jones,  of 
St.  John.  John  married  Anna  Mouatt,  of 
St.  John,  of  which  city  he  is  a  resident.  All 
the  members  of  Mr.  Le  Lacheur's  family  at- 
tend the  Methodist  church. 


\cA;/ni-i'\M    ]'"Hi;i)i:kKK    M^•I•:KS, 

manufaiiuier  of  nuKiiiners',  St. 
John,  \.B. ,  was  born  ir.  this  cit\-  in  1S53, 
being  the  son  of  Samuel  and  I.oui.sa  (Briggs) 
M_\ers,  both  of  (Jneeiis  County. 

His  grandfather,  Jacob  Myers,  who  was  a 
nati\e  of  .New  Ihunswick,  removed  to  New 
Jer.sey,  but  returned  in  17,^3  to  St.  John,  where 
he  carried  on  a  cariienter  business  until  1S43. 
After  several  subse(|uent  changes    in   business, 


il»».. 


2town  Mr.  I.c 
le  tire  dcpart- 
f  the  Sons  of 

St.  John  he 
;hat  city,   and 

the  Sons  of 
:al  branch  of 
'  treasurer  of 
tion.  IFt  is 
swick    I.odye, 

.liss  Margaret 
a  prominent 
siding  at  St. 
ler  was  before 
of    St.    John, 

the  parents  of 
MargarvJt,  and 
stus  Jones,  of 
I  Moiiatt,  of 
esident.  All 
r's  family  at- 


K     M^■I•:KS, 

chiiicr\',      St. 


cit\-    in    I  .S 


3.1« 


>iiiMi  (Hrigj;s) 

■^,  who  was  a 
lived  til  New 
t.  John,  wiiere 
s  until  1S43. 
i   in   business, 


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he  entered  into  i)arfncrship  with  J.  V..  Masters, 
and  carried  on  a  general  earriage  business.  In 
1S54,  in  connection  with  his  son,  Samuel 
Myers,  he  built  the  shop  on  Waterloo  .Street, 
and  there  engagetl  in  manufacturing  carriages 
and  machinery  for  mills  and  manufacturing 
purposes.  Soon  after  they  introduced  the 
necessary  machinery  for  a  machine  sho]),  which 
branch  was  conducted  by  Samuel  Myers. 
Jacob  Myers  died  at  the  age  of  seventy-three 
years.  His  wife  was  .Sarah  Hunnell.  They 
had  a  family  of  three  children  —  .Samuel, 
Sarah,  and  Elizabeth.  .Sarah  became  the  wife 
of  W.  II.  White,  and  I",lizabeth  married  C'ap- 
tain  I'otts. 

.Samuel  Myers,  father  of  William  l''rederick, 
learned  the  trade  of  a  millwrigiit,  which  he 
followed  some  years;  and  later  he  formed  a 
partnershi])  with  his  father.  After  his  father's 
death  he  succeeded  to  the  business,  to  which 
he  added  the  manufacturing  of  general  ma- 
chinery, and  carried  on  an  extensive  enter|)iise 
until  1S79,  when  he  retired.  Mr.  Samuel 
Myers  is  a  member  of  ihe  Methodist  church, 
and  was  secretary  of  a  .Sunday-schnol.  .Since 
his  retirement  he  has  resided  in  Rothesay. 
He  married  first  Louisa  Hriggs,  daughter  of 
Ebenezer  Hriggs,  of  (jueens  Countv.  She 
died  in  1863,  and  he  sul)sec|uently  married  Mrs. 
Elizabeth  Holder.  I'"ive  cliildren  were  born  of 
iiis  first  union,  and  four  of  tliem  are  living; 
namely,  .Sarah,  (irace,  Willi.un  I'rederick,  and 
Jacob  Willit  Myeis.  Sarali  is  the  wife  of 
Charles  Nevins,  of  New  \'ork.  Cr.ace  mar- 
ried John  .Sime,  of  St.  John.  Jacob  Willit 
Myers,  who  was  born  in    St.  John    in    1S5S,  is 


associated  with  his  brother,  William  Freder- 
ick, in  business.     He  married  Edith  Green. 

William  Frederick  Myers  was  educated  in 
the  schools  of  St.  John.  After  completing  his 
studies  he  entered  his  father's  shop,  antl  later 
was  admitted  to  partnershi]).  Upon  his  father's 
retirement,  in  1879,  he  succeeded  to  the  busi- 
r.ess,  and  in  1883  his  brother,  Jacob  W.  Myers, 
became  associated  with  him  under  the  firm 
name  of  W.  V.  &  J.  W.  Myers.  In  1895  they 
began  to  make  a  specialty  of  manufacturing 
electric  appliances,  and  they  are  now  carrying 
on  an  extensive  business.  Their  building 
covers  a  space  of  ninety-seven  by  one  hundred 
feet,  and  their  products  are  used  throughout 
the  Maritime  Provinces. 


-r^OHI'RT  .\.  MURDOCH,  a  well- 
\^\  known  merchant  of  Chatham,  N.H. , 
Viii^  was  horn  at  Murdoch's  Point  on 
June  12,  1857.  He  is  a  son  of  the  late  Alex- 
ander Murdoch,  of  whom  mention  is  made  in 
another  sketch  in  this  work.  .Attending  suc- 
cessi\-ely  the  imblic  schimls  and  St.  Michael's 
Academy,  he  received  a  ])ractical  educat'on, 
which  has  been  invaluable  to  iiim  in  later 
years.  On  leaving  school  he  went  into  a  dry- 
goods  store  at  ]Moncton  as  clerk,  but  subse- 
cjuently  came  to  Chatham,  where  for  tiiree 
years  he  was  in  the  employ  of  William  Minry. 
In  1880  he  was  appointed  travelling  salesman 
for  the  ilistrict  east  of  Montreal  and  through 
the  Maritime  Provinces.  Until  1893  he  con- 
tinued in  this  position,  becoming  thoroughl) 
acquainted  with   all   the  outs   and    ins   of   tie 


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ilry-goods  traile.  and  gni.iin-  an  extensive 
knowledge  of  human  nntuie.  Thus  c(|iii|)|.ed, 
lie  started  business  for  himself  in  Chatham, 
and  in  a  short  time  became  one  if  the  len.ling 
merchants  of  the  city.  He  was  the  first  in 
New  Urunswick  to  establish  a  business  on  a 
strictly  cash  basis.  He  now  carries  a  stock  of 
good.s  worth  from  twelve  to  fourteen  thousand 
dollars,  and  keeps  five  clerks  employed. 

-Mr.  Murdoch  was  marrieii  in  1883  to  .Miss 
Mary  Allen,  a  daughter  of  Captain  James 
Allen,  of  til  is  place.  She  has  been  the 
mother  of  live  children,  by  name:  Lilian, 
Ik'nedict,  Robert,  .Ma-y,  and  Frances.  Mr. 
Murdoch  was  one  of  the  first  Aldermen  of 
Chatham.  Jle  is  a  member  of  the  Roman 
Catholic  church,  and  of  the  C.  M.  H.  A. 
Politically,  he  is  a  Conservative  of  the  type 
of  the  late  Sir  John  McDonald. 


n.LI.wM    A.    (jCIXTON,    1-airville, 
X.l.,    farmer    and     lumber   dealer, 
was  born  April  .4,   i,S4;,   in  the  parish   of   Lan- 
caster,    county    of    St.    J.ihn.      Jlc   is  the  de- 
scendant of  an  old  and   highly  reputable   Kng- 
lish  family  that  was  first   rejiresented   in   New 
Hrunswick    by   ILi^ri,    (juinton    and   his    wife, 
who,    with  a    party   of  settlers,  arrived   at    the 
mouth  of  the  St.  John  River  August  _vS,   1762. 
James   Ouinton,    .son   of   Hugh,    was  noted    in 
after  life  as  the  first  child  of  the  new  settlers 
born   ihere,  he  having   first    seen    the   light    in 
l'"ort  Frederick  the  evening  of  their  arrival. 
Ihigh  Ouiutcju  was  burn  in  Xew  Hampshire. 


He  is  thought  t(,  have  been  the  son  of  James 
Ouinton,  of  Cheshire,  or  Chester. 

In  the  New  Ham|)shire  records  the  name  of 
the  family  is  given  by  town  and   parish   clerks 
as  (Juinton,    (Juenton,  Ouanton,  and  Ouentin. 
The    latter  was  ])rcbably   the  sjielling   of    the 
name  when    it   was  first    introduced   into  Eng- 
land  as   a  surname,  and    it   eventually  became 
anglicized  to  Ouinton.      It  appears  to  belong 
to  that  class  ol  surnames  brought  into  I-jigland 
about    the  time  of   William    L,   derived  from 
J'"rench   towns    or    places.      The    town    of    St. 
Ouentin    in    I'icardy    was    so   called   in  honor 
•  if  Ouentin,    an   early    Christian    martyr.      Sir 
Walter  Scott  names  the   leading  character  of 
his  novel   of  Ouentin   Hurward   for  the  saint. 
The  fir.st  or  founder  of  this  family  in  ICngland 
was  Sir  Herbert   St.  Ouentin,  a  companion    in 
arms  of  William   the   Concpieror,  who  granted 
him  the  manor  of  Skipsay  and  other  lands   in 
C.junty    Nott.s.      Sir   Herbert    St.    Ouentin,    a 
grand.son,    who  was   sumni<jned    to    I'arliament 
in    1294,    had  two  daughters  -^  HI izabeth    and 
Lora;  and  the  latter,    who   became   sole   heir, 
married     R„i,crt    de     Crey,     of     K,,thersfield. 
The    barony    of   St.    (juentin    i.assed    through 
drey,  iMtzhugh,  and  Parr  to  the  biarl  of  Pem- 
broke, descending  from    William   St.  (Juentin, 
eldest  surviving  son  of    I'.dward  H,    and   foiuth 
in    descent    from   the    founder  of   the     (iiunl\. 
The  last  baron  was   Sir  William    Si.   (juentin, 
who   died    in    1705,   when    the    barony   became 
extinct.        His     nephew,       William     Thomas 
Dai.jy,  ot  Sunberry,  Middlesex,  was   his  heir, 
and  upon  succeeding  to  the  estate  assumed  the 
surname  and  arms.      He  was  suc.ee.led   by  his 


f     ' 


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■vj(iiiHftj..-aaBili 


he  son  of  James 

ster. 

:orcIs   the  name  of 

uul   parish   clerks 

111,  and   Uuentin. 

spellinj;  of  the 
cUiced  into  l'!ng- 
ventiiaJly  became 
ppoais  to  belon;,^ 
;;ht  into  l-ji^^land 
I.,  derived  from 
he    town    of    St. 

tailed  in  honor 
an  martyr.  Sir 
inf(  character  of 
d  for  the  saint, 
mily  in  ICngJand 

a  companion    in 
or,  who  granted 
I  other  lands  in 
St.    (Juentin,    a 
I    to    rarliament 
-Klizabeth    and 
•nnie   sole    heir, 
f     Rnthersfield. 
IKissed    through 
le  ICarj  of   IVm- 
111    St.   (juentin, 

H.  and  fointh 
if  the  (oin)i\. 
n  St.  (juentin, 
baroii)-  hi'canie 
lliam      Thomas 

was  his  heir, 
te  assumed  the 
cceeded   iiy  his 


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son,  M?ttlicw  Cliitty  Duunos  St.  (Jiicntiii.' 
Tliere  seem  to  l)c  several  hraiuiies  <il  this  latn- 
ily  besides  the  above  direct  line,  whiiii  shows 
the  j^radual  than^'in;;-  ol  the  name  from  St. 
Ouentin  to  ( jiR'nton  and  <  Uiinl(n).  The  arms 
and  crest  ol  the  ditl'erenl  liraiuhes  are  t;iven 
in  both  Hurke's  and  I'airbaiik's  .\rniory  of 
I'aniilies  of  (ireat  Hi  itain  and  indand. 

in  nation's  list  of  emigrants  it  i^  sta'.d 
that  a  Henry  (Hiinton,  at;ed  twenty,  left  Lon- 
don, June  2,  iCi^A,  tor  \'irf;inia,  and  Ko^er 
(juinton  left  London,  July  _'4,  fi.ij,  for  the 
same  place.  'I'liis  was  about  a  century  before 
the  name  of  J.mies  (juinton  ajipears  in  New 
iiampshiie.  In  the  same  wmk  is  named 
Henry  (Juintyne,  of  narbadoes,  as  a  per^on  to 
whiim  were  consij^ned  cfinvicted  rebels  frora 
Hiistol,  l'".n^lan<l.  in  I'lji)  and  I'MS-  This 
niay  be  the  same  Henry  (Juintim,  nf  H.uba- 
doe.s,  r.amed  in  llie  will  of  Samuel  Spicer,  of 
Hoston,  l)ecend)er  :;.),  1664,  who  spt'iAs  ol 
him  as  mv  "loxin;;-  fathei -in-law,  ilenry 
(luintoM."  This  will  is  qunted  in  the  .\e\\ 
lOngland  Historical  and  ("iencaloL;i(  .d  Rc,i;istcr, 
vol.  .\vi.  p.  ,1 V- 

Hi'forc  hi>  remo\al  tn  Xeu  liruirswick,  and 
when  but  a  vonth,  Iiu,t;h  (juinton  seived  in 
the  cdd  b'reiuli  War.  He  lii  >t  enlisted  at 
Windham,  fnrmerl\'  pait  of  Londonderry, 
X.H.,  in  1757,  in  a  cnnipany  uf  whicli  Her- 
cules Moone\'  was  Captain  and  Alexander 
Todd  Lieutenant,  and  was  dischari;ed  March 
5  of  the  same  \  eai'.  'I'lic  f(dlowini;  _\ear  lie 
a^'ain  enlisted,  .\pril  u.  in  a  company  nf 
which  Alexander  'I'odd  was  Captain,  and  he 
was  discharged  October  30.      lie  enlisted   for 


the  third  time  on  March  11,  17^0,  and  on  the 
24th  of  Oitober  was  dischar^^ed  sick,  and,  it  is 
said,  went  to  Albany,  N.  \'.  I'he  expeditions 
in  which  he  served  weie  en;;aj;i'il  in  oper.itions 
at  Crown  I'oint,  on  Lake  Cbamplain,  and  at 
l*'ort  William  Hein\',  on  tlie  north  shore  of 
Lake  CJeorne.  iMut  William  Henry  was  cajit- 
ureil  by  the  l''renih  and  Indiaiw  in  .\nj;Mst, 
1757,  and  out  of  the  two  hundred  Niav  Ham|i- 
shire  soldiers  eighty  were  mercilessly  slauj;h- 
tereil  by  the  Indians  after  tiiey  surrendered. 

Some  nf  Hu^^h  (jninton's  relati\'es  early 
settled  not  far  from  .\lbany,  in  that  part  of 
old  Whitehall  townshi|>  known  as  Hampton. 
.Xmoiii;  them  were  Jusiah  and  John  (juinton 
and  tlu:'  sister  j\nn,  who  married  a  Mcb'ar- 
land.  In  iSofi  Josiah  moved  across  the  .State 
line  to  b'air  IIa\en,  \'t.,  a  short  distance  from 
Hampton.  b'airbank's  History  <if  I*'airha\en 
names  a  nundicr  of  descendants. 

In  an  old  (juinton  family  Hible  it  is  stated 
that  IIui;h  (juinton  was  born  at  Cheshin', 
N.Ii.,  in  1741,  and  that  Ivli/abeth  Christy, 
whom  he  married  in  I7'')i,  was  born  at  I.on- 
donderr\-,  \.  II.,  also  in  1741.  In  tin-  town 
now  called  Chester,  which  was  originally 
I'alled  Cheshire,  in  Rockinj^ham  Counts,  was 
a  proniinenl  earlv  settle:-  named  James  (juen- 
lon.  The  lirst  settlers  of  Clu'shiie  (or  Ches- 
ter), Louilonderrx .  Windii.un.  ;uid  the  vicinity 
Were  maiidv  .Scotch  I'resbx  terians  from  the 
north  of  Irel.niil.  In  the  New  Hampshire 
I'rovincial  I'.ipers,  \>>].  iv.,  is  a  copied  peti- 
tion to  the  governor  from  sundry  inhabi- 
tants of  Chester  in  17,17,  which  states  "that 
the   jjresenl    inhabit.nits    of    Chester    aforesaid 


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foimcit  belonged  (most  of  them)  to  the  king-  I 
ilom  of  Seotland  and  Ireland,  where  they  were 
educated  in  the  principles  of  tlie  Kirk  of  Scot- 
land, for  which  they  have  great  veneration," 
and  the  petition  jiroceeds  to  rc'er  to  some 
differences  about  calling  a  minister.  Among 
the  signers  is  the  name  James  (Juentdn.  lie 
is  named  again  in  the  li.st  of  ta.\-pa\ers,  1741, 
and  again  in  the  minutes  of  the  I'resbvterian 
chu.ch,  September  14,  1753,  as  Parish  Clerk. 
.\s  lie  is  the  only  (Juenton  or  (Juinton  named 
in  the  full  list  of  ta.y-payers  at  t!i:>t  iilaco,  it 
is  reasonable  to  jnesume  that  he  was  the  father 
of  Hugh  (Juinton.  The  latter  had  two  half- 
brothers  named  Jonathan  and  Joshua.  In  177.2 
a  John  (Juinton  is  named  in  Dorchester,  N.H. 
In  the  Revolutioir  David  (Juinton  enlisted  i)c- 
tober  1,  1777,  at  Windham,  and  lie  is  again 
named  in  the  New  Ilanipsl.ire  Provincial 
Papers,  vol.  ii.,  mi  an  order  for  jiay  of  a 
soldier's  dues,  1790.  .\ftcr  tiiis  the  writer 
lias  found  no  mention  of  the  name  of  (juinton 
in  coi)ies  of  ?'Iew  Hampshire  records. 

In  the  early  days  of  the  settlement  of  the 
city  of  .St.  Joliii,  when  fears  were  entcit.iiiu'd 
<'f  the  Intlians,  ihigli  (Jniuton,  it  is  said,  was 
a|)point<;d  Captain  of  a  militia  co.npany  organ- 
i,.ed  for  the  defence  of  the  .setileis.  He  had 
f<iur  sons       Joliu,  James,  William,  and   Jesse. 


James  (Juinton,  the  second  son  and  father  of 
the  subject  of  this  .sketch,  was  a  farmer  and 
building  contractor  of  St.  John.  He  served 
two  terms  in  the  New  Hrunswick  Legislature, 
and  was  one  of  the  hrst  Confederation  niembe"s. 
He  married  l^lizabetii  Tilley,  a  dau;,iiter  of 
William  'I'illev,  of  (iagetowii,  and  first  cousin 
of  Sir  Loorard  Tilley,  of  St.  John,  N.l?. 

William  A  (juinton  acquired  h's  education 
in  tlie  city  of  i't.  John.  At  the  age  of  twenty 
he  enlisted  in  the  niiliti;.,  and  attained  tiic  rank 
of  .Major.  l'"or  si\  vear^  he  was  a  niemher  of 
the  City  Council  and  for  five  years  of  the 
Municipal  Council.  In  iS,S2  he  was  returned 
as  member  of  the  Pid\in>ial  Legislature  for  .St. 
John  Couiitv,  and  scrveii  seven  \ears. 

( )ii  December  6,  iiS'77,  Mr.  (juinton  married 
Kate  Allen,  daughter  of  K.  R.  Allen,  ol 
Carleton,  St.  John.  His  residence  is  tlie  (dd 
familv  homestead. 

Mr.  (juinton  is  a  nicmlier  of  the  Masonic 
fraternity  and  the  Order  of  Orangemen.  He 
belongs  to  the  Church  of  I'ingland.  Politi- 
cally, he  is  a  Liberal. 

In  iS()i  he  w.is  apoointcd  manager  and  stew- 
ai'd  of  Provinci.il  In.'a.ne  .\syluin,  which  is  lo- 
catc('.  in  the  parish  of  Lancaster,  N.  II.  He  is 
also  inteiested  in  the  lumber  Inisiness  and  lum- 
ber  lauds,  also   carries    on  general   f.irming. 


and  father  of 

a  farmer  and 

lie   served 

c  Legislature, 

ion  nieni1)e'"s. 

L   dau,iiter   of 

111   first  emisin 

hn.  N.J5. 

ii's  education 

ai;e  of  twenty 

ained  tiie  rank 

a  nieniber  of 

years    of    tiie 

was  returned 

s!ature  for  St. 

jars. 

linton  married 
R.  Allen,  ol 
ice    is   tile   (dd 


aj;er  and  stt'w- 
I,  wiiich  is  lo- 
.\.H.      lie  is 
iness  and  lum 
ral  farming. 


INDEX. 


BIOGRAPHICAL. 


Allen,  ( icoif^c  1" 

■     •       3° 

.Allison,  iMpuMid  I'.  .     .     . 

.      .      20.S 

.•\hvarcl.  Silas 

.    311 

.\mlerson.  James  M.      .     . 

253 

Appleby.  Steplieii  1!.      .     . 

■     •    3=0 

.\rnoli!.  Oliver  K.      ... 

•    ■     3.^3 

IJiirgess,  C.  Kiifiis Oo 

liurnham,  I'eter  S 137 

Ikitler,  Jdlin  K.     .  .  '  .     .     .     141 


liaker,  l.oraii  \'..   . 

21 

Ihirher,  JaniL'S  .     . 

.    4^/< 

Barker.  Frederic  \i. 

■    323 

Karnlnll,  William 

30- 

Marrv,  'I'liomas 

446 

tiarss,  |()liii  \V.     . 

33 

liauhl,  William  H. 

-r 

Maxter,  James  .\I. 

3f>6 

Havard.  William   . 

301 

Ileer,  Kilaiii  1!. 

•:7^ 

Hell.  JoIhi  a.    .     . 

--') 

Uenjamin.  S.  1'.     . 

•\i 

luiil.  liar'-y  I).      . 

iif> 

I!i;;el(iw,  James  W. 

147 

lilack,  Kiifiis  V.    . 

J  3.1 

Iil.uk,  .S.imuil  C. 

■:44 

Black,  Tliomas  K. 

7>^ 

lilair,  William  M. 

2-'3 

Itliss,  (ieraUl  C.  W. 

1I>,S 

lioak.  .Andrew  1!. 

22$ 

Hoak,  (leDige  1  .  . 

207 

Hoak,  Kobert    .     . 

f'7 

Uremner,  James  J. 

243 

lirown,  Charles  I'.. 

52 

c. 

Calkin,  John  I!.  . 
Cli.ise,  xVilliam  A. 
Chipitian,  Leveret  deW 
Cliunli,  Charles  !■:. 
Cl.irk,  Willian\ 
Clarke,  Clement  I'. 
Clayton,  luhvard  . 
Clinch.  I).  Carlton 
Cogswell,  .Mfred  C. 
Colpitis,  Robert  . 
Cc.lwell,  William  . 
Con-jdcm.  I'reilerick  'I' 
Cove,  Jolm  W. 
Craij;,  Richard 
Crandall,  Joseph  . 
Cuny,  Frederick  . 
Curry,  Nathaniel  . 
Cushing,  .Allston  . 
Cusliin'',  .Andre 


Daly,  Sir  Mal.u  hy  H. 

D.ivison.  I'rancis  . 
;  Uennison,  Harry  I..  . 

Desmond,  Francis  J. 

Dickey.  James  .A. 
!  Dick.c,  David  .M.      . 


169 

-15 

<>A 

432 

33'^ 
206 

431 

,;S 
407 

44'J 
-55 
'43 
24 
42r 
163 
12S 
421 
420 


Dickinson,  James  D. 
Dickson.  S.  '/..  .     .     . 
Doane,  Francis  W.  W. 
Doull,  Joni:       .     .     . 
Drysdale,  .Arthur 
Dunn,  Albert  T.    .     . 


Eakins,  Robert  S.     , 
Kmmsrson,  Henry  K. 


F. 

Fairweather,  .Arthur  C 
Farish.  George  W.   I 
lenely.  (leorge  I!. 
Finn,  William  D. 
Fisher,  Charles 
Forster.  John  II.   . 
Fowler.  Josiah 
Fraser,  Charles  F. 
Kraser,  John  James 
Fuller,  Albert  J.    . 


( iass,  James  A. 

')  (leorge,  Charles  W. 

I  .'o  Cilbert,  'I'homas   . 

<;o  (loilsoe,  Frank  .\. 

4ifi  Cordon.  John  J.    . 

1S2  Gorham.  John  W. 

171)  Gregory.  Charles  C. 


331 

4f'4 
164 

IS 

If. 7 
351 


101) 

27S 


319 

21.S 

2S,, 
U,(, 
410 

472 
402 

2.S 
2()4 
2vS 


2  2r. 

401 

352 

471 
422 

75 

127 


Ml' 


486 


u 


H. 


Haley,  Allen    .     . 
Hamilton.  David  . 
Hamm,  Matthias  . 
Harding.  Charles  \'.. 
Harris,  Charles  E. 
Harris,  Robert  E. 
Harris,  Rupert  D.  C, 
Harrison,  William  G 
Hart,  HavcloLk  .M. 
Hartley,  J.  Clii|iman 
Harvey,  George    . 
Hawkins.  Arthur  C. 
Hayward,  Harvey  1' 
Hayward,  William  II 
Hickman.  William 
Holly,  James     .     . 
Holstead,  Alfred  i:, 
Hood,  .\lc\aiider  J. 
Huestis,  Martin  li. 
Huniphriy,  William  1 
Huntington.  James    . 


Inches,  Andrew  S. 
Inches.  I'cter  R.   . 


20.S 

362 

.57'' 
232 

"3 

23° 
¥'3 
^35 
4''5 
153 
^54 
410 
409 
445 
335 
45'^ 
151 
261 

33'^ 
238 


3^'3 


INDEX 


Killam,  Amasa  1'..  .  . 
King,  Edwin  I).  .  .  . 
Kiugdon,  Hollmgworlh  T. 
Knapp,  Charles  \'..  .  . 
Knight,  Leonard  H.  .  . 
Knowles,  Edward  T.  C. 


Jack,  I.  Allen    .     .     . 

273 

J..ck,  William  11.  .     . 

3«i 

Jarvis,  William  M.    . 

2()l 

Johnson,  Ceorge  W. 

7- 

(ones,  .Alfred  (;.   . 

'5 

Jones,  .\ndrcw  II. 

i>^<) 

Jones,  Edward  C. 

331 

Jones,  (i.  CarletoM     . 

17 

Jones,  1  )liver    .     .     . 

3';o 

Jones,  Thomas  R.     . 

306 

Kaulbac!',  J.inics  A.       ... 

200 

Kaidbacli,  Rupert  C.  S.     .     . 

i'>3 

Keith,  Donald 

256 

Keith,  John       

I2'> 

Kennedy,  1  jlw. ud  J.       ... 

451 

Kennedy,  J.imes 

437 

Ketchum,  E.  I! 

344 

2(>S 

"44 

-74 
452 
34« 


Laing.  Robert  .     . 
I.amy,  James  R.    . 
Law,  William    .     . 
Lawson,  Walter 
Le  I.acheur,  John 
Logan,  Matthew  A. 
I.omas.  John  S. 
Longard,  John  1'. 
Longley,  James  W. 
Levitt,  Ge<irge  H. 


M. 

Macdonald,  Charles  .\. 

■Maei'onald,  Charles  J. 

.M.icdonald,  lulward  .M. 

Macgillivray,  .Angus 

.Mackenzie,  William  li 

Mac  Lean,  .Arthur  1!. 

.Maher,  Joseph  I). 

Markham,  Alfred 

Marshall,  Robert  .     . 

M.irven,  liliss  .A.  .     . 

Ma.xwell,  Henry    .     . 

Mc.Alpiue,  luhvin  II, 

McCully,  Willi.ini      , 

Ml  Curdy,  Henry  H. 

.McDonald,  .M(mtesi|uie 

McKay,  John  II.  .     . 

.MeK.iy,  Thomas  .     . 

.McLaughlin.  John  E. 

McLellan,  David  .     . 

Mcl.eod,  .Angus  .  . 
j  McLeod,  John  .  .  . 
t  .Mcl'hersou.  D.ivid    . 

.Mc Sweeney,  Cieorge 

McSweenc),  I'eter    . 

Merritt,  Gabriel    .     . 

Monroe,  Robert  ( i.    . 

.Moody,  l.lisha  W.  li. 

.Moore.  Willis  B.  .     . 

Morse,  I'.dward  J. 


86 
(,9 

'>:: 
172 

476 
219 

233 
iSi 

54 


459 

''3 
470 
400 
443 
431 
402 

427 
433 
415 
104 

=  33 
371 

•^4 
262 

3'/> 
36"^ 

257 
370 

440 
439 
455 
245 

2f.4 


rACK 

Morse,  William  A.  I) 249 

Muir,  William  .S 175 

.MuUin,  Daniel 434 

Murdoch,  Robert  .\ 479 

Munlock,  William 444 

Murphy,  Martin 45 

.Murray,  Robert 324 

.Myers,  William  1 47'J 

N. 

Nase.  Philip 276 

Neill.  James  .S 4'')0 

Nelson,  (leorge  1' 141 

O. 

O'lirien,  William if'-i 

Ottv,  Henry  1' 450 


P. 


Palmer,  .\.  I 

2.S2 

Palmer,  Charles  A.   . 

, 

2S4 

Parsons,  Jonathan     .     . 

241 

Paterson,  I'obert    11. 

4'3 

Paulin.  Robert      .     .     . 

114 

Pav/ant,  John  \'.  .     .     . 

43 

Pearson,  George  X,  .     . 

3.'<4 

Peck, John  L 

309 

Pelton,  .Sandford  II. 

I2« 

Peters,  Hurd 

325 

Pickf(;rd,  Robert  .     .     . 

263 

Pipes,  William  'I'.      .     . 

no 

Prescott,  ( lideou  K.  .     . 

395 

Prince,  John      .... 

340 

Pugh,  John 

132 

I'urdv,  James  i;.   .     .     . 

17'- 

Purdy.  Johr.  1).      .     .     . 
Q 

40.S 

fluinton,  Willi. im  .\. 


Randall,  I'.dward  C. 
Rankine,   Thomas 
Ravniond,  William 
59    Rent.  Reuben  G. 
\(>o    Reid,  Dan  W.  I). 


4.S0 


33'-' 
4l(> 

34^ 
105 

'59 


h:  li-lil 


M^'tt       1""  ^  il 


INDEX 


487 


PACK 

>"S 
434 
479 
444 
45 
324 
470 

276 
141 

ir,4 
45° 


2.S2 
2.S4 
241 
4'3 
114 

43 
3«4 
399 
12k 

325 
263 
1 10 

395 
340 
'32 
176 
40S 


lAC.F 

J<liO(les,  Nelson  A Sq 

Ritchie,  Tliomas  .     .     . 

iSS 

Koljb,  Daviil  \V.  .     .     . 

25' 

Robertson,  (ieorjje    .     . 

426 

Kol)ertson.  George  H.   . 

13« 

Kobinson,  Alexander 

4.4 

Rol)inson.  Clitl'ord  W.  . 

35s 

Koche,  William    .     .     . 

23 

Koscoe,  Wentwortli  K. 

157 

Koss,  William  .... 

100 

Hue),  James  K.      ... 

309 

s. 

Sangster,  Ceoige  R. 
Saunders,  William  S 
.Scamn-.eil,  Joseph  1 1. 
Shaw,  William  .  . 
Short,  Harry  li.  .  . 
Shreve.  Thomas  C.  . 
Silver.  William  C.  . 
Simson,  William  II.  . 
Skinner.  Charles  \. 
Smith.  Charles  ■  .  . 
Smith.  Charles  l)e  Wolf 
Smith,  (,'harles  K       .     . 


2S1 

293 

4' '9 

365 

15' 

44 

39 

"99 

3^'" 

106 

i,S4 

'J7, 


Smith,  Georiie  !•". 
Smith,  G.  Sidney 
Smith,  John  l>. 
Smith,  John  '!'. 
Spencer,  I-oren/o 
Steadman,  I'red  W. 
Steele,  David  A. 
Sleeves,  John  I.    . 
Stephen.  Alexander 
Stoneman.  Au.L'iistus 
Stnart,  (Jeoriio  W. 
Sturdce,  Henry  I.. 


'I'apley,  Oavid 
Tapley,  D.  F.   .     . 
Taylor,  Robert 
Tennant.  James    . 
Theakston,  Robert 
Thomson.  John  II. 
Thomson,  Robert 
Thomson.  Samuel 
Thomson,  Willi. im 
Tuck,  William  II. 
Turner,  Richard  J. 


372 
2.S4 

45X 

95 

154 

134 

np 
17 
4^' 

357 


3'^2 
3'"'9 
115 
42S 
265 
33S 
338 
329 
337 
2S7 


V. 

\an  Wart,  C.ilben  W. 
\'r(iom.  William  10. 


W. 


70    Ver.xa,  .\.  1). 


31.S 


Warwick,  Orlindo  II.    . 

43'^ 

Wells,  William  W.    .     . 

313 

Whitman,  r.,om.i;>  S.    . 

10 

Wickuire,  William  X.  . 

35 

Willistcjn,  lUKvard     .     . 

34'' 

Willistoii,  lidwaril  I'.     . 

347 

Wilson,  ( ieo''gt    .     .     . 

205 

Wilson.  Thomas  .\. 

l.S.j 

Wilson,  William    .     .     . 

347 

Winslow,  .N'orman  W.   . 

3''4 

Wiswcll,  William  11.     . 

202 

Wood,  Josiah    .... 

317 

Wood,  J.  Taylor    .     .     . 

51 

Wood,  R.  Dixon  .     .     . 

312 

Woodman.  Ciiarles  I-'.   . 

326 

354 


480 


336 
416 
341 

m 
m 


PORTRAITS. 


H'l 


llaker,  I.oran  E.    . 

liarlier,  James  .     . 

liaikcr,  Frederic  1'.. 

lianiliill,  William 

lianv,  Thomas 

ISarss,  John  W. 

I>a\tor,  James  M. 

ISavard,  William   . 

Iligelow,  James  W. 

lUack,  Thomas  K. 

r.lair,  William  M. 

Uoak,  Robert    .     . 

I'liirsiess,  C.  Rufiis 

Butler,  John  K.      . 

Chijiman,  Leveret  d 

I  iirry,  Frederick 
Curry,  Nathaniel 
Ualy,  Sir  Malaehy  11 
Dickie,  David  M. 
Drysdale,  Artlnir  . 
Dunn,  Alliert  T. 
l!ninierson,  Henry  I 
Finn,  William  D. 
Fisher,  Charles 
Forster,  John  F>.    . 


1A..K  '■"■'■: 

20    Fraser,  John  J -9S 

467    Gass,  James  A --7 

322    Cordon,  John  J A-3 

393    Haley,  Allen nS 

447    Hamilton,  David 209 

32    Harris,  Kolicrt  I'. '12 

367    Holly,  James 334 

300    Hood,  Alexander  J 150 

146   Jack,  I.  Allen 272 

7V   Jack,  William  li 3>^o 

22.'    Jolmson,  Ceoriie  W 73 

("^t   Jones.  Alfred  C U 

61    I.aing,  Robert ^7 

140    Faw.  William 93 

214    Fawson.  Walter 173 

1(12    Lomas.  John  S 232 

129    I.ongley.  James  W 55 

s    Maher.  Joseph  D 442 

178    NJarshall,  Robert 403 

ir,(i    Mel'herson,  David 26 

350    Merritt,  (i.  Wetmore     ....  454 

271)    Morse,  William  .A.  D.       .     .     .  24S 

i()7    MuUin,  Daniel (35 

411    Xeill,  James  S 4^'i 

473    Parsons,  Jonatlian 240 


I'eck,  John  F.  .     .     . 
I'elton,  Sandl'ord  H.  . 
Prince,  John     .     .     . 
(Uiinton,  William  .\. 
Kankine,  Thomas  .\. 
Roscoe,  Wentworth  I.. 
Ross,  William       ,     . 
Ruel,  James  R,      .     . 
Silver,  William  f.      . 
Skinner,  Charles  .\. 
Smith,  Charles      .     . 
Smith,  Charles  De  Wn 
Smith,  Cieorge  F. 
Steadman,  I'rcd  W. 
Stephen,  .Alexander 
Stuart,  Ceorge  W.     . 
Tapley,  D.  I'.    . 
Tennaiit,  James    .     . 
Thomson.  .Samuel 
Tuck.  William  IF 
Wiswell,  William  IF 
Wood,  J.isiah    .     .     . 
Yerxa,  A.  D.     .     .     . 


I'Af.K 

"23 
341 
481 

417 
156 

101 

30S 
3S 
360 
107 
1 85 
373 
"35 
191 

47 
388 

429 
32S 
286 
203 
3>6 
3SS 


ui^ 


I'AI.K 

39S 

11 123 

341 

A 481 

>A 417 

nil  I'..      .    .     .  156 

lOI 

30S 

38 

N 3f^o 

107 

)f  W.iK   .     .     .  1 85 

373 

W '35 

ikr        ....  191 

V 47 

388 

42<; 

fl 32S 

1 2,sr. 

ill 203 

3'6 

3SS 


